GIL appeals for language laboratory(Daily Graphic)

A two-storey classroom block is to be completed at Okponglo in Accra by the end of the year for the Ghana Institute of Languages (GIL).
In addition, a one -storey classroom block on the Tamale campus has been completed and will be inaugurated by the end of the year.
This was disclosed in an address by the acting Director of the GIL, Mr C. K. Angkosaala, at the 7th matriculation of 583 freshmen of the institute in Accra .
Twenty-five of the students are to do degree courses in translation whiles 28 of them would be doing diplomas in bilingual secretariaship .The rest would take certificate courses in languages after their three year course.
The students treated the audience to a sketch in the German language.
Mr Angkosaala said the institute was established in 1961 to teach modern languages and to advice government on language matters as a way of promoting Pan Africanism, economic development and cordial relations between Ghana and other countries.
Currently, the GIL is under the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports with the National Council for Tertiary Education overseeing the activities of the school.
Mr Angkosaala said that the school had become a centre of promotion of international co-operation by breaking language and cultural barriers .
The director added that the school runs courses in seven languages namely Arabic, English, French, German, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
Mr Angkosaala said that in spite of the immense support the institute received from the GETFund, it still faced accommodation problems, lacked good laboratories for language lessons, lacked books for the library and other challenges which needed immediate attention.
He, therefore, appealed to the government to enact the GIL Act to improve the tertiary status of the institution.
The director advised the students to be studious in order to make their future ambitions a reality.