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Methodist University College passes out 422
Accra, 16, Feb. Ghanadot/GNA-
Universities in the country have been urged to become more
innovative, entrepreneurial and creative in their quest for
the provision of quality education.
"It is time for tertiary institutions in Ghana to move from
situations whereby every institution seeks to do the same
thing. Also conducive environment and culture should be
created for students to acquire all the knowledge and skills
needed for any profession."
In a message read on his behalf at the fifth congregation of
the Methodist University College on Saturday, President John
Agyekum Kufuor said the Methodist Church, since its
inception had realized that the development of any and for
that matter the church hinged on the need to develop its
human resources through education and training.
He praised the church for putting up good academic
institutions and also for providing the nation with eminent
scholars who had played unique roles in the country's
development and other parts of the world.
He said the government considered it a priority to promote
the private sector for economic growth and development.
"Apart from helping in the development of the human resource
base of the country, the establishment of Private Tertiary
Institutions is also seen as an investment in the private
sector which is the engine of growth".
The President expressed his appreciation to private
institutions for the roles they had played in complementing
government's efforts in its quest to provide quality
education to Ghanaians.
The Principal of MUCG, Professor Professor Samuel Adjepong,
said the university's Economics and Mathematics as well as
its M. Phil Mathematics programmes could be described as
among the best in the country.
He noted that it was the university’s policy to ensure that
its programmes were relevant to the national development
agenda and responsive to the needs of the job market.
"From next academic year, the university will be rolling out
a certificate programme in Educational and Moral Leadership,
Chinese Language and Information and Communication
Technology".
The Principal said the university had established a
scholarship scheme, which would seek to support brilliant
but needy people within the Methodist Church.
Professor Adjepong disclosed that an 8.46-acre piece of land
had been acquired by the university for the development of
the permanent site of the satellite campus in Tema.
Professor Clifford Nii Boye Tagoe, Vice Chancellor of the
University Of Ghana appealed to MUCG to consider introducing
Distance Education to enable those who could not be on
campus benefit from the university's quality education that
it had been offering.
He advised the graduates to put to good use the education
that they had received from MUCG in order to uphold its name
and also called for a better collaboration between the
University of Ghana and the MUCG for their mutual benefit.
The graduates were presented with various degrees with 30 of
them receiving First Class Honours, 111 with Second Class
Honours (Upper Class Division), 248 had Second Class Honours
(Lower Class Division) and 33 graduated with Third Class
Division.
GNA
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