The Confucius Institute at the University of Cape-Coast (CI-UCC), in conjunction with the Centre for African and International Studies (CAIS), has held the 2017 China-African Urban Development Forum at the University of Cape Coast (UCC).
The Campus Broadcasting Services Centre (CBS) has embarked on health walk to mark the beginning of activities for its one year anniversary celebration.
CBS officially began operation in its permanent building behind Valco Hall on Monday, 21st November, 2016 after operating as ATL FM within Atlantic Hall for over 20 years.
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.
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 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.
A lecturer at the Department of Chemistry, Dr. Albert Ofori, has proposed to tertiary institutions to consider introducing Computational Chemistry as a degree programme to assist in solving chemical problems.
The Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Prof. George K. T. Oduro, has noted that community schools has a role to play in nurturing future leaders for sustainable development by developing in younger ones the spirit of nationalism that will make them internalize the values embedded in the nation’s motto of “Freedom and Justice”.
Lecturers have been advised to be mindful of their delivery strategies during classes.
According to the Director of the Centre for Teaching Support, Prof. D.D. Adjei, the methods some lecturers adopt to teach make teaching and learning unattractive to students who sometimes lose interest in the subject.
He said: “Some of the methods use by lectures are largely teacher centered which brings about low cognitive learning”.
The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has won the men’s category of this year’s Inter-University cross country competition held at the University of Mines and Technology ( UMAT) in Tarkwa.
The Director of the Counselling Centre, Prof. Godwin Awabil, has called on teachers to teach their students study skills so that they will improve upon their academic performances.
He noted that one of the missing links in Ghana’s educational system was the absence of study skills which many teachers had failed to teach the students. “We present our lessons to students and ask them to learn without the specific techniques that they would use in learning so that they can improve upon their academic performance,” he observed.