UEW emphasises entrepreneurial skills
The College of Technology of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), has initiated technical programmes and short courses that use ‘demand-driven’ approach to help students have entrepreneurial skills to make them employable after school.
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The initiative is in response to the current apparent high level of graduate employment.
The Chairman of the Governing Council, Dr Emmanuel Kenneth Andoh, who said this at the 20th congregation ceremony of the University of Education, and the 10th by the College in Kumasi, said the programme would be extended to cover distance learning programmes.
‘Through that there would be infinite possibilities to explore in order to become inventors and entrepreneurs,’ he said.
Five thousand students, including 4,672 graduates who pursued various programmes of study through distance education, were awarded certificates.
Scholarships
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba, Prof. Mawutor Avoke, said in line with the quest of the university to promote research and scholarship, it had instituted two key funding schemes - the UEW Research, Innovation and Staff Development Fund and the Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship Fund for brilliant, needy students.
He said GH¢5 million had already been committed the fund, of which GH¢4m was earmarked for the Research Fund alone.
Prof. Avoke said the university welcomed the passage of the College of Education Act which had upgraded all teacher training colleges into colleges of education.
He said the university had the capacity to assist the colleges to was hoping to have greater collaboration and partnership with them.
Capacities
“UEW is passionate in ensuring improvement in the provision of quality education in Ghana and we are also committed to working with the colleges of education in Ghana to upgrade their status to tertiary level,” the Vice Chancellor said.
An initial survey carried out by the university indicated that about 61 per cent of teachers in the colleges of education did not have the requirement to teach in the tertiary institutions.
Prof. Avoke said collaborating with colleges of education would, therefore, aid in building the capacities of their staff.
He said that the university had designed a comprehensive mentorship programme for the colleges and was likely to carry the programmes earmarked for their capacity development to their doorsteps.
