UEW to have 450 capacity hostel

Winneba (C/R) Oct. 22, GNA-A multi-million cedis 450-capacity GETfund sponsored hostel on the north Campus of the University of Education (UEW) would be completed and opened to students very soon to bring relief to the university community.

The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Jophus Anamuah-Mensah said this in his address at the 14th Matriculation of 4,637 fresh students into the university.

According to him 7,462 qualified students applied for admission. He therefore hoped that other estate developers would emulate the GETfund and the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) by building hostels on university campuses to help reduce accommodation problem facing the universities.

Professor Anamuah-Mensah said only sixty per cent of available accommodation vacancies went to the fresh students this year, while the rest would have look for their own accommodation outside the university campuses.

He said the University has encouraged landlords and landladies to form an Association to ensure that the students receive fair treatment and services from them and also protect their interest. The VC urged the students to take their studies very serious and avoid negative tendencies that would not promote their academic goals. He said that the ICT is a compulsory course that is designed to guide them to develop skills with word processing, spreadsheet, presentations, website development and to effectively browse the Internet to sift relevant information.

"As you browse the net, avoid pornographic sites and sites that do not enhance your academic work." He encourage them to join the Winneba Linux Group to develop and deepen their IT skills.