Baptist University Holds Matriculation, Congregation
Ghana Baptist University College has held its joint 3rd Matriculation and 1st Graduation ceremony at the Grace Baptist Church at Amakom in Kumasi.
It was on the theme “Education As A Tool For National Development, The Role Of Private Tertiary Institutions.”
Addressing the ceremony Mr Kofi Opoku Manu, Ashanti Regional Minister, lauded the Ghana Baptist Church for promoting education in the country.
He said it was an undeniable fact that the government could not exclusively shoulder the burden of providing the entire needed educational infrastructure.
In view of this, Mr Manu said the contribution of churches and other organisations towards creating opportunities to advance the development of education, particularly at the tertiary level, was worthy of praise.
He said the government recognises that fact and was therefore committed to creating conditions that would encourage churches and other private institutions to continue playing this very import role of helping the nation, to come by the requisite manpower mix, to support the development process
Mr Opoku Manu, said to enable the private universities to produce the required human resource to support the economic growth of the country, it was important for them to explore avenues that would enable them to link up with the public universities and other bodies in designing academic programmes and activities, to keep them in tandem with the national goals and aspirations.
He said as a religious university, it went without saying that products from there would be instilled with a sense of patriotism and discipleship, to enable them resist corrupt practices when they left the institution to join the job market.
In an address read on her behalf, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku Agyeman, Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, said no matter the level of tertiary education, whether diploma, undergraduate or post graduate, the objective should underpin the training offered.
“The principals underlying tertiary education are therefore, the same, what makes the difference is the approach or methology for translating the principles into reality.”
She urged the private universities to offer their support and contribution to the development of tertiary education in the country.
Rev. Dr Kojo Osei-Wusuh, acting President of the university, said due to the increase of the students’ population, the university was still in the process of expanding its infrastructural base.