FIFTY students have been offered admissions to the newly-established Islamic University College in Accra this year to pursue degree courses.
The purely secular university was accredited by the National Accreditation Board of the Ministry of Education on August 19, 2001 to offer courses in Theology and Religious studies.
Facilities at the school include lecture rooms, a lecture hall complex equipped with information technology equipment, a library with more than 2,000 volumes of books, and other educational materials, information rooms, a computer centre with Internet facility, and a mini sports complex.
The Registrar of the University, Alhaji R. Gbadamosi who disclosed this in an interview, said the school authorities have commissioned a panel of experts to develop a course outline and detailed syllabus for the take-off of degree courses in Administration, Business Management and Accountancy, in due course.
He added that plans are far advanced to start courses in medicine and other sciences.
Alhaji Gbadamosi said the university which is solely being funded by the Ahlul Bait Foundation of Iran will open its doors to all qualified students regardless of religious or ethnic backgrounds.
He disclosed that currently, the foundation has spent more than $1.5 million in the provision of infrastructures and other facilities.
Alhaji Gbadamosi said the school was established to provide opportunities for academic and professional development of the youth from the poor urban and rural communities, as well as producing specialists in the fields of Administration, Banking, Economics, Secular and Islamic Law.
He added that it is also to complement government's efforts at training the youth to qualify as professional men to meet the socio- economic and political needs of the country.
According to the Registrar, students with genuine financial needs are given special dispensation, and added that all the students enjoy the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) student loan scheme.
The President of the university, Dr Halam Ellen, said the establishment of the university forms part of his organisation’s plans to help the people of Ghana.
