Cape
Coast
University
to
form
committee
to
assess
distance
education
Cape
Coast,
Dec.
21,
GNA-The
University
of
Cape
Coast
(UCC)
is
to
set
up a
committee
to
do a
quality
assurance
audit
of
the
distance
education
programme
to
assess
the
quality
of
students
coming
out
and
their
effectiveness
on
the
job
market.
Reverend
Professor
Emmanuel
Adow
Obeng,
Vice
Chancellor
announced
this
when
the
matriculation
event
of
6,406
fresh
students,
including
2,351
females
from
all
the
10
regions
in
the
country
into
the
University’s
Distance
Education
Programmes
on
Thursday,
to
pursue
various
courses
in
basic
education,
management
and
commerce.
He,
in
this
regard,
called
for
the
proper
coordination
and
monitoring
of
Distance
Education
programmes
in
the
country
to
avoid
duplication
and
sub
standard
perfomance
and
urged
the
government
and
philanthropists
to
support
the
programme
to
enable
it
to
deliver.
He
said
other
areas
to
be
audited
included
staff,
logistics,
facilities
and
funds,
among
others,
adding
that
this
was
imperative
because
after
five
years
into
the
introduction
of
the
programme
there
was
the
need
for
such
an
assessment
to
help
improve
upon
its
delivery
in
view
of
the
high
student
intake.
The
current
total
number
of
distance
education
students
countrywide
is
20,500
and
for
the
first
time
38
students
had
been
admitted
to
pursue
Master
of
Education,
Information
Technology
(IT)
programmes.
Rev.
Prof.
Obeng
said
to
safeguard
quality
assurance
there
was
the
need
to
change
from
the
current
mode
of
print-based
and
tutorials
delivery
to
Information
Communication
Technology
(ICT)
delivery
to
facilitate
teaching
and
learning.
It
was
toward
that
direction
that
the
university,
in
collaboration
with
ZTE,
a
Chinese
firm
is
seeking
funding
for
the
construction
of
permanent
study
centres
with
video,
teleconferencing
and
internet
facilities
to
help
“change
the
face
of
distance
education
in
the
country”,
he
declared.
The
Vice
Chancellor
underscored
the
importance
of
higher
education
to
the
achievement
of
national
goals
and
called
for
proper
strategies
to
be
outlined
and
adopted
to
maximize
its
advantages.
He
told
the
students
that
they
are
expected
to
come
out
as a
much
more
refined
individuals
who
are
critical
thinkers,
innovative,
proactive
and
disciplined,
with
a
different
attitude
to
work
and
to
life
in
general,
after
the
end
of
the
programme
to
enable
them
to
make
positive
impact
in
the
country.
GNA
