Wa, Oct. 14, GNA-- The Wa Polytechnic is to establish a meat-processing unit for academic and income generation purposes, Professor Sampson Agodzo, Principal of the Polytechnic has announced.
The Teaching and Learning Innovation Fund (TALIF) is supporting the establishment of the unit and the acquisition of learning and teaching materials for the Polytechnic.
Professor Agodzo announced this at the 5th Matriculation of the Wa Polytechnic at Wa on Saturday where 508 fresh students made up of 322 tertiary and 186 non-tertiary students were admitted to the Polytechnic for the 2007/2008 academic year swore an oath to obey its rules and regulations.
He said the Polytechnic would, this academic year introduce the Estate Management Programme in line with its strategic thinking and planning to make the Polytechnic a centre of excellence in science and technology.
Currently, the Polytechnic runs six fully accredited programmes and it is in the process of adding Mechanical Engineering and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to its programmes, while it also envisaged to increases the programmes to 15 by 2015.
Professor Agodzo announced that in partnership with the National Board for Professional and Technician Examinations (NABPTEX) all the Polytechnics would soon start to offer access course to enable graduates of Technical and Vocational Institutes to upgrade themselves to gain admission to do Higher National Diploma (HND) programmes. He said the Polytechnic had also started to implement the
competency-based learning programme last year and its results were impacting positively on the professional education delivery.
Professor Agodzo said the Wa Polytechnic's strategic thrusts are focused on human resource development, research, physical infrastructure expansion, ICT development and expansion and financial resource mobilization and management.
He said it was for this reason that the Polytechnic launched a 2-billion cedi Endowment Fund to benefit the development goals and assist brilliant but needy students last year.
He called on corporate bodies, public-spirited individuals and the district assemblies to contribute to the fund to enable the Polytechnic to provide quality training to its students to enhance national development.
Principal of Wa Polytechnic worry about immoral behaviour in schools
Wa, Oct. 14, GNA - Professor Sampson Agodzo, Principal of the Wa Polytechnic has expressed concern about the immoral behaviour of some teaching staff and students in some institutions to gain favours in the award of high marks in examinations.He advised male lecturers that no matter how attractive the female students are, they should exercise extreme self-control in the discharge of their professional duties.
Professor Agodzo gave the advice at the 5th Matriculation of the Wa Polytechnic at Wa on Saturday where 508 fresh students made
up of 322 tertiary and 186 non-tertiary students admitted to the
Polytechnic for the 2007/2008 academic year swore an oath to obey
its rules and regulations. He advised female students who deliberately hunted for favours
from their male lecturers to desist from such dishonest ways of
earning an academic qualification. He told the students that any form of cheating in any kind of
examinations in the Polytechnic would attract the highest penalty of
expulsion from the institution. "We are not in the business of training students to acquire
ill-gotten qualifications since the economic consequences of
dishonest people with ill-gotten qualifications in positions of authority
will be too high a price to pay as a nation", he warned Professor Agodzo advised students of the Polytechnic that the
government built infrastructure at great cost to train them and urged
them to use the appropriate channels to address all
misunderstandings between them and management and avoid
resorting to the destruction of property. On HIV/AIDS and other social vices, Professor Agodzo warned the
students to be wise in the things that they do especially, they should
avoid bad company and the use of illicit drugs. "Remember AIDS is real and that condom sense is not always
common sense because the condom is man-made and also not full
proof and you must live to justify the huge investments being made in you".
