Professor Johns Evans Atta Mills is the President of the Republic of Ghana
By William Yaw Owusu
Tuesday April 13, 2010
President John Evans Atta Mills says the time has come for tertiary education to be “carefully re-positioned by developing forward looking curricula and programmes to meet the development needs of the country.”
He noted that though tertiary institutions are contributing their quota towards the development of the country, there was still a huge developmental gap which needed to be filled, explaining that “the only way to go about this is to position such institutions to produce quality, effective and efficient human resource for this course.”
This was contained in a speech read on behalf of the President by Dr. Joseph Samuel Annan, a Deputy Minister in charge of Tertiary Education at the 3rd graduation of Regent University College of Science and Technology in Accra on Saturday.
In all, over 200 students graduated in various programmes at the ceremony, which was also used to cut the sod to start the development of a 5.827 acre land at McCarthy Hill for the university.
The university, which started five years ago, currently operates in four different satellite campuses in Accra and upon completion, the McCarthy project is expected to absorb all the campuses.
President Mills said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government has recognized that for the country to achieve rapid growth there was the need to pursue science and technology and make studies in the field very attractive to students.
Touching on quality leadership, he said those entrusted with positions of authority must exhibit exemplary leadership to bring hope to the people, adding, “People always perceive that it is only those in politics who are leaders. Anybody entrusted with position of authority is a leader and we must strive to lead good and exemplary leadership.”
He reiterated the government’s commitment towards ensuring transparency saying that “politics does not only exist for elections and debates, but for the people. It is alive when the rights of citizens are upheld.
President Mills said the government appreciated the contributions and efforts of private tertiary institutions towards the development of education in the country and commended Regent University College for venturing into the field of science and technology.
Reverend Professor Kingsley Kwabena Larbi, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the University added, “We are committed to helping in the fight against poverty, illiteracy, filth and disease in the country and on the continent. We want to find solutions to the developmental challenges of the country.
He called on the privileged in the society to complement the government’s efforts at improving the standard of living of the people.
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Prof. Larbi further revealed that the university had adopted a model school at a village near Suhum in the Eastern Region as part of its social responsibility.
Prof. Nicholas N.N. Nsowah-Nuamah, chairman of the council of Regent University College, said the university was pursuing science and technology to develop the country.
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