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Professor Omototsho: Convert Critical Areas of Learning into Songs

21 Apr, 2017 By louis Mensah

A visiting Professor at the Department of Educational Foundations, Prof. Joshua Adebisi Omotosho, has called on teachers to use songs as part of their pedagogy. According to him, songs have unique qualities which make content stick in the brain more than other form of delivery and therefore asked for the conversion of critical areas of learning into songs for easy recollection. Using himself as an example, he said he tried to unravel the mystery behind why songs, learned more than 55 years ago, were still vividly remembered with relative ease. Consequently, he sang and danced to songs (in Twi) he learnt about five-and-a-half decades ago to illustrate this point. The visiting don was speaking at an Occasional Lecture at the SMS Auditorium on the theme “That Songs are the Most Enduring Memoirs of My Childhood has Implications for Counselling, Research and Some Feeding Habits.” Professor Omototsho,who left Ghana in his youthful days in December 1961 to Nigeria and resurfaced in Ghana in 1996, effortlessly sang some of the songs he learnt at Apinamang in the Eastern Region during his elementary school days, which included “Teacher pon yɛn tɛn”, “Anoma ketewa”, “Apinamang mmofra”, “influenza yɛ yadeɛ bone”, “Yesu medefo”, amongst others. The Guidance and Counselling Professor also did a rendition of the seven steps in counselling, which he has personally composed, and urged counsellors to employ such methods in the discharge of their duties. He commended Ghanaians for their commitment to fight the destruction of the environment and water bodies as a result of the devasting effects of illegal mining (popularly known as “galamsey”). The visiting lecturer said the pollution of rivers in Ghana had affected the quality of the rivers, including River Subrane, which according to him was the cleanest river in Ghana in the 60s. He commended Ghana for its academic promotion methods, dissemination of information through Public Address System, healthy national debates, speed ramps and the cost-effective traditional mourning clothes. He suggested to the University to embark upon an interdisciplinary research into “Asoa”, a local fruit, adding that “Asoa” has good medicinal benefits. Professor Omototsho advised Ghanaians to stay away from starchy foods, food enhancers, fast foods and urged them to eat healthy foods like cocoyam and plantain. In his remarks, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, said the occasional lecture series was open to all faculty members to share their experiences with their colleagues in the University. He said through pedagogy and learning, “we can use songs to remember things and put them in our long term memory and it will be there forever.” He said most of the times when we learn and put them in our short term memory, it vanishes within a twinkling of an eye. He, therefore, lauded Prof. Omotosho for advocating the use of songs as a means of impacting. The Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof. K.T. Oduro; the Registrar, Mr. John Kofi Nyan, and some childhood friends of Prof. Omotosho during his elementary school days at Apinamang were part of the audience.  

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UCC is Ready to Work with Nduom School of Business and Technology

20 Apr, 2017 By louis Mensah

The Chairman of the Committee for Institutional Affiliation (CIA), Prof. Edward Marfo Yiadom has expressed the willingness of the University to mentor Nduom School of Business and Technology (NSB&T) to provide quality tertiary education to the people of Ghana and beyond. Prof. Marfo-Yiadom gave the assurance when he led a team of assessors from the UCC to NSB&T to acquaint themselves with preparations the institution was making towards formal affiliation and official re-opening. The Chairman said the visit was also to discuss the modalities and offer directions as far as the relationship between UCC and NSB&T was concerned. He indicated that UCC would provide NSB&T with the needed support to become a formidable tertiary institution in the country. “UCC has a track record of delivering up to expectation and therefore, NSB&T can count on us to help you grow to deliver quality programmes,” he added. Prof. Marfo-Yiadom noted that UCC would ensure that NSB&T conformed to quality in all aspect of its operation stressing that “whilst helping you to succeed, we will be strict when it comes to implementing quality assurance measures in all your activities.” He urged them to strictly conform to standards set by the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) and National Accreditation Board (NAB). Responding, the Rector of NSB&T, Prof. James H. Ephraim thanked the team for the visit and commended UCC for the numerous assistance provided his outfit as part of the affiliation process. He was optimistic with support from UCC, NSB&T would officially be inaugurated with its first intake of students in September, 2017. He indicated that the initial programmes to be rolled out were B. Sc. Banking and Finance, B.Sc. Information Technology Management for Business and B.Sc. Information and Communication Technology. As part of the affiliation process the team of assessors from UCC discussed institutional documents such as statutes, organogram, academic policies and regulation, students’ handbook, library user guide, sexual harassment, staff training and development policy. The team also discussed the curriculum vitae and certificates of prospective lecturers as well as funding of the institution. They later inspected physical facilities such as library, computer laboratory, lecture rooms, auditorium, students hostel and offices for academic and non-academic staff. At the end of the deliberations and inspection of facilities, the Chairman of CIA commended NSB&T for the progress made in terms of infrastructure facilities. However, he urged them to make effort to scout for qualified academic staff to handle the three programmes. Members of the UCC team were Prof. Kofi Awusabo-Asare, Mr. Jeff Onyame, Dr. Kenneth Aikins, Dr. George Aggrey, Dr. Anokye Mohammed Adam, Ms. Paulina N. Kwafoa, Mr. Justice Agyenim Boateng and Ms. Joyce Sam.Others were Mr. Peter Thompson Fosu, Mr. Alex Allotey and Ms Joyceline Acquaye. The representatives of NSB&T were Mr. De Roy Kwesi Andrew and Mrs. Sarah Bucknor.  

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Prof. Kofi Awusabo-Asare attends Conference at the Vatican

20 Apr, 2017 By louis Mensah

The Director of Academic Planning and Quality Assurance (DAPQA), Prof. Kofi Awusabo-Asare, was one of the scholars invited by the Vatican to speak at the 50th Anniversary of Populorum Progressio held in Rome, Italy. The conference, which was organised by the Holy See from 3rd to 5th April, 2017, was on the theme, “Perspectives for Promoting Integral Human Development: 50 years from the Encyclical Letter Populorum Progressio” His Holiness, Pope Francis has created a new Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, which providentially coincides with the 50th Anniversary of the Encyclical Letter Populorum Progressio (26th March 1967), an Encyclical which outlined the Church’s vision of the human person. Prof. Awusabo-Asare was invited to present a paper on the “Role of the Migratory Family in Integral Human Development” at the Third Session which was under the sub-theme “Man-Woman”. His presentation focused on the role of the migratory family within the context of integral human development, as well as some of the possible responses from the Church and humanity. The Holy Father welcomed members to the Conference on 4th April, 2017 and thereafter had audience with each of the Cardinals, Bishops and presenters. Thus, Prof. Awusabo-Asare had the opportunity to interact with the Pope.

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19 Apr, 2017

The Center for Teaching Support (CTS), in commemoration of Ghana’s 60th Independence Anniversary and African Union Day, Presents: “Decolonising Mind and Action, Improving Teaching and Impact in Higher Education: Reflections in Ghana”. This seminar aims to build participants capacity to transform teaching practice, and learning in Higher Education, from one of passive engagement between lecturers and students to active engagement that produces meaningful learning, creativity and self-determination in students of African descent. Participants in the seminar will confront certain debilitative mindsets that militate against quality teaching in Higher Education in the post-colonial period; specifically, negative mindsets and resulting pedagogical actions shaped by the rippling effect of the legacy of colonial teacher education in Africa. Participants will be challenged to disrupt colonial mindsets, which impede meaningful teaching and learning. FIRST SESSION: “Colonial Mindsets in Higher Education Teaching: Influences on Teaching Philosophy, Pedagogical Stance and Teaching Impact.” Speaker: Prof. George K.T. Oduro; Associate Professor of Educational Leadership Development, UCC SECOND SESSION: “Disrupting Colonial Mindsets in 21st Century Higher Education Teaching: The Power of Critiquing Colonial Paradigms and Engaging Reflective Thinking about Thoughts and Action” Speaker: Prof. De-Valera NYM Botchway, Associate Professor of History (Africa and Africa Diaspora), UCC DATE: THURSDAY, 27TH APRIL 2017 TIME: 10.00AM - 1.00PM VENUE: School of Medical Sciences Auditorium, University of Cape Coast THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO THE PROGRAMME

19 Apr, 2017

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19 Apr, 2017

This paper takes a critical look at the novel manner in which Danny Laferriere weaves personal, collective and multifaceted imaginary spaces in which his narrator lives, while highlighting the erasure of such an imaginary world through a return to the physical tangible native country. In l’Enigme du retour (2009), the narrator carves for himself a universe in which he resides quasi-comfortably and tumultuously in other to escape the fact that his father just passed on, on the same land where both of them have been living, as Haitians exiled I Canada. In Pays sans chapeau (2007), the focus is on the anti-thesis of the imaginary characteristics of life in Quebec, through Laferriere narrator: the realities of life back home and the changes that settled during the several decades of absence. The notion of ecotone is therefore of paramount importance in this work, where it is used to mean ‘the virtual space between the universe that the narrator create in those two novels and the physical native land, Haiti’. The thrust of this paper is therefore twofold: firstly, to unveil and dissect the various literary features that the author uses in his construction of the ecotone, which is represented as a complex and impressive dream land where sorrows, fears and sadness are nullified and secondly, to scrutinize the various multiple components of the nodal space which, ijn this paper is the mutations or changes that the geopolitical order of the world terms as the north and the south, or the east and the west. The north or west (Canada and Quebec here) which was hitherto synonymous with happiness and abundance is surprisingly reduced to need, want, fear, suppression of sad realities and feelings, as the narrator’s life in l’Enigme du retour shows. The south or east (Haiti in this case) which was associated with all negative traits now has ‘sophistication ’ and opulence, although such good asset lie in the hands of the few agents of imperialism and its local allies as Pays sans chapeau reveals. The theoretical framework guiding this work is the Diasporan Cultural Literacy Theory, propounded by Raphael Confiant et al. in In Praise of Creoleness (1993) where the physical and virtual distance between the Francophone Black Diaspora in the Caribbean on the one hand and continental Africa on the other hand are explored and analyzed as unifying factors, not as a gap or fissure. Key words: Spacio-temporality, Ecotone, Diaspora Nodes, Escape, Homeland

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Senior Programmes Officer of NUFFIC Lauds UCC for Promoting Water and Sanitation

13 Apr, 2017 By louis Mensah

A Senior Programmes Officer of Nuffic, Mrs. Marieke Nieuwendijk, has commended UCC’s commitment towards promoting Water and Sanitation as an academic programme in the University. She lauded the University for implementing new teaching methods, developing new curricula and embarking on staff development to strengthen the University’s capacity to offer professional training in the area of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). Mrs. Nieuwendijk gave this commendation when she called on the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey, at his office as part of her working visit to Ghana to assess the implementation of various projects that are being supported by Nuffic in UCC and other Ghanaian academic institutions in line with the organisation’s vision of internationalizing education. The Water and Sanitation Unit of the Department of Chemistry was awarded a grant by Nuffic to strengthen the capacity of the Unit to provide professional development support for Environmental Health and Sanitation Experts in the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in 2014. The Unit is being supported by the Maastricht University of the Netherlands to implement the project. With a budget of €919, 039, UCC is expected to develop the Water and Sanitation Unit into a full-fledged Department to offer sustainable expertise, services and training to the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and other clients, as well as provide support to the MMDAs in the Monitoring and Evaluation of WASH services. The Former Provost of the College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, Prof. Samuel Yeboah Mensah, who is the Director of the Project on campus, noted that the Water and Sanitation Unit has made significant strides towards the implementation of the project. He noted that Water and Sanitation has become key to the development of Ghana and, therefore, called on the University to take advantage of the national and international attention that is being paid to this area of social development to enhance the development of the subject area in the University. He appealed to the University management to support the School of Physical Sciences to establish the Department of Water and Sanitation in the University. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, for his part, said that the University was happy to partner Nuffic in the area of Water and Sanitation and gave the assurance that the University would do everything that it could to support the project. He said management would support the School and the College to establish the Department of Water and Sanitation and ensure the success of the project, which will end in 2018. He said even though the University currently has a challenge with office space, additional space would be created that after the completion of the Science Annex Block, adding that the Department of Water and Sanitation, when established, would get offices in the Block. Accompanying Mrs. Marieke Nieuwendijk were the Provost of the College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, Prof. L. K. Sam-Amoah, the Dean of the School of Physical Sciences, Prof. Kofi Essuman and the Coordinator of the Water and Sanitation Unit, Dr. Peter Appiah Obeng. In an interview with Dr. Peter Appiah Obeng, who doubles as the Project Coordinator, he shed more light on the specific interventions being implemented by the Unit to achieve the goal of the project. These include the offer of scholarships for four lecturers of the Unit to pursue their PhD studies in Maastricht University, as well as three former teaching assistants to pursue their Masters and return to support the future Department of Water and Sanitation. Dr. Obeng also indicated that physical facilities including laboratory and office equipment worth two hundred thousand euros (€200,000) are being procured as part of the capacity building. According to Dr. Obeng, the project is supporting the Unit to review its existing curricula and to introduce additional relevant programmes in close collaboration with industry and other stakeholders of the WASH sector to respond to the perennial and emerging water and sanitation needs and challenges of the nation. Dr. Obeng said that, with monitoring and evaluation and gender issues having been recognised as key challenges in the WASH sector, the project has a specific component aimed at developing a short course in gender-sensitive monitoring and evaluation of WASH to be run by the future Department after piloting it in five selected MMDAs under the project. He also noted that the Centre for Gender Research Advocacy and Documentation (CEGRAD) of UCC is supporting the Unit in promoting gender equality among staff and students, as well as integrating it into the curricula being developed by the Unit.

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Dr. Quist-Aphetsi urges Academic Institutions to Build Cloud Computing System

13 Apr, 2017 By louis Mensah

A lecturer at the Department of Computer Science, Dr. Kester Quist-Aphetsi, has underscored the need for academic institutions to build Cloud Computing System to enhance their operations. According to him, Cloud Computing could help academic institutions to store files (for example examination scripts), perform computational research works through high performance computing applications, collaborative research work between departments, data mining from stored works and research work repository such as research articles, books, thesis and other administrative documents and information. Dr. Quist-Aphetsi stated this at a seminar organised by the School of Physical Sciences on the topic “Directions in Computing Academic Researches and their Applications in Industry”. He said such research repository was key to the development of academic institutions as regards its ranking on the educational ladder, stressing that “the traffic will boost the institution’s ranking.” He said Cloud Computing System provides a platform for people to mine information and conduct research to address challenges in society. Dr. Quist-Aphetsi said that the application of Cloud Computing System in industries was cost effective, adding that " it enhances security, increases productivity, language analysis, business applications, fight crime and terrorism." At the end of his presentation, Dr. Quist-Aphetsi demonstrated and displayed some of his research projects, ranging from Cloud computing, where he directed some participants to use their smartphones to switch on and switch out light, fan and other electrical appliances. The Dean of the School of Physical Sciences, Prof. David Kofi Essumang, expressed gratitude to Dr. Quist-Aphetsi for his insightful presentation. He admonished the students to emulate the creativity of the speaker and work towards excelling academically in their area of specialisation.  

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Vice-Chancellor Presents Computers to Department of History

13 Apr, 2017 By louis Mensah

The Department of History has received 10 sets of computer and accessories from the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah. Presenting the computers, the Vice-Chancellor said management considered the request by the Department and decided to donate the computers. He commended the Department for taking up the responsibility to produce a book on the history of the University of Cape Coast. The Head of the Department of History, Prof. Osei Kwame Kwarteng who received the computers expressed gratitude to the Vice-Chancellor for the donation. He thanked the Vice-Chancellor for recognising the Department’s contributions to the University. He said the computers would facilitate administrative and academic work in the Department. Present at the presentation were the Provost, College of Humanities and Legal Studies, Prof. Dora Edu-Buandoh; Dean Faculty of Arts, Prof. B. A. Afful and some lecturers of the Department of History.

