University of Professional Studies, Accra
The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), has held a virtual matriculation ceremony for its undergraduate students for the 2020/2021 academic year.
In all 70 students were enrolled for Professional programmes, 1,623 for Diplomas, 5,671 for Undergraduate, and 883 for Postgraduate programmes.
The total number of registered fresh students stands at 8,247 and comprises 4,478 males and 3,769 females; a ratio of 54:46.
The matriculation for the postgraduate students was held a couple of weeks ago.
Among the fresh undergraduate students were six international students from Nigeria, Sierra Leone, the Ivory Coast, and Togo.
Professor Abednego Feehi Okoe Amartey, the Vice-Chancellor, UPSA, said this year’s intake represented a 38.44 per cent increase from the previous year’s and, undoubtedly, the highest admission in the history of the University.
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BY: News Desk Report
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The Graphic Communications Group Ltd (GCGL) has appointed four persons to various positions to strengthen the company’s mandate as the dominant media group in the country.
Mr Samuel Essel has joined the company as the Director of Finance to replace Mr Kwabena Baah-Adade, who retired late last year.
Mr Theophilus Yartey, who is the Editor of the Graphic Business, one of the publications within the group, has been appointed Deputy Editor of the flagship Daily Graphic, with additional responsibility over the Graphic Business.
Also, Ms Doreen Hammond has been appointed Editor of The Mirror, while Ms Kate Baaba Hudson has been appointed Editor of the Junior Graphic.
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BY: Nana Konadu Agyeman
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Parliament has rejected the motion for the House to resolve to request the President to take urgent steps to absorb the fees of students of public tertiary institutions for the 2020/2021 academic year.
The motion also sought to extend support to accredited private universities as part of the national COVID-19 alleviation measures being implemented by the government.
The vote against the Private Member’s motion came after the end of a lengthy debate by the Minority and the Majority legislators after which the Speaker called for a voice vote which saw the Majority having their way.
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Parliament has rejected the motion for the House to resolve to request the President to take urgent steps to absorb the fees of students of public tertiary institutions for the 2020/2021 academic year.
The motion also sought to extend support to accredited private universities as part of the national COVID-19 alleviation measures being implemented by the government.
The vote against the Private Member’s motion came after the end of a lengthy debate by the Minority and the Majority legislators after which the Speaker called for a voice vote which saw the Majority having their way.
The Majority had objected to the motion and called for its outright rejection since it was “incompetent and unspecific” which fees could be absorbed, but the Minority said it was of public interest to support students and parents to cushion them against the impact of COVID-19.
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BY: Maclean Kwofi
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The Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Dr Ernest Kofi Abotsi, has said there is no need for a review of the Constitution as a way of fine-tuning it to serve emerging challenges.
He described the 1992 Constitution which birthed the Fourth Republic as 95 per cent perfect and said the problem with it had to do with the actors and not the letter (text) of the document.
Dr Abotsi said the failure of the actors, consisting of elected and appointed persons, heads of state institutions and people who run the day-to-day affairs of the country, to execute their constitutional mandate made it difficult to appreciate the full potential of the Constitution.