The National Varietal Release and Registration Committee (NVRRC) of the Ministry of Agriculture has recommended five proposed varieties of cassava developed by the Department of Crop Science in collaboration with the Biotechnology and Nuclear Agricultural Research Institute (BNARI) of Ghana Atomic Energy Commission(GAEC).
The five recommended varieties are resistant to mosaic disease which mostly affects cassava production in Ghana and also contain beta carotine - a precursor of Vitamin A.
The University of Cape Coast Chapter of Ghana Association of University Women (GAUW), of the Graduate Women International (GWI), has held a reading, creative writing and public speaking competition for some selected basic schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis.
The competition was aimed at promoting reading, creative writing and public speaking among girls at the basic education level.
The University of Cape Coast Chapter of Ghana Association of University Women (GAUW), of the Graduate Women International (GWI), has held a reading, creative writing and public speaking competition for some selected basic schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis.
The competition was aimed at promoting reading, creative writing and public speaking among girls at the basic education level.
The Directorate of Finance Welfare Association has climaxed its Silver Jubilee anniversary celebration with dinner.
Speaking at the function, the Chairman of the Association, Mr. Victorious Hagan Yamoah, thanked members for actively participating in activities of the one-week celebration. He expressed gratitude to the Vice-Chancellor and management of the University for rallying behind the Association to make its celebrations a success.
The Directorate of Finance Welfare Association has donated items valued at GH ¢15, 000 to the Cape Coast School for the Deaf.
The items included two desktop computers, assorted food items and toiletries.
Presenting the items, the Chairman of the Association, Mr. Victorious Hagan Yamoah, said the donation was their corporate social responsibility to the School. He said the Association decided to make a positive impact in the lives of students in the School as part of its Silver Jubilee celebrations.
The Directorate of Finance Welfare Association has donated items valued at GH ¢15, 000 to the Cape Coast School for the Deaf.
The items included two desktop computers, assorted food items and toiletries.
Presenting the items, the Chairman of the Association, Mr. Victorious Hagan Yamoah, said the donation was their corporate social responsibility to the School. He said the Association decided to make a positive impact in the lives of students in the School as part of its Silver Jubilee celebrations.
A delegation from the University of Cape Coast (UCC) led by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, has participated in the Biennial Conference of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), and the 6th Africa Higher Education Week at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi, Kenya.
The Institute of Education (IoE) in collaboration with the Transforming Teacher Education and Learning (T-TEL) has organised a workshop for Coordinators of Supported Teaching in the various Colleges of Education in Ghana on “Field Experience in Schools”.
The University of Cape Coast Access Course for Post Nursing Assistant Clinical (NAC) and Nurse Assistant Preventive (NAP) is being held in four centres in the countrtry.
A former lecturer of the Department of Chemistry, Dr. Owusu Akyiaw Bempah, has developed a drug known as Fenomin Tablets for treating diabetes complications.
Dr. Bempah, explained that the tablets were a formulation of vitamin B1, B2 and B5 capable of preventing complications affecting all organs in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. Other ingredients of the tablets he mentioned were dicalcium phosphate, cellulose, silica, magnesium stearate.
