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ADMISSION TO EXECUTIVE MASTERS TOURISM/HOSPITALITY 2020

Executive Masters
Academic Year: 
2019 to 2020

Department Of Hospitality and Tourism Management

ADMISSION TO EXECUTIVE MASTERS TOURISM/HOSPITALITY 2020

Applications are invited from motivated career-oriented persons to the following programmes

  • Executive Masters in Hospitality Management
  • Executive Masters in Tourism Management

Duration:  10 months starting January 2020

Who can apply?  Career persons at the Supervisory level and above in the following hospitality /tourism related agencies:

  • Ministry of Tourism and its related agencies (Ghana Tourism Authority; Ghana Tourist Development Company)
  • Ghana Health Service, Ghana Education Service (hospital and school matrons)
  • Private Sector operators -Travel and Tour, Hotels, Restaurants, Car Rentals, Tourism Consultancy Firms.
  • Any other Organisation whose operations are directly related to hospitality/ tourism.
  • Persons in the service/ events industry are also encouraged to apply

Admission Requirements

Applicants must possess both of the following:

  1. a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in any field from a recognised University
  2. evidence of having worked in the hospitality/tourism/service-related industries for at least 5 years at the supervisory/managerial level

Mode of Delivery

Distance- Under this method, the content for a particular course is delivered over 3 weekends in a month. Classes are held on Friday evenings and half-day Saturdays for 3 successive weekends in a month

Venue for Lectures: Accra and Cape Coast             Fees: GH ₵18,000.00 for the entire programme

Application Deadline: 30th November, 2019.

Sales points for the application forms:     

  • UCC Guest House, Tesano - Accra
  • Cash office, UCC Campus- Cape Coast

Interested applicants can contact the following persons for further enquiries on admission procedures and processes:

RUFORUM 15th Annual General Meeting

15th Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Theme

 Delivering on Africa’s Universities Agenda for Higher Agricultural Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (AHESTI): What will it take?

This AGM is anticipated will be attended by about 400 delegates including Ministers of Agriculture and Education and their respective Permanent Secretaries, Vice Chancellors, Principals and Deans, partners and Heads of development institutions, private sector leaders, farmers and farmer representatives, emerging and early career researchers and young entrepreneurs from especially Ghana and other West African countries. Universities, private sector actors and young entrepreneurs shall have the opportunity to showcase their innovations, products and services, network and broker partnerships with one another

 

About the RUFORUM AGM 2019

After 15 years of RUFORUM’s existence, 15th AGM is coming to Ghana, which has been one of strong member countries in West Africa and is therefore a special convening for RUFORUM to showcase the renewed commitment to strengthening higher agricultural education in Africa. The 2019 AGM will also provide opportunity for mobilizing wider participation of West African Universities in several opportunities of the network including the endorsement of the RUFORUM Charter and the World Bank’s initiative on Strengthening Higher Agricultural Education in Africa (SHAEA) in which Ghana is participating. This year’s AGM is special in two ways: First of all, it is the first time since RUFORUM’s creation to be hosted in West Africa following the strategic geographical expansion in 2014 to collaborate with Universities and partners in Benin, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, and Senegal. This meeting therefore presents an opportunity for RUFORUM network to showcase its added value to Higher Education landscape in West Africa and bring on board key strategic partners in West Africa. Secondly, the AGM coincides with RUFORUM’s 15th anniversary as a network, a year after a year after the ratification of the RUFORUM Vision 2030 strategy and its Operational Plan 2018-2022. During the AGM meetings, RUFORUM shall be consolidating achievements, reflecting and learning from implementing the programmes for the past 15 years and forge/ envision way forward with the new Vision 2030.

Rationale and Objectives of the 15th RUFORUM AGM

The AGM is one of the key activities under Knowledge Hub programmatic pillar of the RUFORUM Vision 2030 strategy, which is also meant to be a vehicle for facilitating universities, stakeholders and key partners to synthesize emerging lessons and best practices, and to document and disseminate information, knowledge and innovations. The theme for this 15th AGM is “Delivering on Africa’s Universities Agenda for Higher Agricultural Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (AHESTI): What will it take?”. As such, the 15th AGM will highlight and deliberate on key developments within the network whilst exploring what it takes to deliver on the transformation of Africa through strengthening Agricultural Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation. The discussion will focus on, but not limited to, the following specific objectives:

  1. Examine key issues in regards to Africa’s Universities Agenda for AHESTI
  2. Review and approve minutes of the 14th RUFORUM Annual General Meeting, held on 22 October 2018, at the University of Nairobi towers, Chandaria auditorium.
  3. Receive and approve reports for the Activity Year July 2018 – June 2019 and Annual Work plan and Budget for the Activity Year July 2019 – June 2020
  4. Provide a platform for networking opportunities and facilitate exchange of experiences, lessons and good practices with particular interest for the West African universities (an exhibition display by all West African universities)- making it a West African affairs
  5. Provide opportunity for scientists, researchers and students to present their work
  6. Advocate for policy engagement/ renewing/strengthening partnerships
  7. Recognize the contributions of the Government of Ghana to RUFORUM

​Participation, Venue, Date and Agenda 

The AGM will consist of pre-AGM events organized prior to the AGM and held November/December 2019 (See attached draft programme for the overall AGM and Pre-AGM meetings at a glance). The pre-AGM meetings will include; social media training for students from RUFORUM member universities in Ghana; scientific data management training for PhD students and emerging Scientists; Proposal development, scientific writing and presentation training for Master students; skills enhancement training for  Post-Doctoral Fellows and emerging Scientists; symposium for Forum for Women Vice Chancellors in Africa; entrepreneurship training and market place for Principals and Deans; and, training for Sentinel Students

Young Innovators and Entrepreneurs from West Africa will be recognized as part of promoting the contribution of youth to economic growth and development of Africa and the need to provide youth with a platform to demonstrate their potential. Further, three outstanding educationists will be recognized for their long-term service to Africa in Education, Science, Technology, Innovation and Leadership; and, Government of Ghana for immense contribution to Pan-Africanism and support to higher education development in Africa.

Approximately 400 delegates are expected to attend the 15th AGM including Ministers of Agriculture and Education and their respective Permanent Secretaries, Vice-Chancellors/Presidents/Rectors, Principals and Deans (from both full member universities and associate member universities), Heads of development institutions, private sector leaders, farmers and farmer representatives, emerging and early career researchers and young entrepreneurs from especially Ghana and other West African countries, and other key invited stakeholders. Universities, private sector actors and young entrepreneurs shall have the opportunity to showcase their innovations, products and services, network and broker partnerships with one another. The Secretariat will make arrangements and ensure that the respective Governance Organs meet to develop reference documents to feed into the AGM Agenda. The venue for the 15th AGM will be University of Cape Coast in Ghana.

 

Event Timeline Summary

detailed programme available at

Programme Date Venue
OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE 15TH RUFORUM ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Thursday 5th December 2019 Conference Theatre, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
RUFORUM Business Meeting Friday, 6th December, 2019 Conference Hall, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
RUFORUM ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2019 27th November to 9th December, 2019 University of Cape Coast

 

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Prof. Ernest Kofi Davis with the lecturers

College of Education Sensitises Lecturers on Reforms in Teacher Education

25 Sep, 2019 By louis Mensah

The College of Education Studies has held a workshop to sensitise lecturers on the National Teachers Standards (NTS) and the National Teacher Education Curriculum Framework (NTECF).

The workshop was aimed at equipping the lecturers to appreciate their role as stakeholders in the implementation of the NTS and NTECF. The National Teachers Standards is a policy document to guide teacher preparation and practice in the country whiles the National Teacher Curriculum Framework serves as a guide for curriculum development and focuses on the essential elements an initial teacher education curriculum should contain.  The two which has been approved by Cabinet serve as working documents for teacher reforms in the country at the Pre-tertiary level. 


New Bachelor of Education Programme

A former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education and a consultant to the Ministry of Education, Prof. Jophus Anamuah-Mensah who spoke at the workshop said the two policy documents informed the development of the new Bachelor of Education programme for the Colleges of Education and Universities running education programmes.


Importance of the Workshop

Prof. Anamuah-Mensah said the workshop would help the lecturers to have a better understanding of the two documents in order to successfully inculcate them in their teaching and training of trainers as well as their students. “This workshop will provide the lecturers' information on the curriculum reforms, what has been done and how it came about. It is very important because they are going to write materials and help the Colleges of Education to develop these skills and knowledge they are going to implement,” he stressed. He also called on the five universities mentoring the Colleges of Education to provide Continuous Professional Development for Principals, tutors and other staff of the Colleges to effectively ensure the implementation of the new curriculum.


Explaining the uniqueness of the new Bachelor of Education Curriculum. Prof. Anamuah-Mensah indicated that “The new curriculum is more advanced than the previous three-year Diploma which is now being phased off”.  He explained that the new curriculum focused on issues such as equity and inclusivity hence everybody was involved in the teaching.

Prof. Anamuah-Mensah further indicated that with the new curriculum, the content has been integrated with the pedagogy adding that “They are not separate entities; the content should be taught together with the methods of teaching”. Another innovation he mentioned was that the curriculum addressed cross-cutting issues that enabled the student to use core skills such as critical thinking, creativity and communication.  Aside this, he said the students would have to option of pursuing specialised areas in the basic education structure rather than learning everything from primary one to the Junior High School. “Students can now concentrate and have an in-depth knowledge of the content area and the pedagogy that is required at that level.  


