Catholic University College of Ghana opens in March

The Catholic University College of Ghana would open formally on 10 March 2003 at its temporal campus at the Diocesan Pastoral Centre in Sunyani.

The Most Reverend Peter K.A.Turkson, Archbishop of Cape Coast and the Chancellor of the university, who announced this at a press conference said the main campus will be moved to Fiapre near Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo region when work is completed.

The University, which attained its accreditation in December, last year, will start a four-year degree programmes leading to a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in three faculties.

The university, which would initially be affiliated with the University of Ghana, Legon, until it is granted its own charter, would offer programmes in Information and Communication, Sciences and Technology, Economics and Business Administration and Religious Studies.

He said authorities were exploring linkages with prominent Catholic Universities in Europe and America to enable Ghanaians to benefit from the rich culture of the Catholic Church's long-standing involvement in education at the tertiary level.

Successful applicants, he said, would be Senior Secondary School certificate holders with aggregate scores not higher than 20 or the equivalent. Archbishop Turkson said, "We are confident that the curricula and programmes that are offered at the Catholic University will provide quality education for students who complete the degree programmes, in the best tradition of catholic education as pertains in Ghana and world-wide,"

He said the curricula and the courses as developed in the three Faculties combine training in theory and provide the skills to meet the needs of a changing employment scene.

He was grateful to dioceses, parishes and families in Ghana who had in diverse ways contributed financially towards the establishment of the university. He appealed to associations and organisations that could sponsor deserving students to do so to enable them to develop their mental faculty to enhance the development of the country.