A Centre of Transformative Education is to be established at the University of Cape Coast to provide professional development on transformative pedagogies to tutors of colleges of education, teacher educators at the university, school improvement officers at the Ghana Education Offices and pre-tertiary teachers.
The Director-General of the Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA), a UNESCO Category II Centre of Excellence for West Africa at the University of Cape Coast, Dr. Michael Boakye-Yiadom, has urged lecturers to prioritise the needs of students and create an enabling environment for them to thrive.
Six Faculty Members from the Departments of Chemistry and Physics have been granted access to research facilities and database of Penn State University and the International Centre for Diffraction (ICDD) to conduct collaborative projects.
The School of Allied Health Sciences has held a handover ceremony for two former Heads of Department to newly-appointed ones.
Prof. Alexander Egyir-Yawson of the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Dr. Richard Okyere of the Department of Health Information Management passed the mantle of responsibility and leadership of their respective departments to the new heads.
VALCO Trust Hall, the sole graduate student hall of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), has been given a massive facelift.
The renovation works saw the fitting of all washrooms, replacement of wash basins, repair of leaking ceilings, and refitting of all kitchens.
The rest are the provision of temporary emergency lighting, the addition of new bath and toilet cubicles, as well as polishing and painting of all internal and external wall surfaces.
Eighteen (18) staff members of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) have been rewarded for their sterling work and dedication to duty. The number comprised four (4) senior members, nine (9) senior staff and five (5) junior staff.
For their prize, each of the awardees was presented with a certificate, an undisclosed amount of money and a plaque.
After several years of dedicated service to the University of Cape Coast (UCC), one hundred and five (105) workers have bowed out of the University on attaining the compulsory retirement age of 60 years.
The retirees, including thirty (31) senior members, twenty-one (21) senior staff, and fifty-three (53) junior staff from various departments and sections of the University, were honoured at a Send-Off and Long Service Awards Ceremony.
Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) have been urged to make budgetary allocations for air pollution to safeguard public health and the environment.
The University of Cape Coast (UCC) Kindergarten (KG) has organised a graduation ceremony for KG 2 pupils of the school.
The colourful event was held on the theme: “60+1 Years of Ensuring Quality Early Childhood Education: The Role of Stakeholders”.
The ceremony attracted parents of the graduating class, the clergy and a section of the public who were treated to cultural displays by the school’s cultural troupe and choreography by the Creative Minds Group.
In a remarkable act of generosity, Texas Instruments Education, a German-based company, has presented 100 electronic hand-held TI 84 CE calculators worth GHS 100,000 to the Department of Maths and Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Education.
The gesture is to help enhance the teaching and learning of ICT in the Department.
