UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION GOES TO TECHIMAN

The University of Education, Winneba is to establish a fifth Campus at Techiman in the Brong Ahafo Region, to be known as a College of Distance Education and Extension Services. 

The opening of the campus forms part of the University’s core mandate as enshrined in Act 672, which enjoins the institution to establish additional campuses when necessary. 

The Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Akwasi Asabere Ameyaw disclosed this at a matriculation ceremony for Distance Education Students for the Northern Sector, in Kumasi. 

This year the University matriculated a total of eight thousand and 34 students out of which half of the figure are in the northern sector of the country.

 Among the fresh students are 809 who are pursuing a course in Technical and Vocational Education. 

Prof. Asabere Ameyaw announced that most of the university’s study centres dotted across the country have been connected to the internet to enable students to have access to the use of tablets or personal computers. 

He said the University also has a video conferencing facility at its main campus in Winneba, adding that two more are being mounted in Kumasi and Techiman where tutorials would simultaneously take place. 

The distance education students, who are mainly workers and parents, would not have adequate time for planning, and studying, access to library facilities for reference and a serene place for study. 

The Vice Chancellor therefore asked them to make good use of their time, tutors, and be regular at tutorials. 

He reminded the students that the goal of the Distance Education Programme is not only to help them acquire certificates for enhanced salaries or gain promotions, but to change their total outlook, understanding and commitment to duty.