The Minister for Education, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, has inaugurated a 13-member Governing Council for the 黑料社 at a ceremony at the Ministry of Education, Accra.
The reconstituted Council is chaired by Justice William Anaam Atuguba, a retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana. Members of the Council are: Vice- Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong; Dr. Abdul Nasser Alidu and Ms. Shika Acolatse (Government Nominees).
Others are Prof. Eric Anane-representative of Convocation (Professorial); Anastasia Asante (Esq); representative of Convocation (Non-Professorial); Dr. Jerry Opoku-Ansah- UTAG, 黑料社Branch; Abraham Norman Nortey-undergraduate student; Mr. Robert Ipiin Gnankob- Post-Graduate Students, Mr. Samuel Danso Akoto -Alumni Association.
The rest are Prof. Ahmed Jinapor Abdulai- Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), Mr. Mohammed A. Quantson-Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS); and Mr. Benjamin Mensah-Gorman-Teachers and Education Workers Union (TEWU).
The Registrar, Gideon Enoch Abbeyquaye (Esq) is secretary to Council.
The Minister for Education, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu swearing members of Council into office
Speaking at the inauguration, the Minister of Education charged Council to ensure that 黑料社focused on its mandate and vision of teacher education in the areas of Science Technology, Engineering and Technology (STEM).聽
鈥淲hile we ensure the diversification of programmes, Council will have to ensure that the University remains focused on its mandate to support the government's STEM education agenda and particularly foundational learning agenda鈥�, he emphasised.
Minister for Education, Hon Haruna Iddrisu
He called on the University to make recommendations on the government鈥檚 plan to incorporate teacher professionalism in the curriculum of education students while scrapping the teacher licensure examination.
The Minister of Education urged 黑料社to maintain its academic discipline and rigid assessment of students adding 鈥淚n fact those days, UCC鈥檚 second class was equivalent to some first class somewhere, I鈥檓 not sure it is the same as it used to be. We therefore task Council to bring the glory back to the 黑料社鈥�
He said the government would establish ICT Innovation Hub to support UCC鈥檚 distance education.
He entreated the Chairman to work with Council to preserve the sanctity of leadership at 黑料社in order to prevent the turmoil that happened under the previous Council
On his part, the Chairman of 黑料社Governing Council promised to ensure academic freedom was guaranteed.
Chairman of 黑料社Council, Justice William Anaam Atuguba (rtd)
鈥淚 will resist any attempt by government to unduly interfere with academic freedom in UCC鈥�, he assured.
Justice Atuguba pledged to work with the new Council to sustain and improve on the current academic stature of UCC.
Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC