UEW to withdraw affiliation for poor performance • Vice Chancellor warns at DHI graduation
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Prof. Mawutor Avoka, has cautioned institutions affiliated to the university not to compromise on quality of standards in order not to degrade the certificate of the school.
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He warned that any unprofessional conduct on the part of any of the affiliate institutions likely to bring the image of the university into disrepute would lead to the cancellation and withdrawal of the affiliation certificate.
Sustainability
The Vice Chancellor said to ensure the sustenance of the standards with its affiliates institutions, the university would continue to offer constant and system of unbridled monitoring of all aspects of training programmes, including students and tutor recruitment, teaching and learning as well as the conduct of examination.
Prof. Avoka sounded the caution in an address read on his behalf by Dr Ahmed Jinapor, Head of Department, Early Childhood Education, UEW, at the third graduation ceremony of the Dutiful Hands Improvement (DHI) College of Health and Education in Kumasi.
Graduation
Two hundred and twenty-five graduates were awarded certificates.
They studied Health Care, Laboratory Technology, Dispensing Assistance, and Early Childhood Education.
Having started with only 14 students in 2010, the school, located at Patase in the heart of Kumasi, can now boast more than 500 students pursuing various courses.
The Vice Chancellor lamented the high ratio of untrained early childhood educators in the country and called on the private sector to partner the government in the provision of quality education for people in the country.
Prof. Voka reminded the graduates to make it a point to upgrade themselves on the job to meet the regular changing trends on the job market as well as the requirements for the trade.
Appeal to governmentThe Principal of DHI, Mrs Agnes Eyiah Mensah, appealed to the government to, as matter of urgency, accept graduates from private institutions to work in the public health and educational institutions to fill the yawning gap in those sectors.
She explained that although some institutions in the country have been granted accreditation by the state to run programmes, it was disheartening that graduates from such institutions were prevented from working with their certificates in government institutions.
Mrs Mensah urged the graduates to show dedication and commitment by exhibiting good skills at wherever they might find work to merit the training they acquired during their period in school.
New project
In a related development, sod has been cut for the commencement of work on the permanent site for the DHI College of Health and Education at Pakyi No 2, along the Obuasi-Kumasi highway.
The project, which is on a five acre land, will cost $80 million and comprise an administrative block, lecture halls, hostels and a commercial centre.
The sod-cutting was performed by the Principal of the College with support from other members of the Board of Governors as well as staff of the institute.
Prizes
Some students who excelled in their field of study were honoured with citations and other gifts to boost the morale of other students.
