In line with the strategic objective of the University to enhance ICT knowledge management and services among staff of the University, the Students Record Section of the Directorate of Academic Affairs of the University of Cape Coast has organised a three-day refresher training for all School/Faculty and Departmental Registration and Examination Officers (FREOs/SREOs and DREOs).
The objective of the refresher training was to review user requirements and enhance the implementation of the University of Cape Coast Online Student Information System (UCCOSIS), in line with the academic programme policies and regulations of the University.
The training covered the academic programme policies and regulations for undergraduate studies, modules on the UCCOSIS, and responsibilities of FREOs/SREOs, DREOs, and that of members of SRS and MIS section. It was held at the training and support centre of the Directorate of ICT Services.
Facilitators for the training included the Registrar of the University, Mr. Jeff Teye Emmanuel Onyame; Director of Academic Affairs, Gideon Enoch Abbeyqauye Esq.; Head of Department of Classics and Philosophy, Prof. Peter K.T Grant; Head of Department and Chairman of Time Table Committee, Prof. Nathaniel Howard; Head of Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Prof. Issahaku Adam; Head of the Management Information Section, Mr. Ernest Kojo Bentum; and the Head of Students Records Section, Mr. Mohammed Najimudeen Abdulai.
The Director of Academic Affairs, Gideon Enoch Abbeyqauye Esq. took participants through the academic programme policies and regulations for students of the University. He admonished FREOs/SREOs and DREOs to diligently work with students and support their academic needs in line with the available policies of the University.
Prof. Peter K.T Grant and Prof. Issahaku Adam shared relevant experiences with participants on the responsibilities of FREOs/SREOs and DREOs in the implementation of policies and the UCCOSIS. Participants were taken through practical sessions on UCCOSIS by Mr. Ernest Kojo Bentum and Mr. Andrews Kwabena Owusu.
The training also provided an opportunity for all stakeholders to share valuable experiences and essential feedback on the implementation of policies and the UCCOSIS.
The Registrar of the University, Mr. Jeff Teye Onyame, climaxed the training with a brief lecture on the roles of staff of the Students Records and the MIS Sections in delivering services to students and the University community.
He admonished all stakeholders to work together to ensure effective and efficient implementation of the UCCOSIS and the University’s academic programme policies and regulations for students. The participants expressed satisfaction with the refresher training, and called for more of such programmes to enhance the collective implementation of policies and the systems in the University.
Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC
The University of Cape Coast has set the pace by becoming the first higher education institution in the country to establish an Ambulance Service Centre.
The establishment of the Centre is in partnership with the National Ambulance Service.
Director of the University Health Services (UHS), Dr. Evans Ekanem
Dr. Ekanem further said that the UHS in conjunction with various faculties was currently involved in the training of some cadre of health workers - doctors, physician assistants, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, radiographers, sonographers, dieticians, optometrists and laboratory assistants.
He described as exciting the partnership with the National Ambulance Service leading to the establishment of the Ambulance Centre at the University which will enhance the transportation of patients to other health facilities for treatment.
“The hospital must rely on other facilities such as the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital and the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital for referral cases and this requires the availability and the use of ambulances and we are therefore excited … launching this partnership with the National Ambulance Service” Dr. Ekanem noted.
Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong
In his address, the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Johnson Nyarko-Boampong, mentioned that from humble beginnings, the UHS had chalked an imposing feat as the preferred health facility within the Cape Coast Metropolis and beyond.
He noted the hospital had the vision of expanding its range of services by providing an enabling environment to attract and maintain specialists in other points of healthcare leading to an upgrade of the UHS to a secondary healthcare facility.
Prof. Nyarko Boampong reiterated the benefit the Ambulance Centre presents to UHS considering the poor state of the two ambulances the University owns.
He took advantage of the platform to extend an invitation to the persons present to participate in the grand durbar of the University’s 60th anniversary.
The CEO of the National Ambulance Service, Prof. Ahmed Zackaria, has recommended to the University of Cape Coast the introduction of a Basic Life Support Training course for students of the University.
Speaking as the guest speaker at the inauguration of the Ambulance Service Centre, he said with UCC making its mark as an institution setting the pace as the pioneer in several fields, inculcating a Life Support Training course into the programmes of all students will ensure these students graduating with the requisite knowledge in life support.
Prof. Zackaria added that the establishment of the Ambulance Centre at UCC was an addition to the general emergency response system in the metropolis and its surrounding districts to reduce the spate of human lives lost in times of emergencies.
The ceremony also saw the inauguration of an ambulance by the CEO of the National Ambulance Service and the Vice- Chancellor of UCC.
Present at the commissioning were the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Rosemond Boohene who also is the board chairperson of UHS; Registrar, Mr. Jeff Teye Emmanuel Onyame; Central Regional Director of Health Services, Dr. Akosua Owusu-Sarpong as well as Provosts, Deans, Directors and the representatives of labour unions at UCC.
University of Cape Coast Hospital
The Directorate of University Health Services (DUHS) began as a clinic in 1963, attached to the Adehye Hall to cater for the health needs of students, staff and their dependents. It is now one of the Directorates of the University of Cape Coast and consists of the University Health Services (UHS) and the Environmental Health Services (EHS).
The Directorate is governed and regulated by the University Health Services Committee (UHSC) under the chairmanship of the Pro- Vice-Chancellor of the University with representatives from Academic Board, Convocation, Central Regional Health Directorate, Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG), Tertiary Education Workers’ Union (TEWU), Graduate Students’ Association of Ghana (GRASSAG), the Student Representative Council (SRC) and DUHS.
It is licensed as a primary healthcare facility by the Health Facility Regulatory Agency (HeFRA) of Ghana. The facility is a member of the Ghana Association of Quasi-Government Health Institutions (GAQHI).
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The UCC Outstanding Staff Reward and Recognition Award is presented this year 2022 to recognize individual staff who demonstrate outstanding service and who make significant contributions to the university and the community.
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The University of Cape Coast (UCC) Chapter of the Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) has held a dialogue to discuss the contribution of the administrative and professional cadres towards expanding the frontiers of higher education in Ghana.
The event was on the theme: “UCC@60: Expanding the Frontiers of Higher Education: The Contribution of Administrative and Professional Cadres."
The programme formed part of activities marking the 60th anniversary of UCC.
The Acting Registrar of the Presbyterian University of Ghana, Dr. Emmanuel Agyenim-Boateng, stressed the need for university administrators to hone their professional skills to surmount emerging challenges in the 21st century administration.
Acting Registrar of the Presbyterian University of Ghana, Dr. Emmanuel Agyenim-Boateng
Dr. Agyenim Boateng urged administrators to be ready to build their professional capacities to constantly remain relevant in the profession so as to become "masters in managing the affairs of the university in the face of ambiguity and uncertainty."
The Registrar urged administrators to attend training programmes and workshops to equip themselves with knowledge in modern university administration trends to better perform their duties.
In view of that, he recommended what he described as four (4) "Cs" of soft skills to the administrators, explaining that the administrator must develop soft skills in critical thinking, creativity, communications and collaboration, or collaborative skills.
Mr. Jeff Teye Emmanuel Onyame, Registrar of UCC
Chairing the function, the Registrar of UCC, Mr. Jeff Teye Emmanuel Onyame, in a brief remark, stated that it was time the contribution of both administrative and professional cadres of UCC achieved recognition.
He, therefore, hailed GAUA-UCC for putting up the programme to catalogue the enormous contributions of administrators and professional cadres to UCC.
President of GAUA-UCC, Felix Adu-Poku, welcoming participants, expressed gratitude to GAUA-UCC members and called for support for the new executives, urging members to take active part in the UCC@60 programmes.
As part of the event, six (6) discussants deliberated on the theme.
The discussants included Mr. Caxton Oduro-Donkor, a former Director of Finance-UCC; Dr. Beth Offei Awuku, GAUA National President and Dr. Joe Kizzie Hayford, Deputy Director, Pharmaceutical Services-UCC.
Some GAUA-UCC members at the function
They all reiterated the fact that university administrators and professional cadres’ contributions to the forward match of the University could not be overemphasized.
Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC
The School of Business has awarded two hundred and nine (299) students at its Dean’s awards ceremony held at the University of Cape Coast.
Instituted in the 2008/2009 academic year, the ceremony is aimed at recognising students at levels 200, 300 and 400 for obtaining Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.6 and above per academic year.
A level 400 Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) student, Atitso Emmanuel Mawuli, with a CGPA of 4.0, was the toast of the occasion.
The awardees received certificates for their outstanding performances.
Addressing the ceremony, the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to Ghana, HE Hilton John Mitchell, explained that employers were facing uphill task to recruit reliable, trusted, committed and loyal human resource.
“The biggest headache employers face today is the right, honest reliable and committed human resource. This is bigger than any financial hurdle that employers have” he noted.
Some students at the awards
He advised student leaders to eschew dubious means of attaining wealth and use their positions to serve their colleagues. He also admonished students to be wary of the friends they kept because that could influence life and alter their decisions, while urging them to use their time responsibly.
Congratulating the students for the feats, HE Mitchell entreated them to pursue their goals with diligence and eschew shortcuts to success and advised them to aspire to be outstanding in all endeavours of life.
For his part, the Dean of the School of Business, Prof. John Gatsi, said the School would not relent on its efforts to train and produce “fit-for- purpose” graduates who can work in multi-cultural environments to build interpersonal skills, Innovation and data skills.”
He said the School had introduced a two (2) hour credit course – Professional Development Skills - at level 400 to consolidate various skills needed in industry and the world of work.
Prof. Gatsi announced that a new undergraduate programme was in the offing in the area of BCOM Financial Engineering.
The Dean hailed professional bodies for the support towards the School and indicated that the School would work in concert with the bodies to get database with past students of the School who enroll on their professional courses.
“We are now working with professional bodies to create database for the number of our students, especially fresh graduates who pass professional exams for our records,” he observed.
The Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Prof. Sarfo Sarfo-Kantankah, chaired the event.
Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC
The Directorate of Information and Communication Technology Services, the Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience (ACECoR), and the Directorate of Procurement, have held a training for a cross section of staff of the University of Cape Coast to equip them in the use of the Electronic Procurement (e-procurement) Management System.
The training targeted improving procurement activities in the University and help eradicate all forms of inefficiencies and malpractices associated with the manual system of public procurement.
The stakeholders included Directors, Deans, Heads of Departments and some selected administrative staff of the University.
Lead Programmer, Richmond Nketiah, taking participants through the Electronic Procurement Management System
He, therefore, called for collaboration amongst stakeholders in the University for effective implementation of the system. This would enable the University to reap all the benefits associated with the new management system. He added that all procurement plans were going to be prepared online to ensure value for money.
For his part, the Director of Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience (ACECoR)-UCC, Prof Denis Aheto, said the e-procurement system would reduce the human element in the entire process of procurement. He also urged stakeholders to take advantage of the system to enhance their operations.
Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC