The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Professor Johnson Nyarko Boampong, has been elected the new chairperson of the Vice Chancellors Ghana (VCG).

Professor Boampong succeeds Professor (Mrs) Rita Akosua Dickson of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).

He would steer the affairs of the organisation for one year.

About Vice Chancellors Ghana

It is registered as a non-profit organisation in Ghana, whose objectives are to promote scholarship, research and innovation and maintain common standards for academic progression.

It also advocates better conditions of service for staff members and asserts professional authority on higher educational matters in Ghana among others.

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC