The
Deputy
Minister
of
Education,
Rev.
John
Ntim
Fordjour,
has
said
that
the
government
is
committed
to
implementing
effective
policies
and
providing
good
infrastructure
to
improve
the
country’s
educational
system
towards
national
development.
He
said
despite
the
gains
made,
the
authorities
were
poised
to
tackle
challenges
of
infrastructure,
funding
constraints
and
irregular
curricula
that
affected
the
educational
systems.
These
were
contained
in
a
speech
read
on
his
behalf
at
the
weekend,
at
the
12th
congregational
ceremony
of
Jayee
University
College
on
the
theme,
‘Pursing
Educational
Excellence
in
the
face
of
systematic
challenges,’
at
McCarthy
Hill
in
Accra.
In
all,
223
graduating
students
successfully
completed
their
diploma
and
degree
courses
of
study.
The
deputy
minister
said,
the
government
would
continue
to
put
together
transformational
policies
that
would
contribute
positively
to
the
growth
of
private
universities,
as
they
were
complementing
enormously
towards
the
country’s
educating
system.
In
his
welcome
address,
Professor
Samuel
Amoako,
President
of
the
college,
said
the
most
daunting
challenge,
which
posed
a
threat
to
the
very
existence
the
university
emanated
from
the
Education
Regulatory
Bodies
Act
of
2020,
2023,
which
requires
that
all
universities
colleges
currently
under
affiliation,
to
expedite
action
toward
active
Presidential
Charter.
He
said
management
would
work
assiduously
to
meet
the
requirement
set
by
GTEC
for
the
achievement
of
the
Presidential
Charter,
even
in
the
face
of
the
numerous
colleges.
Professor
Amoako
said,
another
challenge
the
college
was
facing
was
student
enrolment
which
had
been
affected
due
to
the
delayed
re-accreditation
of
the
college
coupled
with
the
effects
of
the
COVID-19
pandemic.
He
urged
the
graduants
to
face
the
world
with
confidence,
positive
determination
and
enthusian
and
enter
the
world
with
initiative
and
entrepreneurship.
He
asked
the
student
not
to
solely
depend
on
the
government
for
a
job,
but
to
be
on
their
own
and
set
up
partnerships
and
working
together
with
friends
in
business.
In
a
speech
read
on
his
behalf,
Professr
Stephen
Jobson
Mitchual,
the
Vice
Chancellor
of
University
of
Education,
Winneba
(UEW),
lauded
the
flagship
programme
of
Business
Administration
and
Communication
Science
of
the
university.
He
said
UEW
was
proud
of
the
success
of
the
affiliation
and
urged
the
college
to
count
on
the
support
of
UEW
at
all
times
so
long
as
they
remain
in
good
standing.
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