Implication of NTS and NTECF

Speaking on the implication of the two policies, the Provost of the College of Education Studies, Prof. Ernest Kofi Davis, expressed the need for teacher education programmes to take into consideration the key elements in the two policy documents. He urged them to make conscious efforts to address the issues cardinal captured in the NTS and NTECF in their course outlines. “You have to ensure that assessment practices support the implementation of these new ways of looking at our world now,” he informed them. 


UCC Curriculum Basic Education Programme

Prof. Davis noted that the UCC Basic Education programme curriculum for both the regular and distance modes as well as the Colleges of Education affiliated to the University reflect the standards and elements in the two policy documents. “The UCC curriculum has exposure to teaching in kindergarten and lower primary and the students are taken through all the pillars in the NTS and NTECF,” he explained. 

Licensure Examination

The Chairman of the National Teaching Council, Prof. Eric Nyarko-Sampson, explained the processes involved in the conduct of the teachers’ licensure examination. He noted that teachers had six chances to write and pass the examinations for three years explaining that “Those who fail all these attempts will not be considered as professional teachers in the country”.


Types of Licences

Prof. Nyarko-Sampson said there were two types of licences thus the Provisional and Full Licenses. A teacher is awarded a Provisional Licence after passing the licensure whiles the Full License is given to teachers who have passed the licensure and have been taken through professional practice by their mentors, Circuit Supervisors and have taught for a minimum of two years,” he expounded.  
 
Present at the workshop were Deans of Faculties and Schools, Heads of Department and lecturers in the College of Education. 
 

UCC-Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Professorial Chair of Petroleum Management, Prof. Omowumi O. Iledare

Local Content Policy Goals should be built on Realistic Expectations

24 Sep, 2019 By louis Mensah

The UCC-Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Professorial Chair of Petroleum Management, Prof. Omowumi O. Iledare, has noted that Ghana can achieve its local content policy goals for oil and gas industry if they are built on realistic expectations with already existing industrial competence and capabilities.

“Every oil-producing country is conscious of local content. The local content policy must have a goal and measurable objectives aimed at strengthening the demand of goods and services directed to the domestic market thereby expanding the local economy,” he added.

The UCC-GNPC Professorial Chair made these comments when he delivered a lecture on the topic “Imperatives of Local Content on a Petroleum Economy: Challenges & Strategic Options”
    

Global Standard for Local Content

Prof. Iledare noted that globally, local content was aimed at strengthening the demand for good and services directed to the domestic market and employment expansion. He indicated that long term goals should include diversification of the industrial sector, development of technology-intensive sectors and sustainable growth potential. He added that “efforts should be made to build relevant segments to enhance national security as well as expanding indigenous entrepreneurs and not traders or dealers”.

Attaining Growth in the Local Content 

According to Prof. Iledare, growth in the local content could be attained if factors such as assets, funding, local capacity, and mutual interests were prioritised. He, therefore, urged the government not to pay attention only to the exploration and production of the value chain but ensure that local experts get jobs commensurate with their skills. “The upstream aspect cannot employ a lot of people so it is the subsidiary businesses that can do that,” he emphasised.


Long Term Benefit of Local Content Policy

Explaining the Long term benefit of local content policy, Prof. Iledare said it has the potential to stimulate inclusive economic and social development and prosperity. “Developing local content cannot be addressed in isolation, but must be aligned with other economic development policies. For instance, a policy in the oil and gas sector that does not align with adequate educational institution may not have the desired overall impact over the long term. 
    

Lessons from Nigeria

Touching on essential lessons Ghana should learn from Nigeria, he said: “Nigeria’s economy is currently highly dependent on the capital intensive oil and gas sector but accounting for less than 12.5 percent of its GDP, on average, from 2011 to 2017”. The petroleum expert commended Ghana for apportioning part of the oil proceeds for infrastructural development. “Local content is not for making individual millionaires but for growing an economy. From what I’ve seen about oil, it is easier to make millionaires out of government policies than affecting change in the economy” he added.  He reechoed the need for a policy drive for local content. 
    
The UCC-GNPC Professorial Chair said local content should be hinged on technology, development and macroeconomics. He called for collaboration of all stakeholders across government and businesses to ensure the success of the policy. “Where business advocacy is the bedrock of local content policy, there exists a high chance of success, if driven by efficiency, sustainability and profitability,” he stressed.


    
    

Prof. Moses J. Eghan

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Provost
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College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences
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Dr. Emmanuel Y. Tenkorang

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Dean
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School for Development Studies
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