UG’s Computer Science Department left to rot

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YawB 9 years ago

Many of us who are IT PROFESSIONALS in the US would like to help if given the chance. It starts with stopping the discrimination against those in diaspora.

Many of us who are IT PROFESSIONALS in the US would like to help if given the chance. It starts with stopping the discrimination against those in diaspora.
Neasack 9 years ago

Where is our priorities. Zoo or IT for students.

Where is our priorities. Zoo or IT for students.
ernest 9 years ago

This is only a rumor and Government says the story is untrue; i wonder the kind folks on this forum. Is it all jokes? Is it reading and comprehension challenges by colleague posters, amazing! The article was a repetition of w ...
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This is only a rumor and Government says the story is untrue; i wonder the kind folks on this forum. Is it all jokes? Is it reading and comprehension challenges by colleague posters, amazing! The article was a repetition of what Stan Dogbe refuted.
ASH 9 years ago

I do not think this is gov't matter. The beneficiaries must come out to help. It is a sector that requires constant update. Calling on gov't to do something means aggravating the problem. Budget cannot improve comp. science d ...
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I do not think this is gov't matter. The beneficiaries must come out to help. It is a sector that requires constant update. Calling on gov't to do something means aggravating the problem. Budget cannot improve comp. science dept.
Ghabay ,NY 9 years ago

This is what you get,if have someone like Ablakwa as your deputy minister of education.Ha ha ridiculous .

This is what you get,if have someone like Ablakwa as your deputy minister of education.Ha ha ridiculous .
Kwame 9 years ago

How can a person like Ablakwa who does not even have the experience to be a housemaster in Secondary School be the Deputy Minister of Education? What ideas does he bring to the table?

How can a person like Ablakwa who does not even have the experience to be a housemaster in Secondary School be the Deputy Minister of Education? What ideas does he bring to the table?
YIKRA 9 years ago

We are you people so concerned about this man. How about the other people at the Ministry?

We are you people so concerned about this man. How about the other people at the Ministry?
Pelicles 9 years ago

Who is concerned about who? We have every right to point out the inefficiencies in the system. Why do you think that crab should the deputy minister of education? He is there because of tribalism and political foolishness. ...
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Who is concerned about who? We have every right to point out the inefficiencies in the system. Why do you think that crab should the deputy minister of education? He is there because of tribalism and political foolishness. Think about how he talks.
Saint Ghfuo: Nyantakyi must go! 9 years ago

The school chancellor.must new relieved by the board. You.cant call itself a leader.if.such problems are lurking. It shows your incompetence. No dignified ppl in ghana anymore. Just a bunch of toothless bulldogs. Bark no bite ...
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The school chancellor.must new relieved by the board. You.cant call itself a leader.if.such problems are lurking. It shows your incompetence. No dignified ppl in ghana anymore. Just a bunch of toothless bulldogs. Bark no bite!
Prof Botswana. 9 years ago

But what is the vice chancellor of the university doing about the problem.

But what is the vice chancellor of the university doing about the problem.
Annorwuo 9 years ago

ENGAGE IN A NEEDLESS TEST OF WILL WITH AN ELECTED GOVT ABOUT WHO HAS THE MANDATE TO DETERMINE THE PLACEMENT OF ROADS/ACCESS WAYS ON PUBLIC LANDS IN THIS COUNTRY! OBVIOUSLY,HE AND HIS BACKERS IN THE MEDIA AND THE LEGISLATURE H ...
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ENGAGE IN A NEEDLESS TEST OF WILL WITH AN ELECTED GOVT ABOUT WHO HAS THE MANDATE TO DETERMINE THE PLACEMENT OF ROADS/ACCESS WAYS ON PUBLIC LANDS IN THIS COUNTRY! OBVIOUSLY,HE AND HIS BACKERS IN THE MEDIA AND THE LEGISLATURE HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE POPULAR AKAN MAXIM WHICH SAYS:
"Y3YE NIA EHIA ANSA NA YEAY3 NEA 3FATA"!
CORNEY 9 years ago

Which vice chancellor,the Toll Gate collecting vice chancellor?

Actually they say that place was there since 1976 which I doubt,meaning the problem has been there decades before he came.

Do we have computers in Ghana in ...
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Which vice chancellor,the Toll Gate collecting vice chancellor?

Actually they say that place was there since 1976 which I doubt,meaning the problem has been there decades before he came.

Do we have computers in Ghana in 1976,even in the 80s do we use computers in Ghana or they are talking about typewriters?

If Ghana has a computer lab since 1976 then Ghana seems to be ahead of most countries in the world in terms of computer.
ELINAM 9 years ago

In 1979 a young hip Ghanaian guy came and got a house at the North Kaneshie estates and was good with the girls and played great music, who spoke to us first about computer designing as his job with a department/ministry ...
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In 1979 a young hip Ghanaian guy came and got a house at the North Kaneshie estates and was good with the girls and played great music, who spoke to us first about computer designing as his job with a department/ministry in Accra. So i think something was there as far back as PC class.
CORNEY 9 years ago

There was no computer in Ghana in 1976,even in America it was in 1983 that schools were asked to start teaching computer lessons in schools and it was only in 1984 that Apple started making software for teaching of computers, ...
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There was no computer in Ghana in 1976,even in America it was in 1983 that schools were asked to start teaching computer lessons in schools and it was only in 1984 that Apple started making software for teaching of computers,the lab may have been there for something else but not computers,Ghanaians started seeing computers not too long ago.

