[ 2016-11-21 ]

University of Ghana is West Africa's best
The University of Ghana (UG) is the highest ranked
university in West Africa and the seventh in
Africa.

Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, the Vice
Chancellor of the University, said the 2016 Times
Higher Education World Rankings once again placed
the UG ahead of its peers in Ghana and West
Africa.

"The UG was ranked in the fifth decile of this
year's ranking; and our strongest pillar this year
was research.

"This is definitely a great achievement, given
that we were ranked in the fourth decile in 2015,
with our strongest pillar that year being
international outlook," Prof Oduro Owusu stated at
the November Congregation of the University.

This Congregation covers the second batch of
students, who completed their programmes of study
in the 2015/2016 Academic year; the first batch
having graduated in July this year.

"It is worthy of note that our efforts at becoming
a world class research intensive university is
well on its way," he said.

He said the enviable feat chalked by the UG could
not have been achieved without the concerted
efforts of the staff, students and stakeholders of
the University.

The Vice Chancellor said he was grateful and
confident that with the establishment of their
Strategic Teams and with the continued support of
all and sundry, their rankings would soar at both
the continental and international levels.

The Strategic Teams include: Institutional
Advancement Team, Agriculture Centres
Commercialization Committee, UG Rebranding and
Marketing Team, and the Medical and Dental School
Expansion Team.

The rest are UG Regional/World Ranking Team, Vice
Chancellor Green Team, Independent Power Supply
Team and the Laboratory Modernisation Team.

The Strategic Teams have been charged with the
responsibility to position UG as a "Go to
University".

Prof Oduro Owusu, in his report to the
congregation, said the security situation on the
University campus had witnessed tremendous
improvement.

He said the University had also put together a
strategic document to combat security challenges
on its other campus; declaring that, "A major
constraint, however, has been the fact that the
security office was greatly understaffed.

He said the Management was, however, working
assiduously to find avenues to improve the current
staffing situation.

"We have also organised face-to-face discussions
to educate students on the need to be security
conscious.

"The goal is to create individual and ultimately a
holistic awareness of the necessity to be security
conscious on campus," he said.

"Let me take this opportunity to thank the
Regional and District Police Command as well as
National Security for beefing up our security
efforts, volunteering security briefs, and helping
maintain law and order on campus," he stated.

He urged the graduating students to understand
that education was expected to continue beyond the
walls of the lecture hall into the community and
work place and into adulthood.

"As you enter the job market, I urge you to
continue to improve upon these critical skills,”
he advised. “Remember that it is a competitive
world and to be in the lead, you need to always
strive to make a difference; just a one degree
shift from the norm and you will be in the lead."

The congregation for the undergraduate students of
the College of was held at the Great Hall, while
that of its graduate students was held at the R.
S. Amegashi Auditorium simultaneously.

The Vice Chancellor delivered his speech at the
Great Hall, while the Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof.
Samuel K. Offei delivered it on his behalf at the
Amegashie Auditorium.

A total of 300 graduate students from the College
of Humanities graduated, of which Mrs Linda Asante
Agyei, an editor with the Ghana News Agency,
graduated with a Master of Arts in Public Affairs.

Source - GNA

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