Develop institutional framework for graduate research — Prof. Sam Afrane
The President of the Christian Service University College (CSUC), a private university in the Ashanti Region, Prof. Sam K. Afrane, has called for collaboration among the ministries of Education, Environment, Science and Technology, Trade and Industry to develop an institutional framework for graduate research.
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This is to help meet local needs for the benefit of the country.
He said there were too many research work wasting away on shelves at the academic institutions, and that could not be allowed to continue.
He therefore, suggested that government scholarships should be given to students researching projects of immense importance to the nation.
Speaking at the 46th Special Congregation of Postgraduate students of the CSUS in Kumasi, Prof Anane expressed the belief that there was the need to take a second look at the management of research projects in the country to enable the country to derive the full benefit from such research projects.
He appealed for support for universities and research institutions to monitor and design mechanisms for the utilisation of research findings and ongoing research works that were geared towards development.
He congratulated the graduates for their efforts and encouraged them to make the university proud by contributing effectively and positively to the development of the country.
Intellectual Property
The Immediate Past Director-General of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ghana, Prof. Victor Agyemang, said the country must add values to its minerals in order to earn more from them.
He said a natural resource rich like Ghana earned very little for what she produced and expressed the belief that focusing on intellectual property was what was needed for national development.
“Any country that places emphasis on postgraduate education ends up with citizens with a higher standard of living”, the immediate past CSIR director-general added.
He asked the graduates to use the skills acquired from the studies to create jobs and venture into entrepreneurship to contribute their quota to national development.
Graduation Ceremony
In all, 206 students made up of 162 males and 44 females graduated from the various disciplines from the School of Postgraduate Studies of CSUC.
The ceremony was on the theme: “Postgraduate education and national development “.
The programmes offered at the postgraduate school include MA Christian Ministry with Management, MSc Accounting and Finance, MSc Monitoring and Evaluation, MSc Corporate Planning and Governance and Postgraduate Certificate in Theology.
