E-learning centre for Ho Poly

An ultra-modern information Communication Technology (ICT) Centre for e-learning was inaugurated last Wednesday at the Ho Polytechnic campus.

The project forms part of the Polytechnic’s Memorandum-of-Understanding (MOU) signed with the ICT University of America to promote learning and research between the two institutions of higher learning.

The Rector of the Polytechnic Prof. Emmanuel Kojo Sakyi said he was grateful for the gesture since that marked the beginning of the agreement reached by the two parties on a giant note which will promote learning and research for students, lecturers and institutional capacity building of others.

He stated that the facility has come at the right time which will propel the polytechnic in its transition period and beyond of being converted into technical university.

He disclosed that the university has also awarded three year scholarship to one of the polytechnic staff to the tune of $1, 500 each year to peruse PhD in ICT in America.

The project consultant from Cameron who represented ICT University Prof. Victor Mbarika said they would go beyond the MOU signed and will soon provide one million e-learning books to the institution beginning with 300 before the end of the year and the rest would be supplied next year to stock their library to save them from spending huge amount of money on books.

He said, Africans can take up the challenge by ignoring the fear of breaking through with technology to develop the continent since their counterpart in the advance world are doing no magic better than their ability.

He therefore challenged the students and lecturers of the Polytechnic to use this platform to educate themselves to the highest level they wish instead of paying huge amount of money to foreign universities.

This is the second time in less than six month the Ho Polytechnic is commissioning two giant projects in similar direction.

Not long ago, Chinese inter-cultural and language learning centre the first in polytechnic education in Ghana was inaugurated where the Rector of the Polytechnic Professor Emmanuel Kojo Sakyi was very happy about the establishment of the centre stating, it is in line with the polytechnic’s plans to make it a multi-purpose international centre for higher learning.

He was very optimistic about the future that it will enhance teaching and learning since the institutes is doing its best in international relations programmes and affiliations which will open opportunities for their students specially, businesses and others from the region.

The Inter-cultural exchange centre which operates services in the areas of cultural exchange, volunteer exchange, education exchange and business exchange programmes, will also regularly organise conferences, research opportunities for the academia and businesses.