UCC Vice Chancellor urges tutors to upgrade themselves

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Prof Domwini Dabiri Kuupole, has challenged tutors of Colleges of Education to use the tertialisation of their institution to upgrade themselves to commensurate with their current status. 

He said the elevation of training colleges into Diploma-awarding institutions requires a minimum qualification of a Master’s Degree for the tutors to teach the students. 

This, Prof Kuupole noted, could be done through capacity building and advised them to aim at developing themselves by pursuing further courses such as Postgraduate Degrees. 

Prof Kuupole made the assertion during his visit to the Colleges of Education in the Eastern Region. They include the Asokore SDA and Kibi and Abetifi Presbyterian Colleges of Education. 

He said the number of credit hours required for students to study before obtaining the Diploma Certificate in Basic Education has now been reduced from 94 to the minimum of 60 and maximum 65. 

This, according to him, is to ease the workload on the students to enable them study well and come out successfully. 

Prof Kuupole advised the tutors to consider themselves as staff in a different stage higher than the previous class which goes with enough research as well as journal publications and charged them to add that to their roles. 

The Director of the Institute of Education at UCC, Prof Frederick Ocansey, asked the Colleges of Education to collaborate with the Institute to build the capacity of the tutors to meet the changing trend. 

He implored them to go the extra mile by conducting research and coming out with findings for publications in their journals. 

Prof Ocansey disclosed that the Institute is responsible for the 46 Colleges of Education in Ghana including six private aimed at helping to churn out quality teachers to educate Ghanaian children.

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