The immediate past Provost of the College of Distance Education (CoDE), Prof. Isaac K. Galyuon has underscored the invaluable contributions of CoDE towards expanding access for Ghanaians to pursue quality tertiary education.
He said scores of people had been offered the opportunity to enroll to pursue academic programmes via the distance mode of education.
Prof. Galyuon made the remarks at a ceremony to mark CoDE Day which formed part of activities earmarked for the 60th anniversary of the University of Cape Coast (UCC).
Attended by management of UCC, members of faculty, students (past and present) of CoDE as well as coordinators, the event was on the theme: "60 years of Quality Higher Education: Expanding Access through Distance Learning.”
To expand access through distance learning, the former Provost told CoDE-UCC to take advantage of ICT to engage students online.
Prof. Emmanuel Abu, Chairman of the CoDE Day UCC@60 Planning Committee
Prof. Galyuon called for management support to enable CoDE deliver on its mandate.
"The College enjoyed maximum support from UCC Management from 2001 to 2016. However, from 1st October, 2016 to date, the support has been inadequate, particularly between 1st October, 2016 and 1st August, 2020," he pointed out, calling on management to continually repose trust in the College Management.
He also appealed to management to complete developmental projects of the College.
Prof. Galyuon suggested to management to appoint two deputy Provosts of CoDE to assist the Provost in the discharge of his responsibilities.
"One deputy Provost assisting the Provost for management of programmes, course tutors and examinations and the other Provost for general administrations, finances, as well as linkages and external affairs."
A section of participants in the CoDE Day climax
He threw his weight behind the renaming of CoDE to the College of Distance Learning (CoDL) and honourably rendered an unconditional apology for kicking against the name and his relentless support for the name CoDE at the initial stages.
In a video message, the first Director of the Centre for Continuing Education(CCE) now CoDE, Mr. Albert Kobina Koomson, recalled the formative stages of the College and urged the new crop of staff to give off their best.
For his part, a former Vice Chancellor of UCC, Prof. S.K Agyapong, in a video address, gave the historical background of the College. He was enthused about the growth the College has seen over the years and prayed for more successes for CoDE through discipline and hard work.
Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC