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The Debaters team with the Vice-Chancellor and other officials of the University

UCC Debate Society Presents GUDC Trophy to the Vice Chancellor

08 Aug, 2019 By louis Mensah

The team that represented the UCC and won the 6th Edition of the Ghana Universities Debate Championship (GUDC) held at All Nations University College, Koforidua, has officially presented the trophy to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Joseph Ghartey Ampiah.

Budget for Debaters  

 
The Vice-Chancellor expressed his happiness at the efforts of the debate team and assured the team that from January 2020 budgetary allocation would be made for debate to enable the team to adequately prepare and represent the University at such competitions. He added that there was the need for the University to put an appearance at debate competitions.
The Vice-Chancellor also emphasised the need to motivate debaters within the University so as to encourage them and also attract other students to join the University's Debate Society.

Gratitude 


The leader of the team, Mr. Latif Lawrence Jorhowie, expressed the team's gratitude to the Dean of Students, Professor. Eugene K. M. Dartey for his support. He was also grateful to Dr. Michael Boakye-Yiadom for providing accommodation to team members.
He recounted the struggles and challenges the debate team has encountered in the last six years when it comes to funding and full institutional support. He also said the University could participate in other competitions such as the Pan African Universities Debate Championship.

GUDC Championship


It would be recalled that UCC emerged as the winner of the 6th annual edition of the Ghana Universities Debate Championship held at All Nations University College, Koforidua. The competition was held from 18th to 27th July 2019.

UCC defeated the defending champions, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and one-time champion, the University of Ghana (UG) to clinch the victory. The win is the first for the University of Cape Coast since the inception of the competition ending their six-years drought.


Present at the event was the University Registrar, Mr. John Kofi Nyan.
 

CREDIT: Mr. Latif Lawrence Jorhowie

Presentation of award to a hardworking student of UJHS-North Campus

University Basic School-North Campus Marks 3rd Speech and Prize Giving Day

08 Aug, 2019 By louis Mensah

The University Basic School-North Campus has marked its third Anniversary & Speech and Prize Giving Day under the theme, “Achieving Quality Education: The Role of Parents.”

Welcome Address    


Welcoming the parents and students to the ceremony, the Headteacher, University Junior High School, Mrs. Kate Frimpong, explained that the occasion to honour deserving hard-working staff and pupils. “As we give motivational packages to awardees as their recognition today, the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Laboratory would also be commissioned,” Mrs. Frimpong assured. 

Headteacher’s Report


In his report, the Headteacher, University Basic School, North Campus, Mr. Victor Fiifi Addison, stated that the school currently has a total enrolment of five hundred and fifteen (515) pupils, which comprised two hundred sixty-three (263) boys and two hundred fifty-two (252) girls, from the initial number of two hundred and sixty-seven (267). On staffing, he indicated, the total staff strength is forty-three (43) – 23 teaching staff, 7 non-teaching staff and 13 National Service Personnel. Mr. Addison mentioned that the school needed additional staff, however, it was not able to recruit them because salaries of teachers were paid from the school fees. He said the teachers do not enjoy any allowances, professional progression and benefits, he, therefore, appealed to the Management to put them on to the University payroll. Mr. Fiifi Addison, noted that the school presented its first batch of 27 students for the 2019 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and was optimistic that they would come out with flying colours. He added that a student from the school was in the University Basic School (UJHS) team that won the just ended National Core Subjects Quiz (NCSQ) competition. In sports, the Headteacher said that some students from North Campus won laurels at the just ended 6th UBaSSA games. He also announced that UCC, Cours Lamiére (CL) and Canadian International of Lomé (CISL) French Exchange Programme for the pupils was also a great success. He urged both parents and stakeholders to support the programme since it has the potential to help the students to become global citizens. 
Speaking on challenges, Mr. Fiifi Addison said the school still struggled with inadequate infrastructure, especially in the areas of Science Laboratory and equipment, BDT Centres, Field for physical education, and a School Library. 


He appealed to Management to give approval for work to commence on the proposed second and third phases as quickly as possible to help address the existing infrastructural deficit and enrolment challenges.
“It is highly anticipated that these needs would be given the deserving attention to enable the school achieve significant improvements in the subsequent academic years to accomplish its’ vision and mission,” he remarked.

Guest Speaker’s Address


Stressing on the role of parents in achieving quality basic education, the Guest Speaker, Mr. Francis Obeng, charged parents to stay committed to PTA activities by attending meetings, making contributions and honouring their payment obligations. Entreating parents to be role models to their children, Mr. Obeng noted, “Children are easily inspired by what their parents do. So it is good to be a role model in their learning phase. Show them how exciting and meaningful school life can be if they give out their best.” Mr. Obeng also entreated parents to provide the basic needs and have regular contact with their teachers. Mr. Obeng advised parents to discuss their children’s school report; build their confidence and let them appreciate themselves. As a way of encouragement, he noted that parents should try to read with their children and assist their children in learning so as to invoke their learning abilities. 
The Guest Speaker stated, that it was good that parents go for educational trips with their children; be good friends and give constructive criticisms; share their personal experience; create a pleasant atmosphere for the children at home and do not discuss unnecessary issues in presence of the children. 

