Youth Empowerment Synergy, Ghana has awarded grants to groups of students of the University to implement projects that will have social impact on the lives of people living in some communities in the Central Region.
In all 30 students were awarded a grant of GH¢ 50, 000 to undertake their projects. The students who were in groups of five received amounts ranging from GH¢8, 000 to GH¢14, 000.
A professor of Natural Products Chemistry, Professor Yaw Opoku-Boahen, has underscored the need to invest in medicinal plants to create jobs for the teeming youth in the country.
Prof. Opoku-Boahen said research had shown that certain medicinal plants could heal chronic diseases such cancer, malaria and HIV/Aids.
The Centre for Child Development, Research and Referral (CCDR) has donated a hearing aid worth GH¢ 4,000 to Miss Bernice Mensah Damptewa, a Junior High School leaver.
Miss. Damptewa has been suffering from hearing impairment for a couple of years and this condition affected her performance in school since she had difficulty hearing what was being taught in class. As a result of this, she performed poorly at the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
Past students of the School of Agriculture, affectionately called AGRICOLAE, have held a three-day homecoming to map out strategies to make their association vibrant.
The homecoming was also aimed at mobilising alumni to support the development of the School of Agriculture.
The event, themed: “Repositioning School of Agriculture as a Centre of Excellence for Education: Agricolae, served as a networking and socialisation platform which afforded members to relive memories of their school days.
The Deputy Western Regional Minister, Mrs. Gifty E. Kusi, has commended the College of Distance Education (CoDE) for creating opportunity for more women to access tertiary education.
“Distance Education especially that of College of Distance Education-University of Cape Coast has made it possible to bring education to the doorsteps of all and being helpful in maximizing the economic wealth of the country.”
The Committee on Restructuring of the College of Distance Education (CoDE), has presented its final report to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah.
The Chairman of the Committee, Prof. Stephen Kendie, who presented the report, called for the strengthening of the regional study centres as satellite campuses where there would be academic staff and administrative officials to man such campuses. He said the committee made some recommendations after analysing the current structure of CoDE.
Mr. John Kpodo has been sworn in as the new Students Representative Council President (SRC) to take over from Mr. Tony Henry Arthur, who headed the Council during the 2017/18 academic year.
Mr. Kpodo, a level 300 student reading B.ED Science, polled 3,574 of the vote to beat Mr. Kinglsey Sarpong Akowuah, a second year law student, who is challenging the outcome of the elections through the laid down procedures of the University.
A Senior Lecturer at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Dr. Georgina Oduro, has called for a multi-sectoral approach to tackle the alarming trend of child prostitution in the country.
She, therefore, asked all stakeholders, including researchers and policy makers, to redouble their efforts to stem the tide of child prostitution, which is illegal in the country.
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Lt. Gen. Obed B. Akwa, has reiterated government’s claim that Ghana has not offered a military base to the United States under the 2018 Defence and Co-operation Agreement (DCA).
“The Defence Co-operation Agreement (DCA) between the government of the US and the Republic of Ghana is not a base agreement”. Rather, he said: “such cooperation allows US to operate and destroy potential adversary since the ability of most military in Africa is hampered by lack of logistics”.
The Ad-Hoc Committee for Staff Audit in the UCC Basic Schools has presented its report to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof. George K. T. Oduro.
Presenting the report, the Chairman of the Ad-Hoc Committee, Dr. Dickson Hippolyt Angbing, thanked management of the University for having confidence in the team to undertake such an important assignment. He was hopeful that management would study the report and critically examined the recommendations for implementation
