Participants in an Experts’ Forum have expressed divergent views on the decision by government to wean public universities off its payroll.
While some held the view that the move by government was a step in the right direction, others said the measure would have dire consequences on public universities in the country.
Panelists at an Expert Forum have advised government to reconsider its decision to wean public universities off its payroll since such a move would take a toll on tertiary education in the country.
The University of Cape Coast (UCC) branch of the Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) has sworn in new officers to steer the affairs of the association for the next two years.
The fresh executives are Mr. Felix Adu-Poku as President; Mr. Anthony Arthur as Vice- President; Mrs. Charity Abraham as Secretary; Mr. Farouk Umar as Assistant Secretary; Mr. Atta Attom Prah as Treasurer and Mr. Alfred Ghartey as Editor.
The School of Allied Health Sciences has awarded sixty (60) students for exceptional academic performance at its Dean’s Awards Ceremony.
The deserving students – from level 100 to 400 – obtained Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.5 and above during the 2021/22 academic year.
The students received certificates for their accomplishments with undisclosed sums of cash prizes.
The President of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, Justice Edward Amoako Asante, has added his voice to the growing calls for the amendment of Ghana’s 1992 Constitution to ensure strong institutions in the country.
Under the current constitution, he maintained that politicians were developing stronger men than stronger institutions in the country.
A Senior Research Fellow at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Dr. Anita Ghansah, says the use of malaria genomics can eliminate the scourge of malaria in Ghana.
A four-member committee constituted by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, to draw up the history of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has presented its final report on the document.
Chaired by Prof. Kwame Osei Kwarteng, with Prof. Wilson Yayoh, Prof. De-Valera N.Y.M Botchwey and Dr. Peter Boakye as members, the committee was tasked to produce a book documenting the history of the University from 1962-2022.
The students’ Financial Support Office (StufSO) of University of Cape Coast has organised a symposium on entrepreneurship with a call on students to be innovative and venture into entrepreneurship to create more employment opportunities after school.
An Entrepreneurial Coach, Ms. Irene Naa Korkoi Armah, who made the call, advised start up entrepreneurs to face their fears to enable them to succeed.
The Chief Director at the Ministry of Education (MoE), Mr. Divine Yao Ayidzoe, has disclosed that the Ministry will no longer send Ghanaian medical students to Cuba.
According to him, the students were unable to communicate and understand the Spanish language, posing a huge difficulty to their medical studies in Cuba.
The Provost of the College of Distance Education (CoDE), University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof. Anokye Mohammed Adam, has cautioned students to desist from all forms of violent acts on campus.
Such actions, he noted, posed a threat to their future academic attainment since students who engage in violent clashes would face the full weight of the law, stating that failure to punish crime fosters impunity.
