T-Poly To Run Certificate, Diploma Courses In Logistics

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) has given approval for the Takoradi Polytechnic to run two of its programmes to help produce more graduates for the emerging oil and gas sector.

The programmes are International Professional Certificate in Logistics and Transport and International Professional Diploma in Logistics and Transport.

The programmes which aim at equipping participants with the knowedge and skills to manage transport and logistics operations will be formally launched on October 28, 2010 to begin the enrolment of students.

The Rector of the Takoradi Polytechnic, Rev. Professor Daniel A. Nyarko, announced this at the 20th matriculation of the Polytechnic in Takoradi.

He appealed to the youth in the Sekondi/Takoradi Metropolis and its environs to take the opportunity to enroll on the programmes.

Rev. Prof. Nyarko said the Polytechnic began enrolling students in some of its new programmes following the approval by the National Accreditation Board this academic year.

The programmes, he said were Bachelor of Technology in Printing, Bachelor of Technology in Procurement and Higher National Diploma in Tourism.

The Takoradi Polytechnic was able to offer admission to 2,600 applicants, out of about 5,000 applications received for the 2010/2011 academic year.

Of the number offered admission, 2,480 have duly registered to pursue various Bachelor of Technology and Higher National Diploma programmes.

Out of the 2,480 students admitted/registered, 722 of them, constituting 29 per cent, are women, representing an appreciable increase over last year’s intake for female students. Rev. Prof. Nyarko charged the students to begin their studies with all the required seriousness and stay focused.

“Three years is such a short time and it will soon elapse”, he said adding “Your objective should be to strive, to seek and to find knowledge and not to yield”.

The rector advised the students to develop their skills for critical thinking and analysis of situations with the view to applying the knowledge they would be acquiring at the Takoradi Polytechnic to help solve societal problems.