THE FIRST-EVER groundbreaking, unscripted reality show, ‘The Challenge”, designed to give three young ambitious Ghanaian university graduates the opportunity to study on scholarship post-graduate programmes at three leading universities in the United Kingdom has been launched in Accra.

The show is by courtesy of the British Council, Tigo, the University of Westminster and Charterhouse.

Out of the 25 short-listed applicants, who went through a series of interviews, only 12 would receive extensive personal and professional development training and compete in a series of weekly test, tasks and quizzes in management leadership, creativity and UK–Ghana trivia.

The public would have the opportunity to grant evictees immunity through SMS voting every week, with which eight out of the twelve would be evicted over the eight-week period.

The remaining four contestants would then battle for the ultimate prize.

The winner would walk away with a full board postgraduate scholarship from the University of Westminster, fully paid accommodation, a monthly living allowance, a return air ticket to UK valid for one year, a new laptop, and on completion, come down to pick up a pre –arranged lucrative job placement and a brand new TATA Safari SUV car.

Speaking at the launch of the reality show, the Minister of Manpower, Youth and Employment, Nana Akomeah stated that the three-year innovative programme had been designed to assist in developing leaders and professionals whose contribution to the Ghanaian society would be demonstrated clearly.

“Africa is now a major marketplace for harnessing human resource and manpower to compete on the world stage”.

He said, “It is no wonder the UK universities who operate within a global market have recognized the substantial talents and potential drive and dedication of young people in Ghana that they are supporting.”

Excited by the opportunity that “The Challenge” offers, the Minister said he would want to see some of Ghana’s brightest and best graduates from at least 3 of our tertiary institutions battling it out in an exciting but serious program that would test personality, character, leadership, creativity, skills and competencies.

In an address, the British High Commissioner to Ghana, Gordon Wetherell, expressed delight for being part of this exciting, new innovation of the British Council.

“Ghana and Britain enjoy a close, wide ranging and productive relationship covering political co-operation, development, military training, trade and investment among other fields,” he stated.