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Africa will not Benefit from Ultra Nationalism

13 Apr, 2017 By louis Mensah

Speakers at a roundtable discussion have unanimously stated that Africa will not benefit from the wind of ultra nationalism blowing across Europe and North America. The roundtable discussion was organised under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts, College of Humanities and Legal Studies. The theme for the discussions was “The Rise of Ultra Nationalism in Europe and North America- Opportunities for African Political Unity and Economic Integration”. Speaking on the sub-theme ‘A historical framework for nationalism and ultra-nationalism, and the challenges and opportunities for African political and economic development’ Dr. K. B. Maison of the Department of History stated that until Africans retuned their minds, they could not unite. “We need to get real, without a change of our mindset, we cannot be ourselves and unite. Unity lies with us, we embrace others but not our own”. Other Speakers were Dr. Vladimir Antwi-Danso, of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College and and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Development Studies, Dr. K. A. Tuffour. Dr. Maison who did not mince words said Africa defined itself from the side of Europe. This, he said has not helped the continent because it was not part of reality, since the Europeans forced their ideals on the continent, describing them as meaningless. He said Africans were suffering from “Psychological control” since they learn from someone else’s worldview. “ The narrative of Africa is controlled from Europe” “Till we realize that this is Africa and no whiteman comes to Africa for Africa’s interest, we will remain where we are”, he stressed. The History lecturer called on Africans to get real and have a change of mindset without which they could not be themselves and unite. “The one who divided you is benefitting from your division”. Citing an example from the Japanese, Dr. Maison said they took the bold decision to become who they are and now have common purpose. Similarly, he indicated that the Germans decided to speak German instead of French to take their destiny in their own hands and now have their identity intact. He noted that there was intellectual failure in Africa since people in the continent were always imitating the Europeans. “Let’s get real, we need to go to originality and not copy Europe hook, line and sinker”, he stated. Dilating on the sub-theme “New Opportunities for Economic Integration in Africa in the Era of Rise of Ultra-Nationalist Movements in Europe and North America”, Dr. Antwi-Danso explained for integration to possible in Africa, it has to be brewed in ‘an African Pot’. Dr. Antwi-Danso wondered how Africa could integrate while he could not for example drive from Ghana to Senegal, again, there was only 14% of trade among Africans and 86% with Europe. “So if Europe implodes which kind of benefits could inure to Africa?”, he asked. He stated that the only trade opportunity available to Africans was for us to create the infrastructure and trade among ourselves. “If Europe implodes how do we succeed, where will we get the 70% of AU’s budget from?” he asked. Dr. Antwi-Danso stated that there would be no opportunities, until African leaders understood integration in the African sense”, he said. He predicted that by the year 2030, most positions in Europe and America would have been taken over by foreigners such as African and Latinos. He indicated that as the reason why there was a sharp rise in ultra nationalism in those places. Taking his turn, Dr. K. A. Tuffour mentioned it was as a result of economic reasons that was why currently in Europe and America, some people believe that attacks must be on all fronts for those who did not have their colour to leave their domain. He added that ultra-nationalism has created hatred for foreigners. “If you do not belong to their culture or district you need to be sent away. This is even evident on election posters”. Giving examples, he mentioned that 200 Guatemalans have been sent away from America since President Donald Trump declared that “America should be for Americans”. He indicated that the Rwandan experience has created an awareness that Africans should always look for African solutions to their problems. It has also brought Africans together to the extent most people were prepared to fight authoritarian regimes. Dr. Tuffour however, deplored the way safe havens were being paved for despots to go and enjoy the loot from their prolonged stay in power, citing the recent African Union (AU) decision to get former Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh a safe haven in an African country. “Even though recent history points to some form of change, recent events seem to negate the gains made”, he averred. Prof. Akua Britwum of IDS chaired the function and said the so-called change we all clamour for must start with the youth.

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