Head Prefect’s Report


In a report, the Head Prefect, Emmanuel Bodza Ahianyo, thanked the headteacher, teaching and non-staff; and parents for their love, support, care, cooperation, guidance, dedication and commitment towards their education. Commending the Parent Teacher Association (PTA), he said, “We thank the PTA executives for their support by working hand-in-hand to provide the school with an ICT Laboratory.” Stressing on the theme for the occasion, he appealed to parents to ensure that their children’s educational needs were taken care of. Master Ahianyo noted that to achieving quality education, parents ought to assist and monitor the educational progress of their children by spending time with them to study for class tests; do assignments and research works so as to pass their examinations. He explained that this would help ease the work of teachers in the school. Master Bodza Ahianyo charged parents and guardians to set limits on the use of electronic gadgets at home since they tend to distract pupils from their studies and thereby affect their performances negatively. He mentioned that clubs such as Good News, the Red Cross, the Spelling Bee/Read Wide, the Choreography, Choir, Maths and Science, have been established to provide the pupils with the opportunity to engage in various co-curricular activities in school. “These activities contributed in bringing fun in the school as pupils were given the opportunity to explore their talents and learn new ideas to broaden their scope rather than just being in the classrooms for teaching and learning” he indicated. 

Congratulations to Awardees


In a remark, the Chairperson, Dr. (Mrs.) Abigail Opoku-Mensah, congratulated the awardees for their hard work which merited their prizes and encouraged others to put up their maximum best to win awards in future. She urged parents to continue to support the school in order to progress to an appreciable height. She also appealed to parents to take keen interest in supporting the school in its’ programmes and activities.
Present at the ceremony were Head, University Primary, Mrs. Georgina Aglobetse, the Acting Head of Security, UCC, Mr. Gershon K. A Sewornu, the PTA Chairperson, Madam Mary Enos, Ms. Gina Aidoo, and the PTA Treasurer, Mr. Emmanuel Boham.       
 

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This course is an in-depth study and practice of critical and theoretical approaches to literature. There will be an emphasis on the development of theories from classicism to post-modernism.

Areas of concentration will be drawn from the following: the traditional approach; formalistic approach; mythological and archetypal approaches; structuralism and post-structuralism;

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The objective of this course is to acquaint students with the topography of oral literature (orature) in Africa. Some of the theoretical and genre related problems in

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The IEPA delegation with Permanent Secretary and other Senior officials of the Ministry in Abuja

PRESS RELEASE          

ABUJA, 30TH JULY, 2019               

IEPA SEEKS NIGERIA’s SUPPORT FOR ITS UNESCO CATEGORY II BID

A team of experts from the Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA), visiting Nigeria to seek support and collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Education, has met with the Permanent Secretary and other senior officials of the Ministry in Abuja. Present at the meeting were representatives of the Director-General of the National Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA).

The team also used the opportunity to call on the UNESCO Representative at the Multi - Sectorial Regional Office in Abuja to explore opportunities for fundraising for the Category II Platform.

The Government of Ghana through the Ghana National Commission for UNESCO is seeking the UN Agency’s partnership to upgrade the status of the IEPA to a Sub-regional Centre of Excellence with the mandate to:

  1. Build and strengthen the capacity of educational planners, administrators, and leaders in the West African sub-region.
  2. Support education ministries within the sub-region to undertake sector-wide planning, policy development, and implementation.
  3. Undertake cutting-edge research and consultancy, and promoting innovation in education service delivery.
  4. Create a platform to mobilise education experts in the Sub-region to interrogate educational issues and provide policy advice to Ministries of Education of Member States.

It is expected that the 40th Session of the UNESCO General Conference (November 2019) would approve the UNESCO Category II bid and thus making it the 95th UNESCO Category II Centre of Excellence in the world. The IEPA team was led by Prof. George K. T. Oduro, former Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast.

 

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M. A. (Sandwich) (Literature-in-English),programme caters for workers and professionals who may not have the opportunity to obtain a graduate degree as full-time students.

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  • A good first degree (at least, Second Class Lower Division in English or a related discipliM. A. (Sandwich) (Literature-in-English),ne)

  • Candidate should pass an admission interview

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The course commences with a definition of the goals of a theory of meaning and theories of word meaning. The course is devoted to the concepts and constituents of word

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course will cover the area of pragmatics. Examples of concepts to be covered in pragmatics include politeness, implicature, speech acts, deixis, and presupposition.

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ENG 826S
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3
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This course is designed to appeal to candidates who are interested in working with large amounts of language data as well as those whose work involves writing in different modes (e.g. secretaries).

It looks at regular linguistic patterning in different domains of language use. It is intended to improve the writing of candidates by introducing them to the meaning expressed by the different patterns.

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