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19.11.2018 Education

UDS Graduates Over 5,000 Students

By CitiNewsRoom
UDS Graduates Over 5,000 Students
19.11.2018 LISTEN

Over 5,000 students were awarded degrees in various programmes at the University of Development Studies (UDS) last Saturday.

The figure covers post graduates and undergraduates.

This was at the university’s 19thCongregation and the climax of the Golden Jubilee celebration on the theme, “UDS at 25: Impact on National Development through Practical Higher Education.”

Some distinguished personalities including the immediate past UDS Vice-Chancellor, Professor Haruna Yakubu and a former Governing Council Chairman of the UDS Dr. Abdulai Salifu were also given Honorary Doctorate degrees.

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The UDS Vice-Chancellor, Professor Gabriel Ayum Teye in his remarks said the UDS would use sports to reduce poverty in the three regions of the north.

According to him, the university has so far produced soccer giants including the Black Maidens Captain, Mukarama Abdulai.

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He said the UDS mandate is to blend theory with practice as a means to accelerate the socio-economic development of the three regions of the north.

Professor Teye again commended the government for the advancement towards giving the Wa and Navrongo campuses of the University autonomy.

He also thanked the Ghana Education Trust Fund and some financial institutions for supporting the UDS to overcome its myriad of challenges.

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“We are grateful to all who made this possible, especially the Islamic Development Bank who assisted us to complete a four–storey students' hostel in Nyankpala. We are also grateful to government for awarding the contract for rehabilitation of internal roads in Nyankpala.”

He reiterated calls on the government to solve the infrastructure deficit in all the university's satellite campuses.

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The UDS Governing Council Chairman, Esq. Nutifafa Kuenyehia also raised concern about the inadequate infrastructure in all the four campuses.

“Ours have been issues of poor power supply, outdated and insufficient information communication technology (ICT) equipment. There is inadequate and insufficient staff in critical areas, and other areas of specialization.”

“Nyankpala which gave birth to the university seems to be a forgotten and neglected mother – only it has not been pronounced as a witch. The National Accreditation Board (NAB) threatened not to accredit some courses on the campus, because of the dust from the untarred roads. Security of both students and staff continues to be a source of worry to us. Lecturers at Wa campus, for instance, have to lock their doors whilst in their offices. In October, a male student on the same campus was a victim of cutlass wounds and robbery. Although the Inspector General of Police has graciously agreed to assign policemen to the various campuses, we do not have the structures to house them” he lamented.

He said the management had taken steps to make adequate preparation for the intake of the first batch of the free Senior High School programme.

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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on November 10, 2018, addressed the first batch of undergraduates congregation at the Tamale city campus, Dungu.

About 5,605 diploma and undergraduate students who completed various programmes of study graduated.

The second phase comprised 162 postgraduate students including five PhD holders.

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