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Prof. Mrs Mrs. Goski Alabi (4th right) with some of the graduating students.
Prof. Mrs Mrs. Goski Alabi (4th right) with some of the graduating students.

Promote open, distance learning - Prof Alabi entreats govt

Government has been called upon to devise a strategy to support and promote Open and Distance Learning (ODL), in order to get it entrenched in Ghana.

The Consulting President of Laweh University College, Accra (LUC), Prof. Mrs. Goski Alabi, explained that a deliberate strategy has become necessary to erase the negative perception of inferior quality which is undermining ODL.

A media release issued in Accra, said she made the call while addressing the third graduation ceremony of LUC on November 25, 2021.

According to Prof. Mrs Alabi, in the past, a statement purported to have come from the Ministry of Education that sought to categorise certificates from face-to-face universities differently from those of online universities led to the formation of the erroneous impression.

Therefore, she said a deliberate policy from the Ministry of Education and Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) would deal with the issue in an effective manner.


Work-based learning

Prof. Mrs Alabi also advocated the introduction of what she described as work-based learning into Ghana’s educational system so that those who are into vocations such as masonry, carpentry, electricians and auto mechanics, and possess the proven capacity to pursue further education, to do so.

Such category of persons, she said, needed a flexible and convenient structure of teaching and learning as provided for in ODL.

“ODL has contributed significantly to Ghana’s gross enrolment ratio for higher education which currently stands at 18.8 per cent.

The Deputy Director General of Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) Dr Ahmed Jinapor, complimented LUC for demonstrating commitment to its cause of blended method of instructional delivery.

Dr Jinapor corroborated that ODL would plays a crucial role in Ghana's determination to achieve its target gross enrolment ratio of 40 per cent for higher education by 2030.

According to him, one of the best marketing tools of LUC is the performance of its graduates as they go into the world of work. He therefore advised the new graduates to guide, guard and protect the Laweh brand in whatever they do.

He urged Laweh to keep to its mediated learning approach. A total of 38 students were graduated, consisting of 13 masters and 25 bachelor students, in various business programmes.

John Kwabena Yorke was adjudged the Overall Best Graduating Postgraduate Student while Yvonne Botchway emerged the Overall Best Graduating Undergraduate Student.

 

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