Jayee University College to open Cape Coast branch
Work on a three-storey building to be used as the Cape Coast branch of Jayee University College (JUC) has begun.
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The project, being undertaken at an estimated cost of $1 million, on a 9.45 acres, is expected to be completed in two years.
The facility would have four faculty blocks, an administration and general service block and a hostel.
Currently, the university operates from a four-storey building at McCarthy Hill in Accra. It has two faculties: Communication science and Business Administration.
Other faculties expected to be introduced upon the completion of the project are: Languages, education and social sciences.
Speaking to journalists shortly after the sod-cutting ceremony, the Founder of JUC, Mr John Emmanuel Donkoh, said when completed, the university would accommodate more than 10,000 students.
According to him, the project was in tandem with JUC’s five-year strategic plan to expand its facilities throughout the country.
“In doing so, the avowed intention is to make education not only more accessible, but also quality and affordable. The ripple effect is that it will generate employment opportunities for the local people and teeming youth,” Mr Donkoh said.
He added that it was the vision of JUC to be the best tertiary institution in management and journalism in Ghana and also recognised internationally.
“Our mission is to serve as a citadel for the training of high-calibre human resource in management and journalism to meet the demands of a competitive local and global market,” he said.
Mr Donkoh, however, appealed to the government to support private tertiary institutions, adding that without government assistance it would be extremely difficult for private institutions to discharge their mandates effectively.
The Chairman of JUC Governing Council, Professor Jophus Anamuah-Mensah, underscored the need for private tertiary institutions to be resourced and assisted by the government to efficiently perform their roles and mandates.
He also said since public universities did not have the space and facilities to contain the high number of students in the country, there was the need for private tertiary institutions to be assisted with infrastructural faculties to admit more students.
Prof. Anamuah-Mensah described the decision of the JUC to open a branch at Cape Coast as timely since most students had to travel to Accra to access tertiary education.
By Dominic Moses Awiah