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Embrace Opportunities beyond your Areas of Study- Graduating Students urged

03 Apr, 2023 By DIS

Graduands for 5th Session of 55th Congregation have been urged to embrace opportunities beyond their areas of study. 

A total of 1,430 postgraduate degree students from the School of Graduate Studies were conferred with their respective degrees at the ceremony.

Out of the number, 11 students graduated with Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). 

Key among the personalities were the Indian High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr. Sugandh Rajaram, who graduated with Master of Philosophy (Geography and Regional Planning) whilst the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, UCC, Prof. Kwabena Sarfo Sarfo-Kantankah, grabbed Master of Arts in Democracy, Governance, Law and Development. 

Addressing the ceremony, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Johnson Nyarko Boampong, implored the graduands to make their academic and professional achievements relevant to themselves and families in particular and society at large. 

"As you leave campus into the world of opportunities and threats, take advantage of opportunities by deploying the skills, competences and knowledge you have acquired from this great institution,"  he counselled 

 Deepen Postgraduate training

Speaking further, the Vice-Chancellor underlined that UCC would continue to deepen postgraduate training and promote teaching, learning, creativity and research. 

Prof. Boampong stated that faculty  would spare no effort to come up with new programmes that were relevant for the promotion of economic, social, scientific and technological development. 

In view of that, he said, the University was embarking on a campus-wide Information and Communication and Technology (ICT) project to facilitate academic work. 

Achievements 

Among others, the Vice-Chancellor noted that the School had introduced the electronic submission of theses and dissertations to replace the traditional system which mostly required submission of hardbound copies by students. 

He indicated that fifteen (15) new postgraduate programmes were introduced to the existing ones of the University. 

Prof. Boampong extolled the Samuel and Emelia Brew Butler Research Fund for the provision of grants to postgraduate students in UCC. 

The Chancellor, Dr. (Sir) Sam Esson Jonah, in his address, encouraged the graduands to use the skills acquired in the University to the benefit of society. 

He reminded them to remain committed to the entrepreneurial and innovative spirit inculcated in them by UCC. 

Dr. Jonah admitted the economic challenges facing Ghana and urged Ghanaians to avoid blame game. 

The Chancellor, therefore, reminded the graduands to use their knowledge, creativity and passion to make a positive impact on society, while advising them not to shy away from challenges.

 

Valedictory Speech

In a speech, the best graduating student and valedictorian, Dr. Enoch Danso Okyere, noted that determination, hard work and resilience made postgraduate students complete their academic programmes. 

Dr. Okyere, who enrolled in PhD (Educational Leadership) in 2020, praised faculty at the School of Graduate Studies for their ingenuity, especially during the Covid 19 pandemic.

Source: Documentation & Information Section

Graduates at the congregation

You’re the Hope of this Nation-Vice-Chancellor Charges UCC Graduates

03 Apr, 2023 By DIS

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, has challenged graduates of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) to explore and use the knowledge acquired to create innovations to benefit society.

“You are the hope of this nation. Do not allow circumstances to limit your potential. With determination, you can achieve more than you imagine,” he counseled.

The Vice-Chancellor advised the graduands not to succumb to circumstances to cut short their dreams but encouraged them to be determined in life.

The Vice-Chancellor was addressing the first, second, third and fourth sessions of the 55th Congregation held for the Colleges of Humanities and Legal Studies, Health and Allied Sciences, Education Studies and Agriculture and Natural Sciences. 

Statistics

A total of 5,224 students graduated from the aforementioned colleges from the first to fourth sessions of the 55th Congregation. 

Out of the number, 1,835 were from the College of Humanities and Legal Studies (CHLS) and 956 from the College of Health and Allied Sciences (CoHAS). 

Whilst the College of Education Studies had 1,318 students, the College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences presented 1,115 students for graduation.

 Students’ Accommodation

The Vice-Chancellor indicated that management of the University was making efforts to put up a befitting students' residential facilities.

Prof. Boampong admitted that the "University does not have enough residential facilities to accommodate all the students " and added that most of the students were accommodated in private hostels around campus and within the surrounding communities. 

The Vice-Chancellor noted that management had signed a Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with several private companies to provide residential facilities on campus, but to no avail.

It was against this backdrop that he said management would take the bull by the horns to build students' residential facilities on campus. 

“We cannot sit aloof and allow the situation to continue. Therefore, the University will explore all avenues to ensure that we build befitting residential facilities for our cherished students,” he added.