How can they be teaching computer classes in 1976 when there was no softwares to teach the class even in places where computer started or did that also started in Ghana?
JB Mann 9 years ago

You are right (somehow) : there were no PCs in Ghana in 1976, but we had IBM servers and terminals. Those days, IBM was the sole manufacturer of such machines.

As a matter of fact, I personally learnt programming at Kwame ...
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You are right (somehow) : there were no PCs in Ghana in 1976, but we had IBM servers and terminals. Those days, IBM was the sole manufacturer of such machines.

As a matter of fact, I personally learnt programming at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology in 1977, using then the popular language Fortran 77 and ALGOL. We had no computers at our rooms (ie there were none!), so had to go to the Faculty computer lab and do the keying.

I tell you what: for a simple program to find the sum of x and y, the system would produce sever hundreds of IBM punch cards. The computer was huge like a printing machine!
JB Mann 9 years ago

Elinam, there were no PC in 1979.

There were however termials ie, we had one server and several terminal connectected to it.

The PC (IBM PC) as we know it now came to the market in 1982. Before then, there were home com ...
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Elinam, there were no PC in 1979.

There were however termials ie, we had one server and several terminal connectected to it.

The PC (IBM PC) as we know it now came to the market in 1982. Before then, there were home computers like the Sinclair ZX80 (1980), ZX81 (1981), AMIGA.

In 1984, I bought my first home computer an AMSTRAD CPC (Color Personal Computer) with a Zilog Z80 Processor, 64KB RAM, 4MHz takt. Today 3000MHz is the standard. That 'computer' was embedded in the keyboard and had no HDD, let alone CDROM. The whole operating system was one diskette, which would be inserted.

By 1985 I was already programming Locomotive Basic - a dialect of the BASIC programming language!
T'pau 9 years ago

Who said there were no computers in Ghana in the 70's? While there were no Personal Computers (PC) at that time, there were Mainframes. They were mostly leased from NCR. The West African Exam Council (WAEC) used computers to ...
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Who said there were no computers in Ghana in the 70's? While there were no Personal Computers (PC) at that time, there were Mainframes. They were mostly leased from NCR. The West African Exam Council (WAEC) used computers to generate our Index Numbers and result in all the exams they administered (if you remember those printer sheets with spooled-holes on both sides). The UST also had one and I believe SSNIT also had one.
JB Mann 9 years ago

I remember collecting those IBM continuous paper form (with perforations in between) from the UST computer lab and using the backside for for home work and other studies.

That apart, I know 3 people who did Data Processin ...
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I remember collecting those IBM continuous paper form (with perforations in between) from the UST computer lab and using the backside for for home work and other studies.

That apart, I know 3 people who did Data Processing ( full-fledged Computer Science was then not afforded at UST). 2 were at Unity Hall and the other, a lady was at 'Conti' - Africa Hall.
MUMU VOTERS 9 years ago

Even Ghana itself is rotting talkless of computer science. About the some of the student who that its shameful, everthing in Ghana now is shameful including the president. Konadu Agyeman Rawlings said nothing is working now! ...
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Even Ghana itself is rotting talkless of computer science. About the some of the student who that its shameful, everthing in Ghana now is shameful including the president. Konadu Agyeman Rawlings said nothing is working now! And only fools argue about it
Douglas. Bristol-UK 9 years ago

oh Ghana. this madness started way back in 2006 when monkey kufour couldn't fix it when I was there

oh Ghana. this madness started way back in 2006 when monkey kufour couldn't fix it when I was there
CN 9 years ago

When innovative heads like the late Prof Nkrumah was innovating to resource and modernise the UG Business School , other faculties and their heads were sleeping. Innovate or die!

When innovative heads like the late Prof Nkrumah was innovating to resource and modernise the UG Business School , other faculties and their heads were sleeping. Innovate or die!
JB Mann 9 years ago

Is this damn thing here a computer lab of a University?

Looks Like Internet Cafe Kiosk !

Is this damn thing here a computer lab of a University?

Looks Like Internet Cafe Kiosk !
Kwame Amo 9 years ago

I now get it. I get scared when I am about to interview these so-called graduates cuz I realize they are not practical enough. I work part time for 4 multinational companies because I am practical and that's what they need. N ...
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I now get it. I get scared when I am about to interview these so-called graduates cuz I realize they are not practical enough. I work part time for 4 multinational companies because I am practical and that's what they need. None of the companies have ever asked for my certificate. It's high time they focused on imparting practical skills to students instead of concentrating on fancy cars for lecturers.
Plus I know the University demands PHD Holders to lecture. Pity.
CORNEY 9 years ago

You are right,those papers they call PhDs are the reasons why we cannot get anything done right,our everything is paper,no practical experience,even students beginning High Schools here are more practical than they are but if ...
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You are right,those papers they call PhDs are the reasons why we cannot get anything done right,our everything is paper,no practical experience,even students beginning High Schools here are more practical than they are but if you go there now the first thing they will ask you is how many degrees you have before they may even think of hiring you.

