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

The Second lady of Ghana, Mrs. Samira Bawumia, has advised female students of the University to broaden their horizon and acquire valuable skills that can make them competitive globally.

“The woman’s place is at the top and it is time we take up the challenging role not just in our schools and communities but in our society” she said.

A senior lecturer at the Department of Conservation Biology and Entomology, Dr. Andreas Kudom, has called on stakeholders and policy makers to adopt new strategies on Malaria prevention through continuous research.

He noted that though a lot of resources had been invested into malaria prevention programmes, there had not been any significant decreases in cases of malaria in the country.