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Vice-Chancellor Receives Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana

17 Nov, 2017 By louis Mensah

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, has received the Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, His Excellency, Micheal Femi Abikoye and his entourage at the Council Chamber.

The purpose of the visit by the High Commissioner was to officially introduce himself to the Vice-Chancellor and also deepen the existing relations between the Commission and the University. Speaking during the meeting, HE. Abikoye said that  he was appointed as High Commissioner to Ghana on  July this 2017 and presented his letters of credence to President Akufo Addo on 18th August, 2017.


HE. Abikoye noted that as part of his duty tour in Ghana as an envoy, he was duty-bound to seek the welfare of Nigerians across the country. According to him, there were a lot of Nigerian students who have enrolled in  Ghanaian universities and the students have been complaining about the hike in tuition fees.


The High Commissioner said this development was burdening  parents, resulting in the increasingly reduction of the number of students who enrol in Ghanaian universities.
" I therefore humbly call on the management of the University to review the tuition fees for foreign students to enable more students to access university education in Ghana", he appealed.
 

HE. Abikoye was grateful that Nigerians and Ghanaians were living peacefully and enjoying a fruitful relationship. He thus advised Nigerian students to respect the laws of the institution in order not to fall foul of the laws.


For his part, the Vice-Chancellor described the visit of HE. Abikoye to the University as "a memorable one". He assured the High Commissioner that management of the University would take a second  look at the fees.


"We will take another look at the fees paid by non-Ghanaian students from the sub-region." he said. Prof. Ampiah told the High Commissioner that the University would do everything it could to make Nigerian students comfortable.

 

As part of his visit,  HE. Abikoye interacted with Nigerian students  to get first-hand information about their  challenges on campus and devise ways to addressing them. The High Commissioner was accompanied by the Minister and staff of the High Commission, as well as some members of the Nigerian community in Ghana.

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SG Ghana, Fidelity Bank Delegations Call on Vice-Chancellor

17 Nov, 2017 By louis Mensah

A delegation from Societe Generale Ghana ( SG Ghana) has called on the Vice- Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, at the Council Chamber.  The delegation, led by the Advisor to the Managing Director SG Ghana, Mr. Edmund W. Brobbey, was at the University to introduce new banking products initiated by SG Ghana to the Vice-Chancellor and the University community. Key amongst the initiatives, according to Mr. Brobbey, was the Digital Corner, which is a completely self-service miniature styled branch powered by solar energy. He revealed that the two main elements found in the Digital Corner were new generation of ATM and tablets. He further disclosed that the Digital Corner could enable students and staff to check their account balance, make product request, locate any of the 42 branches of SG Ghana throughout the country using google maps, calculate and a make loan request; and access base rate and indicative forex rates. Mr. Brobbey said university students were fast embracing digitization, hence, the need to introduce the Digital Corner for 24 hours easy banking services. He, therefore, requested a parcel of land to put up the Digital Corner for the University community. Addressing the delegation, Prof. Ampiah expressed joy at the new initiative and told the delegation that the University would give the Bank a place to put up the structure. He added that the University would also give the bank the chance to sensitize members of the university community on their services and products. He reminded them of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) towards the University so as to deepen the relations well. In a similar development, the Vice- Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, has met with a delegation from Fidelity Bank. The delegation was at the University to congratulate the Vice-Chancellor on his appointment and also introduce some of the Bank’s products to the University management. Speaking at the meeting, the Deputy Managing Director of Fidelity Bank, Mr. Julian Opuni, said the Bank had positioned itself well and was ready to provide quality banking services to the University community. Some officials of the Bank took turns to explain some of the initiatives of the bank, including personal banking for staff, transaction banking, QR code system, cashless system, amongst others. For his part, Prof. Ampiah thanked the delegation for the visit and indicated that the University was ready to work with banks which would provide better services to its staff and students, stressing that” we don’t have permanent friends, we have permanent interest.” He urged the Bank to discharge its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) roles to the University. That, he said, would encourage the University to partner the Bank effectively for future endeavours.

Workshop on Autism and Special Needs Held

17 Nov, 2017 By louis Mensah

A Non-Governmental Organisation, Child Health Improvement Programme (CHIP), in collaboration with the School of Medical Sciences (SMS), has organized workshop on Autism and Special needs. The workshop, which is the fourth to be held, had the theme: “Biomedical and Nutritional Intervention for the Special Needs Child” and attracted participants from Pre-Schools, caregivers and some medical personnel. Autism is a whole body, multi system metabolic disorder which is also described as neurological and psychological criteria. Cells within the body play an important role and affect persons with such disorders especially their gastrointestinal system. For example, a leaking gut can cause discomfort to a child with this defect could be seen throwing tantrums anytime the system goes wrong.If this is detected early enough and the right help is provided, the consequences of the disorder are reduced to the barest minimum. Food and nutrition is also important to such persons since if the right food is not identified for them, it could also aggravate their conditions and they cannot therefore act well. Speaking at the workshop, a clinical nutritionist and metabolic specialist, Peta Cohen said identifying and forming a multidisciplinary network helps to find support for children with such disorders. The Metabolic specialist indicated that, children with Autism and other disorders were more likely to have greater intellectual disability and increased mortality than those without. “Seizures range from 5% and 38% than observed in typically developing children”, she said. Peta Cohen noted that although many deficits in Autism Special Disorder (ASD) were social and cognitive, many affected individual with ASD also have substantial Gastrointestinal morbidity. “Major findings that may shed light on GI morbidity in ASD include the observation that children with Autism and GI systems show evidence of microbial deficiencies”, Again Cohen said: “the reported prevalence of GI disorders in children with ASD ranges from 9-91%”. She said such children suffer from abdominal discomfort, constipation and persistent diarrhea. She averred that biology was not part of the definition or prognosis in spite of the prevalence of co-morbid conditions, “no biological situation exits to identify autism at the moment”. “Many of the co-morbid medical conditions can significantly impact health, development, social, education and daily living of persons with ASD”. Again, she said many children diagnosed with ASD exhibited a wide range of co-morbid conditions including but limited to anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder, bowel disease, gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and immune disorder. Others are neuro inflammation, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) Sensory integration disorder disorder, seizures and epilepsy, sleep problems and tuberous sclerosis. Explaining further, she mentioned that anxiety disorders were one of the most prevalent co- morbidities in ASD which might exacerbate and at times drive the core deficits of ASD. She noted that symptoms of ASD overlap with genetic, neurobiological and phenotypical symptoms of anxiety disorders.    

Workshop on Autism and Special Needs Held

17 Nov, 2017 By louis Mensah

A Non-Governmental Organisation, Child Health Improvement Programme (CHIP), in collaboration with the School of Medical Sciences (SMS), has organized workshop on Autism and Special needs.

The workshop, which is the fourth to be held, had the theme: “Biomedical and Nutritional Intervention for the Special Needs Child” and attracted participants from Pre-Schools, caregivers and some medical personnel.

Autism is a whole body, multi system metabolic disorder which is also described as neurological and psychological criteria.
Cells within the body play an important role and affect persons with such disorders especially their gastrointestinal system. For example, a leaking gut can cause discomfort to a child with this defect could be seen throwing tantrums anytime the system goes wrong.If this is detected early enough and the right help is provided, the consequences of the disorder are reduced to the barest minimum.
Food and nutrition is also important to such persons since if the right food is not identified for them, it could also aggravate their conditions and they cannot therefore act well.

Speaking at the workshop, a clinical nutritionist and metabolic specialist, Peta Cohen said identifying and forming a multidisciplinary network helps to find support for children with such disorders.

The Metabolic specialist indicated that, children with Autism and other disorders were more likely to have greater intellectual disability and increased mortality than those without.

“Seizures range from 5% and 38% than observed in typically developing children”, she said.

Peta Cohen noted that although many deficits in Autism Special Disorder (ASD) were social and cognitive, many affected individual with ASD also have substantial Gastrointestinal morbidity.
“Major findings that may shed light on GI morbidity in ASD include the observation that children with Autism and GI systems show evidence of microbial deficiencies”,

Again Cohen said: “the reported prevalence of GI disorders in children with ASD ranges from 9-91%”. She said such children suffer from abdominal discomfort, constipation and persistent diarrhea.

She averred that biology was not part of the definition or prognosis in spite of the prevalence of co-morbid conditions, “no biological situation exits to identify autism at the moment”.
“Many of the co-morbid medical conditions can significantly impact health, development, social, education and daily living of persons with ASD”.

Again, she said many children diagnosed with ASD exhibited a wide range of co-morbid conditions including but limited to anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder, bowel disease, gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and immune disorder.

Others are neuro inflammation, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) Sensory integration disorder disorder, seizures and epilepsy, sleep problems and tuberous sclerosis.

Explaining further, she mentioned that anxiety disorders were one of the most prevalent co- morbidities in ASD which might exacerbate and at times drive the core deficits of ASD.

She noted that symptoms of ASD overlap with genetic, neurobiological and phenotypical symptoms of anxiety disorders. 
  

Administration
16 Nov, 2017

In support of the Government of Ghana’s (GoG) initiatives on food security, the United States Government (USG) through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is supporting a five-year capacity building program for fisheries and coastal management in Ghana. The project contributes to GoG’s overall grand fisheries and coastal development objectives and USAID’s Feed the Future (FtF) Initiative, the USG led global hunger and food security project designed to enhance economic growth in beneficiary countries. In this context, the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (DFAS) at the University of Cape Coast is leading the USAID Capacity Building Support Program for the Fisheries and Coastal Development sub-component. The extension activities under the project are earmarked towards operationalising the Centre for Coastal Management at the University of Cape Coast.

In respect of these initiatives, the project is seeking experts, organizations or practitioners having relevant professional backgrounds with proven track records from universities, research institutions, NGOs and the private sector in Ghana for collaborative work with the project in the following five (5) thematic areas:

I. Activity 1: Engage policy makers to address coastal and fisheries issues
II. Activity 2: Conduct research and assessment on marine fisheries governance issues
III. Activity 3: Run short-term professional training courses on integrated coastal zone management, fisheries management, climate change adaptation and geographic information systems
IV. Activity 4: Undertake activities towards operationalization of the Centre for Coastal Management
V. Activity 5: Monitor the biodiversity and health of coastal ecosystems

ACTIVITY 1: ENGAGING POLICY MAKERS TO ADDRESS COASTAL AND FISHERIES ISSUES


PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE
Strengthen inter-agency collaboration for the sustainable management of fisheries and other coastal resources by working closely with the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD), Fisheries Commission (FC) and other relevant government agencies.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT

  • Engage government, development partners, civil society organizations and private sector institutions with the goal of establishing a fisheries and coastal management sector working group. The working group will advise government on the development and implementation of policies, strategies and programmes to address the challenges of the sector. For a start, the group will advise government on the implementation of the recommendations outlined in the communique from the Conference on Fisheries and Coastal Environment (2017) and use the issuance of government’s red alert on all forms of illegal fishing in Ghana as a basis.
  • Engage with government to establish an inter-ministerial/agency coordination platform to support the design and implementation of broad programmes for fisheries and coastal management reforms.
  • Set up governance, management and membership structures for the Fisheries and Aquaculture Society of Ghana. The facilitator should convene meetings of the interim management commitee of the society. The facilitator should also ensure the establishment of permanent board and management committee. The facilitator should set up formal structures for the registration of members and engage stakeholders to promote membership of the society. Again, the facilitator will be expected to review and ensure the adoption of the draft Constitution of the Society
  • Plan towards the second conference on Fisheries and Coastal Environment in 2019.
  • Set up an editorial board and review processes for the Society’s journal in line with requirements of African Journal Online (AJOL)
  • Establish the structures for the Journal of the Society in collaboration with the Society.
  • Facilitate the publication of the maiden edition of the journal based on proceedings of the Accra Conference, 2017.

EXPECTED OUTPUTS

  • Fisheries and Coastal Management Sector working group established
  • Inter-ministerial and agency platform for fisheries and coastal management established
  • Governance, management and membership structures for the Fisheries and Aquaculture Society established
  • Meeting of interim commitee of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Society convened
  • Draft Constitution of the Society reviewed and adopted
  • Members of the Society registered
  • Inter-agency platform strengthened
  • Second conference on fisheries and coastal conference for 2019 planned
  • Editorial board for the journal established in line with requirements of AJOL
  • Maiden edition of the journal based on proceedings of the Accra Conference published.