Infrastructural Projects

Highlighting on infrastructural projects, Prof. Boampong mentioned that the University was constructing a number structures on campus and these included the Phase One of the Multipurpose Complex for College of Health and Allied Sciences, Academic Office Complex for College of Education Studies and College of Humanities and Legal Studies; Science Annex Building, Institutional Affiliation Office Complex, Phase One of Africa Centre in Coastal Resilience (ACeCoR) Building Complex.

He mentioned the asphalting of roads on campus which had enhanced the University’s beautiful green campus.

Internationalisation

 Speaking further, Prof. Boampong added that UCC was collaborating with numerous institutions across the globe to achieve its goals of achieving huge visibility.

Prof. Boampong announced that the University had identified new strategic partners for academic collaboration. One of such collaboration is the agreement between UCC and some institutions of higher learning in India to institute a scholarship scheme for students from India to UCC and vice-versa.

Prof. Boampong said UCC was determined to protect its lands from further encroachment to preserve the University for prosperity. “UCC is the major institution that has brought unprecedented economic growth and honour to Cape Coast Metropolis and by extension the Central Region of Ghana,” he stressed.

Turn Challenges to Opportunities

The Chairman of UCC Governing Council, Prof. Obeng Mireku, commended the graduands for their perseverance and urged them to turn challenges that would come their ways into opportunities.

He reminded them that discipline was key to their success in life.

Prof. Mireku, therefore, admonished them to let discipline be their guiding principle and advised them to be good ambassadors of the University.

Valedictorians

The following students were the valedictorians for the first to fourth sessions of the 55th Congregation:

Ms. Emmanuella Obike                      (College of Health and Allied Sciences, CGPA 3.879) 

Courage Nukpetsi                               (College of Education Studies, CGPA 3.943)

Emmanuel Mawuli Atitso                   (College of Humanities and Legal Studies, CGPA 3.976)

Daniel Agyei Asante                           (College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, 3.976)

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01 Apr, 2023

1. The University of Cape Coast intends to apply part of its Budgetary Allocation of Funds and Internally Generated Funds where applicable, for payments under the following contracts.

 

DESCRIPTION

QTY

BID SECURITY GH¢

CR/UCC/GD/0001/2023

Supply of A4 Sheets for Stock

3000 boxes

20,000.00

CR/UCC/GD/0039/2023

Supply of ICT Equipment for Data System Intervention Plan

various

10,000.00

CR/UCC/GD/0035/2023

Supply of Training manikins for SMS

various

70,000.00

CR/UCC/GD/0040/2023

Supply of Core i7 32GB Ram System units for IAO 

Delivery: 7 days after the order

15

4,000.00

CR/UCC/GD/0041/2023

Supply of Galvanized materials (pipes, flat bars, cutting disc etc)

various

10,000.00

2. The University of Cape Coast invites sealed Tenders from eligible suppliers for supply of the above goods. Tendering will be conducted through the National Competitive Tendering (NCT) procedures specified in the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663) as Amended and the Guidelines of the Public Procurement Authority of the Republic of Ghana.

 

3. Interested eligible Tenderers may obtain further information from The Procurement Office, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, and inspect the bidding document at the address and location given from 30th March, 2023, Monday-Friday, 9.00 am to 4.00 pm local time each day.

 

4. A complete set of Tender documents in English may be purchased by interested Tenderers on the submission of a written application to the address below and upon the payment of a non-refundable fee of GH¢300.00 for any of the documents. The method of payment will be by cash, or bank draft to University of Cape Coast. The document will be obtained personally.

 

5. Tenders must be deposited in the Tender Box located at the Procurement Office, New Central Administration Building, New Site, at or before 11:00am, on Tuesday, 18th April, 2023.

 

6. Tenders shall be valid for a period of 90 days after the deadline for Tender submission. All tenders must be accompanied by a Tender Security of not less than the respective amounts indicated above from a reputable Bank in the format attached in the tender documents. Late Tenders will be rejected. Tenders will be opened at 11.05am in the presence of Tenderers’ representatives who choose to attend at the Academic Board Chamber located at the Top Floor of the New Administration Building, University of Cape Coast and at the time specified above.

 

7. All tenders must be accompanied by:

Valid Business Registration Certificate, VAT Certificate, Valid Tax Clearance Certificate, Valid SSNIT Clearance Certificate, Manufacturers Authorization (where applicable), PPA Registration Certificate, etc.

 

8. Address for inspection and Purchase of Tender Documents:

Procurement Office

New Central Administration Block- New Site

Telephone: 0243422871/0243579933

Email: procurement@ucc.edu.gh/nampofo@ucc.edu.gh

01 Apr, 2023

APPOINTMENT OF PROVOST

The University of Cape Coast invites applications from experienced, results-oriented and highly motivated individuals for the position of Provost for the College of Health and Allied Sciences which will become vacant on 1st August, 2023.

Key Responsibilities

The Provost is the Academic and Administrative Head of the College and is responsible to the Vice-Chancellor for providing leadership to the College and maintaining and promoting the efficiency and good order of the College in accordance with policies and procedures prescribed by the University of Cape Coast Law, 1992 (PNDCL 278), the Statutes and/or as may be determined from time to time by the University Council, the Academic Board and the College Board.

Qualification and Experience

Applicants must be internationally acclaimed scholars of professorial status. They must be individuals of stature and integrity with strong leadership, interpersonal and communication skills, capable of executing the responsibilities outlined above. They must also possess a terminal degree (PhD) in a relevant discipline with over ten (10) years working experience in a reputable university or related academic institution.

Applicants must also show evidence of the following qualities: 

  1. demonstrated capacity to manage a College and to foster and promote good internal and external relations
  2. proven ability to provide strong and visionary leadership and innovation, and to project a College locally and internationally through research, graduate output and extension
  3. proven ability to raise funds to support the activities of a college

Tenure of Office

A Provost shall hold office for a period of three years and shall be eligible, upon completion, for reappointment for second consecutive term only. Applicants should be able to complete a term of three years before reaching the retirement age of sixty (60) years.

Conditions of Service

Salary and fringe benefits attached to the position are attractive.

Mode of Application & Closing Date

  1. Interested applicants who meet the above criteria should please submit their applications and comprehensive curriculum vitae, together with relevant supporting documents and a Three-Page Vision Statement to:

The Registrar

University of Cape Coast

Cape Coast

  1. Applicants should request three (3) referees to submit reports on them directly to the above address
  2. The closing date for the receipt of applications is Friday, 5th May, 2023.

Application forms are obtainable from the Senior Members Section, Directorate of Human Resource, University of Cape Coast. The forms could also be downloaded from the University’s website: www.ucc.edu.gh

REGISTRAR

The MD of Prudential Bank (4th from left) and his team with the Vice-Chancellor (4th from right) and some management members of UCCThe MD of Prudential Bank (4th from left) and his team with the Vice-Chancellor (4th from right) and some management members

New MD of Prudential Bank visits Vice-Chancellor

01 Apr, 2023 By DIS

The newly-appointed Managing Director of Prudential Bank, Mr. Bernard Appiah Gyebi, has paid a courtesy visit to the Vice-Chancellor of University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong.

Explaining the purpose of the visit, Mr. Gyebi, noted that upon his assumption as the new MD of Prudential Bank, he had begun interacting with notable customers and organisations that transact business with the Bank.

He indicated that  UCC was one of the prime institutions that the Bank had been working with over the years, hence, it was in the right direction to formally introduce himself and also interact with management.

Mr. Bernard Appiah Gyebi speaking at the meeting

“We have engaged in a number of Social Corporate Responsibility activities for UCC. We value our relationship with UCC and I pledge to do more under my leadership,” he pointed out.

The new MD of Prudential Bank further noted that despite the economic challenges, the bank would soon roll out digital products and services to their clients at a convenient and cheaper rates.

For his part, the Vice-Chancellor thanked the MD for the recognition given to UCC.                  

He commended the Bank for supporting the University to undertake various infrastructural development on  campus.

He noted that after 60 years of its existence, UCC had strategically transformed to become the University of Competitive Choice.

The MD of Prudential Bank (4th from left) and his team with the Vice-Chancellor (4th from right) and some management members of UCC

“Our footprints are all over the world and this has been reaffirmed by our position as the number one University in Ghana, West Africa and the 4th in Africa by the world acclaimed Times Higher Education ranking,” he averred.

 Prof. Boampong called on the new MD to help the University to solve the accommodation challenges of students, adding that “ We are unable to accommodate most of our students due to the limited residential facilities on campus

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INAUGURAL LECTURE
Date/Time/Duration
Wednesday, April 12, 2023 - 2:00pm to 6:00pm
Venue/Location
SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AUDITORIUM (SMS)
Chairperson
PROF. JOHN NYARKO BOAMPONG, VICE-CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST
Speaker
PROF. ERIC NYARKO-SAMPSON

BIODATA 

ERIC NYARKO-SAMPSON, PhD, APR, F. AFTRA, FChPA, FCMC, Professor of Guidance and Counselling, began his education at Apowa Methodist School (near Takoradi), then to Abakrampa Methodist Primary School, Boa Amponsem Primary and Middle Schools in Dunkwa-on-Offin, and finally Aboom A. M. E. Zion Middle School, Cape Coast. He attended University Practice Secondary School for his GCE Ordinary Level Certificate and continued to Komenda College (now Komenda College of Education) where he had his initial teacher training education (Certificate “A”). He holds a Bachelor of Education (Psychology), Master of Philosophy (Guidance & Counselling), and Master of Arts (Human Resource Management), from the University of Cape Coast. He graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Educational Guidance and Counselling, from the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.

He was the Foundation Dean, Faculty of Educational Foundations, College of Education Studies, University of Cape Coast, having served in various capacities in the university. He taught courses and serves as facilitator at national and international workshops in counselling, human resource management and organisational behaviour and change. His research interests include career counselling, school counselling, teacher education, issues in multiculturalism, and entrepreneurial education. Eric’s major research focuses on school counselling, and the implementation and evaluation of counselling services at all levels in Ghana’s educational institutions. His studies also investigate entrepreneurship as an alternative to building careers among the teeming youth, and thereby tackling the age-old issue of youth employment. He is a member of teams researching on issues in teacher education. He has supervised and turned out several postgraduate students at the Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy (12 in his area of specialization and 1 in Higher Educational Administration) levels, and published widely in locally, nationally and internationally refereed journals.

As Chairman of Ghana’s National Teaching Council from 2017 to 2020, Eric led the agency of the Ministry of Education in major reforms nationwide in the teaching profession to uphold the standards of teaching by the provision of a quality assurance process to support the delivery of education in pre-tertiary institutions in a professional and competent manner by licensed teachers who have graduated from a recognized teacher training programme. He led the National Teaching Council to introduce, and organized the first ever teacher licensing examinations, the Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination (GTLE), in Ghana, as part of the process of teacher professionalization.

Eric serves as an examiner/assessor for universities within and outside Ghana.

He served in capacities such as

•  Chairman, Committee on Strategy for Placement of Products of Government’s Free Senior High School Policy, National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE).

•  Chairman, Committee to Advise the Hon. Minister of State for Tertiary Education on Distance Education in Ghana.

•  Chairman, Committee to consider offer of land with structures for the establishment of a College of Education at Ezinlibo, Jomoro District, Western Region.

•  Chairman, Board of Governors; Oguaa Secondary Technical School.

•  National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) Representative, Methodist University College, Ghana (MUCG) Governing Council.

•  Member, National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) Council.

•  Member, Academic & Technical Committees of National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE).

•  Member, Finance Committee, OLA College of Education, Cape Coast.

•  Member, Technical Committee on Tertiary Education Reforms in Ghana, January 2017.

•  Member, Education and Programme Accreditation & CPDs Committee, Ghana Psychology Council.

•  Member, Board of Directors; Joining Hands Foundation.

  • Member, Central Regional Media Advisory Committee, (CRMAC).

•  Member, Planning & Resources Committee, University of Cape Coast, August 2016.

•  Member, Academic Board, University of Cape Coast, August.

•  Member, Atlantic Hall Council, 2014 – 2016.

•  Member, Board of Trustees, University of Cape Coast Students’ Emergency Relief Fund (SERF), August 2013.

•  Member, Board of Governors, University Practice Senior High School. 2006 – 2010.

•  Editor-In-Chief, The Oguaa Educator, Journal of College of Education Studies, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast.

•  Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Educational Development & Practice (JED-P), Institute of Education, University of Cape Coast.

•  Consulting Editor, Institute Journal of Studies in Education, Institute of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.

•  National Vice President, UCC Alumni Association, 2015 - 2021.

•  Acting National Secretary, UCC Alumni Association, September 2005 – April 2015.

•  Senior Hall Tutor, Atlantic Hall, University of Cape Coast. 1st August 2014 –31st July 2016.

•  Hall Tutor, Atlantic Hall, University of Cape Coast. January 2014 - July 2014.

•  UCC Representative on Pentecost University College Board.

•  UCC Representative on Governing Council, OLA College of Education, Cape Coast

•  UCC Representative on Kings University College Board, 2017.

•  Patron, Methodist Guild, Wesley Cathedral, Cape Coast

•  Patron, Methodist Guild, Rev. Gaddiel Acquaah Mem. Methodist Church, Abakrampa

•  Patron, Methodist Choir, Rev. Gaddiel Acquaah Mem. Methodist Church, Abakrampa

•  Patron, University Practice Old Students Association, UCC Branch.

•  Patron, Databank Universal Economics School, UCC Branch. April 2009 - August 2010.

•  Patron, Atlantic Hall Naval Cadet Corps, UCC. 2008.

On 30th May 2022, Eric was awarded a Fellowship by the Africa Federation of Teaching Regulatory Authorities (AFTRA) “in recognition of distinguished contributions to the development of the teaching profession at the national and international levels”, the fourth (4th) person in Ghana to receive such award since its inception in 2017.

He is a licensed and a certified Counsellor, and member of Ghana Psychological Council (GPC). He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Administrators and Management Consultants (CIAMC), Ghana where he is a Chartered Public Administrator (ChPA) and Chartered Management Consultant (CMC). He is an Accredited Public Relations (APR) professional of the Institute of Public Relations, Ghana; and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Human Resource Management, Ghana (CIHRM); and other international bodies.

A Local Preacher of the Methodist Church Ghana since 1995, Eric is married to Margaret, a Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer of the Central Region and blessed with two young adults, Eric Junior and Peggy-Sonia.

Professor Nyarko-Sampson was appointed as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development, in Somanya, on 1st June 2020 where he currently serves as the Foundation Vice-Chancellor. 

ABSTRACT

 Career decision-making is one of the critical issues in considering the career development of any individual. Career is not merely a job, but it is about embracing ideas of planned and structured advancement that lead to career development. Thus, careers are unique, and individuals are regarded as having an active role to play in their own career development. And that individuals have constructs that embody their occupational identity and desired goals (career aspirations). The ability of an individual to choose a career that matches his/her interests, capabilities, and skills is adequate enough to result in job satisfaction, increased production and meeting organizational objectives whilst reducing organizational accidents and increased employee turnover. The youth form a bulk of the world’s population, and Ghana, particularly. At the cross-roads in life, most youth experience periods of career indecision, career indecisiveness, and re career undecided, if not for life. The youth are full of potentials for exploration and exploitation of any country’s resources; human and material, towards national development. On the other hand, an idle youth corps with seeming no future due to unemployment is a scare, a national security threat that has often exploded in uprising furthered by the youth. The youth could then lay the golden egg for national development, and yet be the black sheep of national development. So assisting the youth carve out a career for themselves using professional assistance and psychological tools should be encouraged in schools and communities in Ghana.

In his inaugural lecture, Eric takes his audience through his personal experiences as he navigates through the world of work as a young person, more specifically through the changing scenes of his life based on the opportunities that opened to him due to his versatility. He finally settles on teaching in the university (which initial training he had received from a college of education and having taught at a Junior High School earlier), which has brought him to the pinnacle of his area of specialization; guidance and counselling.  Lack of, or inadequate guidance and counselling in schools is one of the major causes of the rising wave of crime, increased indiscipline in schools, drug abuse, increasing HIV/AIDS cases, increasing number of street children and high school drop-out rates. Guidance and counselling has a strategic role to play, particularly as it provides wider access to information which is more transparently and coherently organised. The lecture takes a look at the need for the implementation of guidance services at all levels of education through properly set out School Guidance Programmes (SGPs), Career Guidance Officers/Counsellors and School Counsellors; persons who are trained, qualified and licensed as such. By so doing, the country stands the advantage of benefitting in the future from its young population.

In the lecture, he argues for a national policy on career guidance; career guidance embedded in different contexts such as in schools, universities, training institutions, public employment services and workplaces. He concludes that career is planned, well planned to bring out the best in the individual, and must not be treated in a hit-or-miss way, or water-will-find-its-level way. To assist our young people unearth and unleash their innate potentials to assist in nation building and national development, there is the need to have a schedule across educational institutions and communities to offer such assistance. Careers should evolve from the individuals taking into consideration their abilities, characteristics, and not imposed on them. He recommends among other things, a framework for a national career guidance, and the finalization and implementation of the National Policy on Guidance and Counselling.

 

 

 

 

Inaugural Lecture
Speakers at the programme

DEB Foundation Builds Capacity of Students

31 Mar, 2023 By DIS

The Dora Edu-Buandoh (DEB) Foundation has held a capacity building seminar for levels 300 and 400 students of University of Cape Coast (UCC) to equip them to make the right career choice.

Dubbed: "2023 Young People's Seminar, the event was on the theme, “Build Your Today for Your Future.”

 

A Senior Lecturer at GIMPA, Ms. Grace Abban-Ampiah, who spoke on the topic, "Building Ourselves to Volunteer: Giving Back to Society" encouraged students to embrace volunteerism as a way of contributing to national development. 

According to her, people shy away from volunteerism because "they lack courage to take initiative, lack of time, the attitude of ungratefulness and resistance to give opportunities to others."

Citing reasons why it was important for students to engage in volunteerism, Ms Abban-Ampiah mentioned personal, social, career, health and economic benefits as some of the importance of volunteerism. 

She urged students to see voluntary work as a necessary part of skills development and also advised them to have a balanced life and not only focus on academics.

"Be part of other activities and volunteer" she added. 

The Group Head of Strategic Business Process Solutions Limited (SBP AFRICA), Mr. Akuguri Atoni Lamisi, for his part, said volunteerism exposed students to special skills needed in the corporate world. 

Mr. Akuguri Atoni Lamisi

He backed the call for students to engage in volunteerism to help discharge humanitarian services for the better course of humanity, national development and societal progress.

Addressing the students on "Time Management", a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Statistics-UCC, Dr. Irene Kafui Vorsah Amponsah, stressed that students must be time-conscious in all their endeavours.

She observed that most students wasted too much of their time on unnecessary issues that did not add value to their lives and, therefore, grew up without achieving their goals.

Dr. Amponsah counseled the students to acquire soft skills such as interpersonal and good communication skills in addition to their chosen careers. She pointed out that it was not enough to have the hard skills because soft skills provided an added advantage in developing one's career. 

The Senior Lecturer admonished the students to ensure cordial working relationships wherever they found themselves and to live in harmony with their colleagues at the workplace. 

On stress management, she noted that stress was a normal part of life and urged the students to reduce activities that would increase their stress level. Dr. Amponsah mentioned music, exercise and therapy as some of the solutions to stress management. 

The Executive Director of the Foundation, Prof. Dora Francisca Edu-Buandoh, the immediate past Pro Vice-Chancellor of University of Cape Coast, in her remarks, stated that students needed a holistic approach to their development to make an impact in life. The seminar was, therefore, to prepare them to occupy enviable positions in society.

She urged the students to build their social skills to make their careers successful.

The Executive Director admonished the students to acquire the required set of skills in order to live meaningful lives in every sphere of their lives.

  

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

job fair

Chinese Job Fair ends at UCC

29 Mar, 2023 By DIS

To complement government’s efforts at finding lasting solutions to youth unemployment, the Confucius Institute (CI), University of Cape Coast (UCC) has held the 2023 Job Fair aimed at linking graduates of UCC to Chinese enterprises for possible employment. 

At a symposium to herald the Job Fair, the Chinese Director of CI-UCC, Prof. Ou Yamei, told students and jobseekers to take advantage of the opportunity provided by the Job Fair to land gainful jobs. 

Various Chinese business tycoons in Ghana took turns to address the participants on job opportunities within their firms. 

Ghanaian employees working with Chinese business magnates were also available to take details of students and jobseekers for possible vacant positions in their companies. 

She said CI-UCC was committed to empowering young people to contribute meaningfully to the socio-economic and sustainable development of the nation through sustainable jobs.

The Ghana Director of CI-UCC, Prof. Ismael Mensah, in his address, stressed the importance of the programme and noted that it offered a platform for job seekers to acquire the needed skills necessary for enhancing employability and creativity in the fast-transforming employment space.

 

 

Chinese Director of CI-UCC, Prof. Ou Yamei (front row-4th from left) and Ghana Director, CI-UCC, Prof. Ishmael Mensah (front row- 4th from right) in a group photo with some Chinese Business Owners and employees

 

Giving credence to Chinese President Xi Jinping's mantra "We are building a community with a shared future for mankind," he said Ghana and China should grow together in job creation. 

Prof. Mensah expressed optimism that the fair would be organized annually, to the benefit of job hunters in the country.

The Provost of the College of Humanities and Legal Studies, Prof. Kwame Osei Kwarteng, who chaired the event, said that unemployment had become a national concern and governments all over the world were beginning to recognise that, hence, the innovative step by CI-UCC would help reduce unemployment in Ghana.

He said linking job seekers to potential Chinese employers was critical to the socio-economic development of Ghana. 

Prof. Kwarteng encouraged students to acquire the needed skills to fit into the job market.

 

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

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