UEW TO INTRODUCE NEW MASTER'S PROGRAMME (MIRROR, PAGE 34, MARCH 13, 2010)

From Joe Okyere, Winneba

The University of Education, Winneba (UEW) is to introduce a master’s degree in Educational Management from next academic year.
The trilateral executive programme, to be established with friends and partners at the Galilee College, Israel, will be relevant and necessary to address the changing trends in today’s world of globalised higher education.
Alhaji (Dr.) Asoma Abu Banda, First Chancellor of the UEW, made this known at his investiture at the South Campus in Winneba.
Alhaji Banda said the master’s degree would be run in conjunction with the Galilee College, Israel, and a European university.
He said the programme would consist of four semesters, two at UEW and one each at the Galilee College and at the European university, respectively.
He expressed the belief that the diverse cultural collaboration would create a truly unique programme, exposing students and the faculty to diverse cultural perspectives from the major regions of the world, to equip the students for leadership in a truly global arena.
He said as they endeavoured to expand their vision of modern worldwide education, they had a great hope that this would be the first of many such projects.
He stated that he would not rush to establish an endowment fund but would rather create a forum where the university council, management, staff and students would share ideas on what to do to make it unique.
The Chancellor asked them to prepare students for the changing needs of the world by providing them the knowledge and skills for solving complex problems.
He called on teacher education institutions to consider including enterprise education in the their curricula in order to support students to develop characteristics such as creativity, self-reliance, investigative aptitude and knowledge and understanding to identify and take advantage of opportunities, adding that these are essential skills and values for life.
The Chairman of the University Council, Dr E. Kenneth Andoh (Nana Okofo Amoako Bondam III), expressed the hope that Alhaji Banda would bring his vast business experience to bear on the development of the university.
The Vice-Chancellor of UEW, Professor Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw, said the university had turned out over 46,000 teachers since its establishment.
He called for the expansion and improvement of infrastructure on the campus to enable the university to achieve its mission and vision.
The Central Regional Minister, Mrs Ama Benyiwa-Doe, expressed the hope that under Alhaji Banda’s wise guidance and business acumen, the university would achieve greater heights and grow further as an institute of excellence in the country and internationally.