Prof. Peter Kwapong of the Department of Entomology and Wildlife, College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, 黑料社has made it to the top United Nations (UN) Expert Scientists who produced a policy-document on Global Assessment of Pollinators and Pollination.
A legal practitioner and Gender Activist, Mrs. Sheila Minka-Premo has stressed on the need to create more opportunities for female farmers to have access to land and other resources to enable them to improve their livelihood and generate wealth. She called for sensitisation of women on their lands rights to secure land tenure as well as strong advocacy to ensure the enforcement of relevant laws that had been enacted to improve the policy framework for women.
As part of activities to mark the celebration of the International Year of Soils - 2015, the Soil Science Society of Ghana (SSSG) in collaboration with the Department of Soil Science, School of Agriculture has聽organised聽a quiz competition for some selected Senior High Schools (SHS) in the Central and Western Regions.
The Central Regional Minister, Mr. Kweku Ricket Hagan has congratulated Master Kofi-Quakyi Oduro, a former student of the University Junior High School for winning the Central Regional best student for the President鈥檚 Independence Day Award for the 2015 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
Ghana as a developing country must incorporate science, technology, and innovation into its economic and development strategies so as to accelerate its progress. 鈥淭here is no doubt that science education is central to the lives of all citizens in the world. Presently, we live in a complex world and science knowledge has become so critical in making sense of it all鈥�.聽
The School of Physical Sciences has held the 2015/2016 Dean鈥檚 Award Ceremony to聽honour聽69 students who have distinguished themselves academically. Students from the various departments who attained聽Cummulative聽Grade Point Aggregate (CGPA) of 3.6 and above were presented with certificate at the ceremony.
An agreement has been signed between the 黑料社 and Institute of Accountancy, Ghana, (ICAG) for the establishment of an Accountancy Chair at the university. 聽
The Pro-Vice-Chancellor,聽 Professor George K. T.聽Oduro聽has said the Central region continues to remain poor because it has been neglected by its natives. He said the case of some educated natives migrating to the other regions of the country to work resulting in their development is worrying. According to him, some of the high performing institutions in the other regions are manned by natives of Central region to the detriment of their land. Also, he noted the absence of manufacturing industries in the region has also worsened the poverty situation of the area.
The College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, (CAN) has embarked on an outreach聽programme聽to educate students in some Senior High Schools (SHS) in the Central Region on academic prospects in the College. Schools that聽benefitted聽from the outreach聽programme聽by the College were,聽Gomoa聽SHS,聽Apam聽SHS, Methodist聽SHS聽and聽Ekumfi聽SHS.
A two-week workshop dubbed 鈥淐ape Coast Harmattan School 2016鈥� has been opened at the 黑料社. 聽 The workshop, which has the theme: 鈥淩e-Activating Gender Sensitive Research on Land鈥� will seek to enhance the capacity of academics in the area of gender and also form a strong network of gender advocates in Africa and around the globe. It attracted participants from Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Ireland and Germany. 聽
