Vice Chancellor pleads for industrial calm
The College of Technology Education of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), has held its eighth congregation with a plea for calm and an end to the frequent industrial unrest.
Professor Akwasi Asabere Ameyaw, the Vice Chancellor, said withdrawal of services over extended periods within the past six years by the various unions – University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), Federation of University Senior Staff Association of Ghana (FUSSAG) and the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU), had been unhelpful to productivity.
“The absence of one group from work affects the effectiveness of the other”, he added.
He therefore called for dialogue to resolve disputes and said it was important to recognize that “strike actions reduce productivity and national development”.
A total of 2,458 students graduated and received degrees and diploma certificates. Seventy-one (71) of them pursued postgraduate studies.
Prof Ameyaw underlined the university’s determination to introduce more innovative and job driven programmes.
It was on the basis of this that two new faculties – vocational and technology education had been added to the existing ones.
The college would continue to remain focused on the mandate of helping to influence the nation’s development.
Prof Ameyaw said the university had placed strong emphasis on “improving student-centred learning delivery to train higher caliber educational professionals”.
The steady growth in student enrolment reflected its desire to meet the nation’s increasing demand for quality professional teachers to enhance teaching and learning.
He spoke of the goal of transforming the College into a leading and unique centre recognized worldwide for technology and business education.
“Our focus is to inculcate in our graduates the requisite academic proficiency and professional competencies for teaching of technical and business subjects, conduct research, disseminate relevant knowledge and influence educational policy on technical and business education.”
Prof Ameyaw, however, said UEW was riddled with the challenge of encroachment on its lands, the situation was so serious that it had affected it had hampered the College expansion efforts.
Added to this, was the problem of financial inadequacy – delays in the release of its subvention and the reduction of the government’s allocation as compared to other public universities.
Dr Emmanuel Kenneth Andoh, Chairman of the University Governing Council, called for more support to improve on the College’s infrastructure.
Source: GNA