The Department of Basic Education has been called upon to collaborate with the government to turn the fortunes of the country around through education.
The Organisation for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) UCC Chapter in partnership with Centre for Gender Research, Advocacy and Documentation (CEGRAD) and African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS-Ghana) has held a forum to celebrate International Day for Women and Girls in Science 2020, under the theme: “Investment in Women and Girls in Science for Inclusive Green Growth.”
The Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD) has handed over Teaching and Learning Materials to the Faculty of Educational Foundations.
Welcoming the team, the Coordinator of Sign Language Interpreting Programme, UCC, Dr. Irene Vanderpuye, stated that the purpose of the gathering was to officially exit the collaborative terms between UCC and GNAD from 2017 to 2020. She explained that it was part of the agreement that at the end of the programme, the learning resources would be handed over to the Faculty for teaching and learning.
Prof. Felix Kofi Ameka of the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics, the Netherlands has called for a concerted effort to make all languages spoken in Ghana matter in our social lives.
“Let us all pledge individually and collectively to contributing to making all languages used in Ghana matter in our social lives”.
As part of efforts to strengthen the Colleges of Education affiliated to the University, the Institute of Education has organised a workshop for key officers of the Colleges on the Conduct of Academic Board Meetings.
The University of Cape Coast is exploring the possibility of establishing a campus at the Nduom School of Business and Technology as part of measures to admit more students for the 2020/2021 academic year.
This is in anticipation of the large number of applicants who will be seeking admission as a result of the free Senior High School policy. The first batch of the policy will complete their studies in 2020 and, therefore, there is the need to increase enrolment in the 2020/2021 academic year.
A Professor of Plant Virology, Elvis Asare-Bediako, has called for the eradication of plant viruses in order to eliminate poverty and hunger to save lives.
Prof. Asare-Bediako noted that achieving food security in sub-Saharan Africa remained a great challenge, and indicated that plant viruses were a major contributing factor. “Plant diseases are therefore a threat to global food security,” he noted.
The University has officially launched seven disease-resistant varieties of cowpea to boost production and also ensure food security.
The newly improved varieties are climate-resilient and high yielding cowpea genotypes adaptable to the forest, coastal and savannah areas of Ghana.
The seven are developed varieties are Asare-Moya, Kum-Zoya, Saka-Buro, Aluba-Kpole, Yor-Kpitio, UCC-Early and the Aduapa . These new varieties have a short maturity period and they could be cultivated at least two times in a year.
The Centre for Entrepreneurship and Small Enterprise Development (CESED), UCC, has held a training workshop for Entrepreneurship Course facilitators on campus.
First year students of the University Practice Senior High School (UPSHS) have been educated on adolescent health development and sexuality at a symposium organised by the Centre for Gender Research, Advocacy, and Documentation (CEGRAD).
The symposium, which is held annually for first-year students of UPSHS, was aimed at exposing freshmen and women to the various social issues and challenges that potentially confront them as adolescents and students.