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Women urged to pursue Engineering Courses in Universities-KTU VC
The Vice Chancellor of the Koforidua Technical University(KTU), Professor David Kofi Essumang has urged more women to pursue engineering programmes in the technical universities.
He noted that, female enrolment with regard to engineering courses was one of the lowest compared with other programmes in the technical universities.
“You go to the engineering classes and you will either find few women or no women at all and this is not encouraging.We need more women to pursue such courses.”
Professor Essumang was speaking at a short ceremony to honour one of the Higher National Diploma (HND) students, Ms. Chrisbella Tiwaa Nkansah who was adjudged the overall best female student in Medical Laboratory Sciences(HND) in Ghana by the Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Sciences (GAMLS).
GAMLS gave the award after organising a competition among HND and Diploma Medical Laboratory Science students from the various universities in the country.
Chrisbella from KTU emerged best female student with the highest Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA)in the area of Medical Laboratory Sciences in this year’s competition.
The Vice Chancellor reiterated the need for more women to venture into engineering and science related courses so that they would be empowered.
“There is the need to reverse the trend where we have more males than females doing engineering and science related courses because females also have a vital role to play in the development process of our society and country through science and engineering.”
Prof. Essumang said that KTU was proud to have one of its female students adjudged the overall best female in Medical Laboratory Sciences in universities across the country and urged other women to be encouraged by the achievement of Ms Nkansah.
He disclosed that management had put in place certain initiatives to encourage the enrolment of more females into such areas and was committed to helping such females to successfully complete their courses and said that the university would support the awardee in her field of choice.
He encouraged her not to relent on her oars but to strive to achieve more for herself and the university.
Ms Chrisbella Tiwaa Nkansah thanked management and faculty for their support and the honour done her and assured that, she would put up her best in any endeavour to make the University proud.
The Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Abena Osei Asare has expressed concerns about the failure of the Administrator of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) Mr. Paul Adjei to honour invitation of the Committee to assist in dealing with abandoned projects cited in the 2024 Auditor-General’s report.
She emphasised that some of the projects have been abandoned for more than 20 years and it kept reoccurring in the Auditor-General’s report yearly, stressing that the GETFund Administrator could assist by prioritising these projects.
However, he has failed to personally appear before the Committee since the commencement of the Committee’s public hearing in the 9th Parliament.
According to the 2024 Auditor-General’s report on Pre-University Educational Institutions, nine (9) Institutions with 16 projects awarded by the GET Fund Secretariat had been abandoned/delayed for a period ranging between three (3) and 28 years.
Some of the affected schools include Adanwomoase Senior High School (Boys and Girls dormitory abandoned for 12 years), Atoa Senior High School (Home Economics Block abandoned for 27 years), Beposo Senior High School (Dinning Hall and Kitchen Complex abandoned for 10 years and lastly KNUST Senior High School (Three storey classroom block abandoned for 20 years).
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Energy continued its oversight responsibilities with a working visit to the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) yesterday.
Chairman of the Committee, Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah, said the visit formed part of efforts to familiarize members with the Authority’s operations and to explore ways Parliament could provide the necessary support.
He explained that the NPA’s work is focused on regulating Ghana’s downstream petroleum sector, a critical area for national energy security.
Mr. Bedzrah noted that the Committee is particularly interested in assessing whether the country has adequate petroleum stock to meet demand.
He noted that rising geopolitical tensions, including the ongoing US–Iran conflict, could have adverse effect on Ghana’s energy supply and pricing.
He further disclosed that the Committee intends to engage closely with the Authority on a proposed new petroleum bill.
According to him, a draft of the legislation will be reviewed and possibly presented to Parliament under a certificate of urgency.
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