The Paramount Chief of Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin II has praised Management of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) for the phenomenal growth in the University citing the growth of student population from 200 at its inception to over 85,000 within 25 years.
The Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET) has granted full accreditation to the College of Technology Education, Kumasi (COLTEK) to run Competency-Based Training (CBT) Programmes under the Ghana TVET Voucher Project (GTVP).
This makes COLTEK of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) the only university in the country with the privilege to run programmes under the GTVP.
The Dean of Faculty of Educational Studies (FES), Prof. Samuel Hayford on Friday, 8th November, 2019 held a breakfast meeting with PhD students of the Faculty to brief them on strategies and techniques to enable them complete their programmes successfully and on time.
The meeting, which took place at the North Campus, was attended by PhD students offering Educational Administration and Management, Guidance and Counselling and Special Education.
Management of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) on Tuesday, 5th November, 2019 held the maiden professional development conference for Members of Convocation on the four Campuses of the University.
The conference, which took place at the Jophus Anamuah-Mensah Conference Centre, was to inform Convocation Members about the need to take passionate action steps through sustained professional development in order to revitalise their teaching or administrative career.
The Management of University Hall in collaboration with the Hall Executives on Saturday, 2nd November, 2019 undertook a clean-up exercise to mark the National Sanitation Day. The exercise saw the full participation of both staff and students in the hall cleaning gutters, scrubbing the washrooms as well as weeding in and around the hall.
The Latter-Day Saint Charities on Friday, 1st November, 2019 donated 25 sets of refurbished computers and headphones and two computerized Braille Embossers to the Resource Centre for Students with Special Needs of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW).
The donation was to equip the Resource Centre with the needed equipment to enhance teaching and learning as well as aid students with special needs in their studies.
Student Leaders of the UEW Graduate Students Association and the Students Representative Council have attended a five day Association of African Universities Annual Conference for Student Practitioners held in Kigali, Rwanda from 14th to 18th October, 2019.
The conference equipped participants with strategies and competencies in handling new trends in student-support services delivery and academic development of the 21st century students in higher education.
The University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has graduated a total of 16,489 students at its 24th Congregation ceremonies held from Thursday, 17th to Saturday, 26th October, 2019 at the Winneba, Asante-Mampong and Kumasi Campuses of the University.
Winneba and Ajumako Campuses graduated 9,005 students representing 55% whereas a total of 1,569 students representing 9% graduated from Asante-Mampong Campus while Kumasi Campus ended the ceremony with 5,915 graduates representing 36%.
An Associate Professor of Music and Music Education and former Principal, College of Technology Education (COLTEK), UEW, Prof. Emmanuel James Flolu has called on the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) to use the 25th Anniversary celebration to engage in further discourse on major government educational reforms within the context of global trends.
The Chairman of the Governing Council of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Prof. Obeng Mireku has appealed to the government to grant the University financial clearance to enable it increase its staff strength.
He stressed that the University continues to expand in both infrastructure and human resources to enable it cater for the increasing student population hence, the need to employ more staff, particularly academic staff to meet its increasing population.
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