The School of Business has rolled out MBA programmes for personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) on sandwich module.
The move was hinged on a collaboration between the School of Business of University of Cape Coast and the Training School of Finance of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF).
The first cohort of students were offered admission to pursue MBA in Accounting, Finance, Management, Human Resource, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, and Procurement and Supply Chain Management programmes.
The programmes, which will run on both online and face-to-face basis for a one year duration, are expected to end in May 2024.
At an orientation for the students at Burma Camp in Accra, the Dean of the School of Business-UCC, Prof. John Gartchie Gatsi, congratulated the students for having secured admission into the University and stated that it was the first step towards the fulfilment of their dreams.
The Dean of the School of Business-UCC, Prof. John Gartchie Gatsi
He observed that there was an increasing demand for MBA programmes by professionals and industry players who barely had time for regular programmes given their work schedules. In view of that, Prof. Gatsi said the School of Business found it imperative to roll out the sandwich MBA Programmes to build the professional capacities of the military personnel.
The Dean, therefore, lauded the the collaboration between the two institutions and added that UCC was committed to providing unrivalled academic excellence by providing the enabling environment to improve teaching and learning. He urged the students to tap into the rich experience of the pool of lecturers within the School of Business.
Prof. Gatsi said the University would not compromise on any form of academic dishonesty, and advised the students to desist from examination malpractice.
For his part, the Defense Financial Controller at GAF, General Daniel K. Amissah, praised the School of Business for the collaboration to cater for the educational needs of personnel of GAF.
"This collaboration perfectly fits into the high command’s vision of maintaining highly motivated, highly professional and well equipped officers and soldiers with requisite knowledge, skills and expertise to perform their duties effectively and efficiently" he added.
General Amissah said, "The Training School of Finance remains the only institution in the GAF that provides in-service training in finance and accounting related courses to officers." He therefore, welcomed the decision of the School of Business to run all its programmes to the advantage of military officers.
Defense Financial Controller at GAF, General Daniel K. Amissah
He also entreated UCC to develop other programmes outside finance and accounting to enable other officers without business background seize the opportunity to enroll.
General Amissah encouraged the students to take their studies seriously and eschew acts of dishonesty and cheating, especially during examinations and warned that such acts were totally unacceptable and would not be tolerated under any circumstance by the Ghana Armed Forces.
The Provost of the College of Humanities and Legal Studies, Prof Kwame Osei Kwarteng, who chaired the orientation , congratulated the students for sailing through the selection process to be admitted into the number one university in Ghana and West Africa.
The Provost of the College of Humanities and Legal Studies, Prof Kwame Osei Kwarteng
Other University officials took turns to inform the fresh students about the services rendered by their respective outfits to aid their stay on campus.