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The Provost with the 2019/2020 executives

DESAG Ushers in New National and Regional Executives

09 Jan, 2020 By louis Mensah

The Distance Education Students’ Association of Ghana (DESAG) has held a handing over and induction ceremony to swear in a new National Executive Council (NEC) and Regional Presidents for the 2019/2020 academic year.

Acceptance Speech


In his acceptance speech, the new President, Mr. Daniel Nana Dwuma, expressed his profound gratitude to the entire membership of the association for the opportunity and confidence reposed in him to serve the association across the country. He entreated the new executives to work as a team to serve members with the synergy that would ensure the achievement of their primary aspiration of unity in DESAG. Mr. Dwuma said, “We have taken a decision to serve our people and we must do so with all our might, and to the best of our abilities.”  He was hopeful that the entire membership would continue to support the leadership to run affairs of the association smoothly. Mr. Dwuma also used the opportunity to solicit support from the Management of the College and the entire Student body, in order to make their reign a successful one. 

A Patron of the association, Dr. Felix Kumedzro, commended the immediate past Executives for their hard work and ability to liaise with the DESAG, Student body and College Management for the common goal of every student. He urged the new leadership to work diligently by prioritizing the interest and welfare of their members, the College and UCC at large. Dr. Kumedzro also advised them to consult the College Management and past leaders whenever the need arose.  

Advice to the Executives


The Provost, College of Distance Education (CoDE), Prof. Isaac K. A. Galyuon, urged the new leadership of the association to unite and pursue a common agenda. He charged them to communicate, and consult each other in their decision making for a successful service towards DESAG members across the country. Prof. Galyuon entreated the Executives to work with integrity, truthfulness, selflessness, hard work and be mindful of accountability in their dealings. He said, “Seek to correct your mistakes and be vigilant in your dealings, and be prepared to face any challenge that may come your way as a team for the good of DESAG and UCC.” The Provost, who chaired the occasion encouraged the leaders to connect and network. He assured the Executives of the full support and encouragement of Management of the College.

NEC Members

The new NEC members are Nana Dwuma Daniel – National President, Ibrahim Abdul Rauf – National Vice President, David Mensah – General Secretary, Godwin Owusu – Financial Secretary, Thelma Ofosua Tabi -  Women's’ Commissioner, Gerald De-Graft Asmah – Welfare Officer, King Edem Adzagbo – Public Relations Officer, Insay Ibrahim  Taufic – Sports Secretary, and Prince Appiagyei – Organizing Secretary.  The Regional Presidents that form part of the National Council are Gregory Boakye – Greater Accra Region, Godfred Agbenafa – Ashanti Region, Kafui Aheto Fredrick – Brong Ahafo Region, Nelson Amekpui – Western Region, Stephen Nyaa – Eastern Region, Matilda Abasi Lardi – Upper East Region, Vera Keenu – Upper West Region, Alex Addae Akomanyi – Central Region, Iddrisu Ibrahim – Northern Region, and Jerry Evans Sedor – Volta Region.


Citations of honour were presented to the Provost of the College, DESAG Patron and College Registrar, Mr. Isaac Eliot Nyieku. Certificates and citations of honour were also presented to the immediate past Executives for their dedication and stewardship.
    

Mr. Isaac Nketsiah

Mr. Isaac Nketsiah

Mr. Isaac Nketsiah Serves on Ghana Data Quality Assurance Framework (DQAF) Multi-Stakeholder Drafting Team

Mr. Isaac Nketsiah of the Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy (DRIC) has been nominated to serve on a 10-member multi-stakeholder drafting team developing the Ghana Data Quality Assurance Framework (DQAF). Other members of the drafting team are from the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), the Private Enterprise Federation (PEF), Ministry of Health (MoH), Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Ministry of Education (MoE), Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) and CARE International, Ghana.  

About DQAF

The DQAF is a unified framework that will guide all stakeholders within the data ecosystem in the production of quality data to meet user needs. The availability and implementation of a DQAF will promote transparency of information and methods for statistics production, enhance the quality and interoperability of data, build trust, and facilitate the exchange of data between and among government institutions, civil society, private sector data producers, academic institutions and development partners. This will further enhance Ghana’s ability to adequately respond to the Sustainable Development Goals data needs. 

Profile of Mr. Nketsiah

Mr. Nketsiah is a social scientist with a strong background in accounting and finance. He is an investment advisor, grant-research proposal and business plan writing expert. His interest includes research administration, entrepreneurial finance, SMEs financial management and Intellectual Property issues. He is a result-oriented individual who has passion for excellence. He holds a Master of Commerce (MCom) in Finance and Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com-Accounting) degrees from the University of Cape Coast; a certificate in Result-based Project Management: Monitoring and Evaluation from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg; a Certificate in Innovation and Information Technology Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and a Certificate in General Course on Intellectual Property from World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), Geneva.

Mr. Nketsiah has over ten (10) years administrative, research and project management experience with the Centre for Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation (CePME), Syntek Global and the Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy of the University of Cape Coast. Mr. Nketsiah is the Account Administrator for the university's plagiarism software-'Turnitin'. He is also a Part-time Lecturer of Accounting and Finance at the Institute of Distance and e-Learning (IDeL), University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.

Mr. Nketsiah has been a Consultant for Ghana Rubber Estate (GREL), Rainforest Alliance (RA), GIZ, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Global Brigades Organisation (GBO-Ghana) and the Ghana Employers Association (GEA). He has actively collaborated with other consultants to write and implement a number of research projects. Mr. Nketsiah has the knowledge and experience in quantitative and qualitative data collection methods including survey design and data analysis. He is a data management and analysis expert and very competent in the use of data analysis software such as SPSS, MINITAB. EXCEL and E-VIEWS. He has 16 publications in the form of a book, journal articles (5) and technical reports (10) to his credit.

Mr. Nketsiah has attended more than 40 international and national conferences, seminars and workshops where he has played key roles as a Facilitator, Presenter, Coordinator, Rapporteur or Participant. Professionally, Mr. Nketsiah is a member of the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) and recently appointed to serve as a team member drafting the Ghana Data Quality Assurance Framework (DQAF).

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College of Health and Allied Sciences

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Welcome to the College of Health and Allied Sciences (CoHAS), University of Cape Coast, Ghana. The College consists of four Schools, namely; School of Medical Sciences (SMS) School of Nursing and Midwifery (SoNM) School of Allied Health Sciences (SAHS) School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SoPPS) The establishment of these Schools was only possible through the incredible devotion, planning and selfless efforts of Faculty members. The College is designed to link the mission of the University of Cape Coast to the citizens of the world and offers unprecedented opportunities to people with interest in the health professions. Currently, the College offers more than twelve (12) undergraduate health related professional degree programmes and five (5) postgraduate programs to the level of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). The Schools in the College are relatively new and have embraced new models of teaching with unrestricted freedom in order to be innovative and build our structures to link education to industry. This underscore our philosophy of linking Education to Industry, Knowledge to Experience and Theory to Practice. The diverse health professionals and scientists in the College collaborate to provide interdisciplinary and inter-professional models of education reflective of today’s team of healthcare workforce. The leadership of the CoHAS has developed the strategic plan for 2018-2023 to rest on four pillars (i) Experiential and Problem-based Education, (ii) Research, (iii) Practice and (iv) Service. To give meaning to our strategic plan, we provide exceptional education that inculcates the culture of excellence in our students, empowers them to be passionate for community safety and development, and provides selfless leadership and advocacy for equity and equality in the provision of healthcare. Our graduates are therefore imbued with curiosity, empathy, determination and perseverance to lead healthcare teams to transform society.
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Welcome to the College of Health and Allied Sciences (CoHAS), University of Cape Coast, Ghana. The College consists of four Schools, namely; School of Medical Sciences (SMS) School of Nursing and Midwifery (SoNM) School of Allied Health Sciences (SAHS) School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SoPPS) The establishment of these Schools was only possible through the incredible devotion, planning and selfless efforts of Faculty members. The College is designed to link the mission of the University of Cape Coast to the citizens of the world and offers unprecedented opportunities to people with interest in the health professions. Currently, the College offers more than twelve (12) undergraduate health related professional degree programmes and five (5) postgraduate programs to the level of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). The Schools in the College are relatively new and have embraced new models of teaching with unrestricted freedom in order to be innovative and build our structures to link education to industry. This underscore our philosophy of linking Education to Industry, Knowledge to Experience and Theory to Practice. The diverse health professionals and scientists in the College collaborate to provide interdisciplinary and inter-professional models of education reflective of today’s team of healthcare workforce. The leadership of the CoHAS has developed the strategic plan for 2018-2023 to rest on four pillars (i) Experiential and Problem-based Education, (ii) Research, (iii) Practice and (iv) Service. To give meaning to our strategic plan, we provide exceptional education that inculcates the culture of excellence in our students, empowers them to be passionate for community safety and development, and provides selfless leadership and advocacy for equity and equality in the provision of healthcare. Our graduates are therefore imbued with curiosity, empathy, determination and perseverance to lead healthcare teams to transform society.

Dr. Richard K. Dadzie Ephraim

Past Head, Department of Health Information Management

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18 Dec, 2019

The ACADEMY (African Trans-Regional Cooperation through Academy Mobility) project is a consortium of 5 institutions of which UCC is part. Basically, postgraduate students in partner institutions have the opportunity to spend some months (3 - 10) in any of the participating institutions to enable them work on their theses. Members of staff also have the opportunity to spend some months in any of the partner institutions for deeper work experience. The Scholarship covers airticket, accommodation and stipend for the scholarship period. Applications is currently open and the deadline is Monday, 30th March, 2020. For easy access kindly click this link https://academy.univ-tlemcen.dz/ and for further enquirers contact this link dric@ucc.edu.gh

Ms. Selasi Domi-Kuwornu

Ms. Selasi Domi-Kuwornu

UCC Student wins 2019 Miss Geek Ghana Competition

An 18-year-old Level 100 Student of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), has been crowned the 2019 Miss Geek Ghana in a keenly contested competition in Accra.      Selasi Domi-Kuwornu beat nine other contestants with her presentation dubbed; "Kasa-Cash System", an innovation that seeks to address electronic pilfering in Mobile Money transactions.

She received ¢10,000, a laptop, internet connection for one year, assistance to develop her Concept into prototype, as well as represent Ghana at the Miss Geek Africa Competition, which will be held in Guinea Conakry.

Miss Geek Africa is an entrepreneurship competition that originated from Rwanda in 2014, which has expanded to 22 countries in Africa. Girls and women between ages 13 and 25 submit apps that solve problems through technological innovations.

A former student of NAFTI, Atta Abdul Karim Najilau Dramundu who placed second, had her presentation on ‘Cineflex’, an application that addresses real concerns of the movie industry as it deals with providing value for talent and intellectual property.

She received ¢7,500, a laptop and will be given assistance to develop the concept into a prototype.

Molly Esi Sutherland, from the College of Health, Kintampo, placed third with her presentation on ‘Pregta Application (Pregnancy App),’ which seeks to improve maternal health particularly in the rural areas and improve health education in general, by disseminating information through the use of technology.

She received ¢5,000, a laptop, and assistance to develop her Concept into a prototype.

The seven other finalists got ¢2,000 and a laptop each.

The Contest, one of the many highlights of the Ninth Annual Innovation Africa Summit 2019, is an initiative being spearheaded by the Ministry of Communications to create platforms to encourage and empower girls to take interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and grow into subject matter experts.

Among the objectives is to inspire two percent of girls/women across Ghana, every year, to solve challenges in the country using technology.

It also encourages 15 per cent of girls/women in Ghana to pursue careers in technology, science, mathematics, and engineering within five years.

It also aims at promoting innovation among 20 per cent of Ghanaian Girls in STEM annually, and to contribute to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals; ‘Goal 1 - No Poverty, Goal 2 - Zero Hunger, Goal 5 - Gender Equality, Goal 8 - Decent Work and Economic, and Goal 10 - Reduced Inequalities’.

Source: GNA

 

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