ACTIVITY 2: CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND ASSESSMENT ON MARINE FISHERIES GOVERNANCE ISSUES


PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE
To facilitate the decentralization of Ghana’s fisheries management processes based on documented scientific information for advocacy to improve fisheries governance practices. This is expected to be achieved by working closely with the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD), and the Fisheries Commission (FC), fishing communities, traditional authority, District Assemblies and other stakeholders.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT

  • Identify district and community level constraints and opportunities in the governance and management of fisheries and coastal resources. Currently district assemblies are not directly involved in fisheries governance.
  • Strengthen the advocacy capacity of journalists, research institutions, think-tanks and civil society groups for sustainable management of fisheries and coastal resources. The facilitator will strengthen the capacity of these groups to monitor and dialogue with relevant government agencies on the enforcement of policies, laws and reforms.
  • Create a platform for stakeholders that include journalists, MoFAD, FC, MMDAs, NDPC, etc. to advocate for the inclusion of fisheries and coastal issues into government policy/initiatives such as the Coastal Development Authority, the Fisheries Act currently under review, NDPC medium term development plan, and the involvement of District Assemblies in fisheries governance. Focus on supporting and identifying strategic partnerships with national organisations with the desire and ability to influence national reform agendas.

EXPECTED OUTPUTS

  • District and community level constraints in fisheries and coastal management identified and addressed through advocacy actions
  • Capacity of journalists, research institutions, think-tanks and civil society groups to undertake advocacy activities significantly increased
  • Management strategies identified, evaluated and disseminated among stakeholders
  • Roles and responsibilities at the community, district, region and national levels clarified in fisheries management
  • Proposals for district bye-laws in fisheries for landing sites developed
  • Collaborations with media strengthened
  • Research assessments completed

ACTIVITY 3: TRAININGS ON INTEGRATED COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT, FISHERIES MANAGEMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS


PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE
This activity will seek to optimize facilitation services to the highest standards of delivery and strengthen UCC’s internal capacity for running short courses into the future. One (1) facilitator will be hired to introduce best practices in all the training courses and standardize technical delivery in the classroom and field activities, course programs, certifications and other outcomes. This option will ensure cost savings. The facilitator will be tasked to develop modalities for logistics planning and establish modalities for sustained funding on fee-payment basis. Guidelines to project the training programs locally and internationally will be developed.
To this end, the facilitator will provide support services to run short courses covering technical and relevant contextual aspects for Ghana’s coastal areas. The courses will target professionals actively engaged in the field of integrated coastal management, fisheries management, climate change adaptation and geographic information systems or individuals whose work is increasingly affected by issues of fisheries, development and physical planning in coastal areas.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT
The assigned facilitator will coordinate various services in the following areas:

  • Use existing training manuals on the courses to build the capacity of district, regional or national level stakeholders, and professionals working in Ghana’s fisheries and coastal economies to steer fisheries and coastal development processes towards key outcomes. Participants will be selected from respondents to advertisements (for fee-paying participants) and nominations from relevant institutions for which funding will be provided.
  • Coordinate all communications on the workshop and provide media communication covering print and electronic outlets
  • Compile all materials including PowerPoint presentations of modules, videos, charts and other materials needed for classroom, laboratory and field exercises
  • Facilitate the training workshop, evaluation and reporting on the project.

EXPECTED OUTPUTS
The key products of this assignment are:

  • A 5-day training using published manuals and PowerPoint presentations, classroom discussions, video interactions as well as related laboratory and field excursions delivered.
  • Trainers in the different subjects from within and outside the University of Cape Coast identified.

ACTIVITY 4: OPERATIONALIZATION OF THE CENTRE FOR COASTAL MANAGEMENT


PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE
To facilitate the development of the next five-year strategic plan (2017-2022) for the Centre for Coastal Management (CCM) with a strong community-based coastal resources/ marine environmental management and outreach component.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT
This assignment is in two parts, meant to create and expand opportunities for meaningful educational and outreach programs in marine fisheries and coastal resources management. First, the project is desirous of supporting CCM to develop a five-year strategic plan (2017-2022) to direct activities of the Centre into the future. The second part will secure the services of an architect or physical planner to work with advise from the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board (GMMB), Ministry of Tourism (MoT), and the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD) and other experts from the University of Cape Coast (UCC) to develop a concept for an outreach and community-based program for the Centre for Coastal Management.

EXPECTED OUTPUTS

  • A five-year strategic plan developed to include human, managerial, technical capacity and other logistical needs
  • A concept for a community-based Centre for Coastal Management developed to deepen CCM’s technical and outreach programs

ACTIVITY 5: MONITOR THE BIODIVERSITY AND HEALTH OF COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS


PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE
Strengthen collaboration with the local government agencies and other stakeholders responsible for the highly degraded lagoon at Half Assini and advocate for necessary bye-laws for its wise use and conservation. Meanwhile, ecological monitoring by experts will continue to acquire comprehensive baseline data on the lagoon. This program has the intended goal of supporting the government to achieve its fisheries development objectives of poverty reduction, food security and sustainable management of coastal ecosystems.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT
a) Contribute to the development of bye-laws by the District Assembly to protect the lagoon with the active involvement of the community members.
b) Advocate for the creation of a buffer zone of about 5-10m around the lagoon and plant wetland vegetation native to the area.
c) Provide a skip to the community for waste collection
d) Dialogue and obtain commitment of the community and the District Assembly on the siting and regular emptying of the skip.

EXPECTED OUTPUTS

  • Strategies including the creation of bye-laws to restore the lagoon at Half Assini achieved
  • A skip for collection of refuse provided
  • Advocacy for creation of a buffer zone around the lagoon done
  • Information on biodiversity of fish, benthic invertebrates and other fauna, as well as mangroves and other flora documented
  • Physical and chemical environmental parameters of the Half Assini lagoon documented
  • Results on advocacy, scientific study and community sanitation presented at a forum for stakeholders at the District Assembly

 

PROPOSAL EVALUATION GUIDELINES:

 

Quality of Technical Approach:

  • Technical details: Content and methodical approaches must be clearly articulated. Present a thorough understanding of the activity and how to operationalize the work.
  • Long-term Sustainability: The extent to which the activity will be sustainable over the long term without continued external support will be required to be known.
  • Innovative Concept: The degree of innovation must be evident in the proposal and the prospect of adoption of the innovation by stakeholders.

Past Performance and Management Capacity:

  • Evidence of the capability to undertake and accomplish the proposed activities. The proposal should demonstrate the applicant’s effectiveness in previous projects including technical capacity, and key personnel, in meeting activity goals.
  • Have experience working with universities in the implementation of programs.
  • Have demonstrated capacity to monitor and implement activities and fulfill reporting and documentation requirements

Cost Management:

  • Prospective applicants should demonstrate ability to manage funding and capacity for accountability and program implementation.
  • Appropriateness and reasonability of stated costs, compared with the approach laid out in the technical proposal.
  • Establish understanding of current costs in Ghana, reflected in the budget narrative by a description of how costs were calculated.

MODE OF APPLICATION:


Interested applicants must submit a technical proposal and budget, in English, not exceeding 15 pages in length. Application may be submitted in electronic format (via email: ccm@ucc.edu.gh) or hard copy by EXPRESS MAIL to the address below and should reference Activity Number,

Addressed to:
The Project Manager,
USAID/UCC Fisheries and Coastal management Capacity Building Support Project,
Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences,
School of Biological Sciences,
College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast.

CLOSING DATE/ SELECTION/ APPOINTMENT:


Closing Date: Friday 8th December, 2017. Applications must be submitted no later than 11pm local time. Shortlisted applicants will be contacted for further interaction soon after the closing date.
Notification or award: 20th December, 2017.
Appointment Date: January, 2018.

 

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Vice-Chancellor Interacts with Delegation From Jiangsu University

15 Nov, 2017 By louis Mensah

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, has met with a five-member delegation from the Jiangsu University, China, to explore further academic opportunities that would inure to the benefits of the two institutions. In August 2014, the Jiangsu University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Cape Coast (UCC) primarily to offer half tuition scholarships to some faculty members of UCC to pursue doctoral programmes. However, some aspects in the MoU have not been given the needed attention. To this end, the delegation, led by the Vice-President of Jiangsu University, Prof. Mei Quiang, called on the Vice-Chancellor to discuss and also look at the expansion of the collaboration to cover other areas of interest to both parties. Speaking through an Interpreter, Prof.  Quiang emphasized that Jiangsu University puts premium on internationalisation as its core development strategy to achieve its vision.As a result, he disclosed that about 400 Ghanaian students were currently pursuing graduate studies at the University and also added that this included over 10 PhD students from UCC.He announced that his University would offer scholarships to faculty members of UCC to undertake their post doctoral programmes and said that the beneficiaries would be provided the needed support to do their work. He noted that Jiangsu University would be glad to enter into partnership with UCC in the area of scientific research to build capacities of faculty members of both universities.Touching on student exchange programme, Prof.  Quiang asked UCC to present a proposal on the areas of academic disciplines it was interested to collaborate with his University. He revealed that many African students, including Ghanaians, were pursuing various academic programmes  at the School of Medical Sciences of the Jiangsu University. Addressing the delegation, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah expressed gratitude to Prof. Mei Quiang and his delegation for the visit and indicated that the collaboration would help boost the academic opportunities of the two institutions. He said UCC would study the post doctoral programmes of Jiangsu University and to determine available areas for faculty to pursue and added that the University would  equally be appreciative to receive masters, PhD and  post doctoral students from Jiangsu University for academic visits. That, he noted, would be mutually collaborative to strengthen the academic ties between UCC and Jiangsu University. The Vice-Chancellor told the delegation that UCC had a reputable School of Medical Sciences (SMS) and indicated that UCC SMS  was ready to share academic experiences with the SMS of  Jiangsu University so as to produce quality medical professionals to enhance healthcare delivery in their respective countries. “We have a good SMS in UCC and we would like to share experiences with you. I will be very happy to promote a strong collaboration between your SMS and UCC SMS”, Prof. Ampiah said. Prof. Mei Quiang was accompanied on the visit by Prof. Xu Wenrong, Prof. Li Yaoming, Prof. Lin Tongjun and Jill Lee.  The Registrar, Mr. John Kofi Nyan; the Dean of the Center for International Education (CIE), Prof. Rosemond Boohene, the Director of Academic Affairs, Mr. Jeff Onyame; a Senior Assistant Registrar at the Office of the Vice-Chancellor, Mrs. Georgina Asi Owusu; the Assistant Registrar at the Directorate of Public Affairs, Mr. Felix Adu-Poku and a Junior Assistant Registrar at the CIE, Mr. Alfred Ghartey, were present during the meeting.  

Vice-Chancellor Interacts with Delegation From Jiangsu University

15 Nov, 2017 By louis Mensah

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, has met with a five-member delegation from the Jiangsu University, China, to explore further academic opportunities that would inure to the benefits of the two institutions.

In August 2014, the Jiangsu University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Cape Coast (UCC) primarily to offer half tuition scholarships to some faculty members of UCC to pursue doctoral programmes. However, some aspects in the MoU have not been given the needed attention.

To this end, the delegation, led by the Vice-President of Jiangsu University, Prof. Mei Quiang, called on the Vice-Chancellor to discuss and also look at the expansion of the collaboration to cover other areas of interest to both parties.

Speaking through an Interpreter, Prof.  Quiang emphasized that Jiangsu University puts premium on internationalisation as its core development strategy to achieve its vision.As a result, he disclosed that about 400 Ghanaian students were currently pursuing graduate studies at the University and also added that this included over 10 PhD students from UCC.He announced that his University would offer scholarships to faculty members of UCC to undertake their post doctoral programmes and said that the beneficiaries would be provided the needed support to do their work.

He noted that Jiangsu University would be glad to enter into partnership with UCC in the area of scientific research to build capacities of faculty members of both universities.Touching on student exchange programme, Prof.  Quiang asked UCC to present a proposal on the areas of academic disciplines it was interested to collaborate with his University. He revealed that many African students, including Ghanaians, were pursuing various academic programmes  at the School of Medical Sciences of the Jiangsu University.

Addressing the delegation, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah expressed gratitude to Prof. Mei Quiang and his delegation for the visit and indicated that the collaboration would help boost the academic opportunities of the two institutions. He said UCC would study the post doctoral programmes of Jiangsu University and to determine available areas for faculty to pursue and added that the University would  equally be appreciative to receive masters, PhD and  post doctoral students from Jiangsu University for academic visits.

That, he noted, would be mutually collaborative to strengthen the academic ties between UCC and Jiangsu University. The Vice-Chancellor told the delegation that UCC had a reputable School of Medical Sciences (SMS) and indicated that UCC SMS  was ready to share academic experiences with the SMS of  Jiangsu University so as to produce quality medical professionals to enhance healthcare delivery in their respective countries.

“We have a good SMS in UCC and we would like to share experiences with you. I will be very happy to promote a strong collaboration between your SMS and UCC SMS”, Prof. Ampiah said.

Prof. Mei Quiang was accompanied on the visit by Prof. Xu Wenrong, Prof. Li Yaoming, Prof. Lin Tongjun and Jill Lee. 

The Registrar, Mr. John Kofi Nyan; the Dean of the Center for International Education (CIE), Prof. Rosemond Boohene, the Director of Academic Affairs, Mr. Jeff Onyame; a Senior Assistant Registrar at the Office of the Vice-Chancellor, Mrs. Georgina Asi Owusu; the Assistant Registrar at the Directorate of Public Affairs, Mr. Felix Adu-Poku and a Junior Assistant Registrar at the CIE, Mr. Alfred Ghartey, were present during the meeting.
 

Administration

Nation Builders Launches "Help A Child Read Project"

10 Nov, 2017 By louis Mensah

A non-governmental organisation, Nation Builders, has launched a project dubbed " Help a Child Read " at the Archbishop Amissah Memorial School at Duakor, a fishing community near the University.  The project is aimed at inculcating the culture of reading into school children to improve learning outcomes. As part of the launch, Nation Builders donated assorted reading books to the school.  Nation Builders, established by some undergraduate and M.Phil students of the University of Cape Coast, is also expected to expand the project across schools in the Central region.  The Pro- Vice-Chancellor, Prof. George K. T. Oduro, who launched the project, commended the Nation Builders for the unique initiative and called on  stakeholders to give support to the project to achieve its aim. Touching on the philosophy underlying  Nation Builder's activities, he said, " there is one thing I find and that is "Changing the Mindset of Ghanaians".  According to him, Ghanaians had developed a mindset of self-centeredness, sectionalism, tribalism and  partisanship, and asked Ghanaians to do away with such negative tendencies. Rather, he called  on Ghanaians to have a positive mindset towards the nation by exuding the values of  patriotism,selflessness,voluteerism and nationalism.  Prof. Oduro noted that the spirit of volunteerism among Ghanaians, especially the youth, was gradually dying. He advised that" If the school system can help reactivate this spirit of volunteerism among our younger ones then reading becomes a crucial thing we need to invest in." “Without reading, children would find it extremely difficult to read and understand the issues the media project on television”, he emphasized. Prof. Oduro stressed that reading was critical to national development irrespective of the job or profession. He said children must be encouraged to read books to enable them to build  themselves morally, spiritually, physically,socially and mentally towards nation building. The Pro- Vice-Chancellor said:” Children should read books that would help them develop spirit of cohesion, co-existence and volunteerism. He advised parents to discourage their children from indulging in acts that were inimical to the development of the nation, especially "things that are divisive by nature".  The patron of Nation Builders, Mr. Stephen Doh fia,  in a remark, said reading was one of the habits of serious students, hence the huge investment by education stakeholders. He called on the public to support the reading agenda, noting that " education experts have said that, there is a strong correlation between reading and academic performance”. He advised parents, teachers and other stakeholders in education " to encourage and guide children to read, doing this will help our country to grow and develop."  The Headmaster of the School, Mr. Justin Ekor, thanked  Nation Builders for the gesture. He assured the leadership of Nation Builders that the books would be put to good use to enable the pupils to read wide. He appealed to benevolent individuals and organizations to come to the aid of the school to put up an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Center. Hardworking pupils of the school were awarded for their academic performance. The pupils also entertained the audience with poetry recitals.

Nation Builders Launches "Help A Child Read Project"

10 Nov, 2017 By louis Mensah

A non-governmental organisation, Nation Builders, has launched a project dubbed " Help a Child Read " at the Archbishop Amissah Memorial School at Duakor, a fishing community near the University. 

The project is aimed at inculcating the culture of reading into school children to improve learning outcomes. As part of the launch, Nation Builders donated assorted reading books to the school.  Nation Builders, established by some undergraduate and M.Phil students of the University of Cape Coast, is also expected to expand the project across schools in the Central region.

 The Pro- Vice-Chancellor, Prof. George K. T. Oduro, who launched the project, commended the Nation Builders for the unique initiative and called on  stakeholders to give support to the project to achieve its aim. Touching on the philosophy underlying  Nation Builder's activities, he said, " there is one thing I find and that is "Changing the Mindset of Ghanaians".

 According to him, Ghanaians had developed a mindset of self-centeredness, sectionalism, tribalism and  partisanship, and asked Ghanaians to do away with such negative tendencies. Rather, he called  on Ghanaians to have a positive mindset towards the nation by exuding the values of  patriotism,selflessness,voluteerism and nationalism.

 Prof. Oduro noted that the spirit of volunteerism among Ghanaians, especially the youth, was gradually dying. He advised that" If the school system can help reactivate this spirit of volunteerism among our younger ones then reading becomes a crucial thing we need to invest in." “Without reading, children would find it extremely difficult to read and understand the issues the media project on television”, he emphasized.

Prof. Oduro stressed that reading was critical to national development irrespective of the job or profession. He said children must be encouraged to read books to enable them to build  themselves morally, spiritually, physically,socially and mentally towards nation building.


The Pro- Vice-Chancellor said:” Children should read books that would help them develop spirit of cohesion, co-existence and volunteerism. He advised parents to discourage their children from indulging in acts that were inimical to the development of the nation, especially "things that are divisive by nature".

 The patron of Nation Builders, Mr. Stephen Doh fia,  in a remark, said reading was one of the habits of serious students, hence the huge investment by education stakeholders. He called on the public to support the reading agenda, noting that " education experts have said that, there is a strong correlation between reading and academic performance”. He advised parents, teachers and other stakeholders in education " to encourage and guide children to read, doing this will help our country to grow and develop."

 The Headmaster of the School, Mr. Justin Ekor, thanked  Nation Builders for the gesture. He assured the leadership of Nation Builders that the books would be put to good use to enable the pupils to read wide. He appealed to benevolent individuals and organizations to come to the aid of the school to put up an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Center.

Hardworking pupils of the school were awarded for their academic performance. The pupils also entertained the audience with poetry recitals.

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Faculty of Arts Holds Public Lecture on African Economic Integration

10 Nov, 2017 By louis Mensah

The Dean of Academic Affairs of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Prof. Vladimir Antwi-Danso, has noted that African countries could attain the vision of integration amongst themselves by utilizing opportunities such as political union, economic union, common market, customs union and free trade. He mentioned bad governance, lack of trait transformational leaders, high dependence of Africa Union on European countries for funding, instability, and many others, as some of the factors that have contributed to the economic woes of the African continent.   Delivering a public lecture on the theme, “New Opportunities for Economic Integration in Africa in the Era of Ultra-Nationalist Movements in Europe and North America”, Prof. Antwi-Danso observed that global nationalism was as a result of unresolved colonial mistakes, post-cold war realities, failure of multi-culturalism, political economy of integration and the cost of multilateralism and rise in unilateralism. He touched on global disintegration and the burning desire for some cities to secede from countries, citing several examples to back his argument, including Catalonia to secede from Spain, Scotland from the United Kingdom, California from the US, Hong Kong from China, amongst others. He added that “the intensification for such desires in the 21st century has little to do with geo-politics and much more to do with what Dani Rodrick has termed the ‘Trilemmas of Globalization”.   Prof. Antwi-Danso averred that “the failure of Global liberalism, spiced with the hiccups in Global governance and exacerbated by failures of the integration is to be blamed for the current situation”. He said Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Boko Haram were the two terrorist organisations which occupy 60% of the world casualties. According to him, Boko Haram was one of the dangerous terrorist group in the world. Giving statistics obtained in 2014, he revealed that the number of attacks by Boko Haram was 453, resulting in 6,634 deaths and 1,742 injuries. On ISIS, he disclosed that the number of atrocities was 1,071 out of which 6,073 deaths were recorded. He also revealed that had it not been the timely intervention of his outfit, some three Ghanaian young ladies would have joined ISIS. “About a month ago, my outfit had to halt some three girls in Bawku who were going to work for ISIS,” he said.   Prof. Antwi-Danso said terrorist organizations doled out a lot of money to their recruits, disclosing that even a cook earns about $ 250 a day and those at the war front earn around $ 640 a day. He singled out Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, as the only head of state with trait of transformational leader who had turned the fortunes of his country. He, therefore, called on other African leaders to emulate the Rwandan leader. The lecture was chaired by Dr. (Lawyer) K. Addo Tuffour, a Senior Lecturer at the Institute for Development Studies (IDS).  

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