Look at that trash they call computer lab which they lied started in 1976 as if computers started in Ghana,a place where they just started using computers.
THINGS FALL APART 9 years ago

THINGS FALL APART AND THE NDC GOVT HAS NO CLUE TO HOLD THEM TOGETHER.
The President stupidly went to Peki and donated money for a chief who has congested the mortuary for six years.
He is again planning to spend $1.2M for a ...
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THINGS FALL APART AND THE NDC GOVT HAS NO CLUE TO HOLD THEM TOGETHER.
The President stupidly went to Peki and donated money for a chief who has congested the mortuary for six years.
He is again planning to spend $1.2M for a Zoo project and at the Flagstaff House. And the UG computer Lab looks like a business center at Agbogloshie.
Mahama has no 'To do list' for the country. He is robbing Peter to pay Paul and putting round pegs in square holes..".Ebei, sika na woredzi dem yi?".
NDC will Fall Apart come 2016.
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Afenuvor Amenuveve 9 years ago

Does it mean that the department cannot use their IGF to better their lots? If the picture posted is the real case, then what is the authorities doing? If this is the University which is expected to produce IT Professionals t ...
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Does it mean that the department cannot use their IGF to better their lots? If the picture posted is the real case, then what is the authorities doing? If this is the University which is expected to produce IT Professionals to solve problems, then the "Europeans would continue to rule over us" till the world ends.
zombi politician. 9 years ago

With this cafe suppose to be University IT Lab.students pay still pay levi for it,they are now made to pay dumsor levi without lights,nothing is working apart from professional thievery and yet the deputy minister for educati ...
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With this cafe suppose to be University IT Lab.students pay still pay levi for it,they are now made to pay dumsor levi without lights,nothing is working apart from professional thievery and yet the deputy minister for education will use mobile phone usage as bases for Ghana's development .Very very sad,very sad for University Students. Wicked Government Leaders,most of whom were educated free.
concerned ony3 9 years ago

This the same thing going in the various polytechnics. computer science is the avenue that creating millions of job everyday but we all lack practicals. Computer science students share the department computers with various de ...
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This the same thing going in the various polytechnics. computer science is the avenue that creating millions of job everyday but we all lack practicals. Computer science students share the department computers with various department and there are no lecture rooms and Accra Ploy Building A FUCKING SHOPPING MALL and deputy minister is there doing nothing, telling us Ghana has made strides with increase in mobile phone usage?..that information is not even accurate to begin with. This same stride that the minister is talking about is the same thing PRESIDENT said is the CAUSE OF THE ERRATIC power supply. SO is this a good thing or bad thing?
Our dear country is really crashing and crumpling and the leaders are there fighting over who win much vote coming 2016?
Aly 9 years ago

Ghanaians like new things so they can watch it break down.

Ghanaians like new things so they can watch it break down.
ASH 9 years ago

Call on business men and beneficiaries of your department to come to your aid. Presently I do not think the students can offer to pay tech. fees as pertains in other universities.

Call on business men and beneficiaries of your department to come to your aid. Presently I do not think the students can offer to pay tech. fees as pertains in other universities.
Kwesi 9 years ago

Ghanafo paaa!

Ghanafo paaa!
DEPORT FOREIGN MUSLIMS 9 years ago

GHANAIANS STILL BELIEVE SPEAKING AND WRITTING OYIBO LANGUAGE WILL SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS . WHAT A JOKE ASK CHINA , GERMANS , HOLLAND ,SCANDINAVIANS AND SOUTH KOREA & NORTH KOREANS .

GHANAIANS STILL BELIEVE SPEAKING AND WRITTING OYIBO LANGUAGE WILL SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS . WHAT A JOKE ASK CHINA , GERMANS , HOLLAND ,SCANDINAVIANS AND SOUTH KOREA & NORTH KOREANS .
THE CHOSEN ONE 9 years ago

IN A COUNTRY WHERE VISITORS AT A LIBRARY WILL TEAR THE PAGES OF TEXT BOOKS AFTER READING THEM SO THAT THE NEXT PERSON COMING WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE THE BOOK.
STUDENTS OF A UNIVERSITY WHO WILL INTENTIONALLY TEAR THE CUSHION ...
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IN A COUNTRY WHERE VISITORS AT A LIBRARY WILL TEAR THE PAGES OF TEXT BOOKS AFTER READING THEM SO THAT THE NEXT PERSON COMING WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE THE BOOK.
STUDENTS OF A UNIVERSITY WHO WILL INTENTIONALLY TEAR THE CUSHION OF THEIR CHAIRS AFTER USING IT.
YOU HARDLY UNDERSTAND WHERE THIS EDUABOR IS COMING FROM.
Zulu Sheikh 9 years ago

I am a product of that department and really saddened by the turn of events. A good number of the alumni of this department are research fellows in the diaspora.Some would welcome relocation to help out but in some cases impe ...
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I am a product of that department and really saddened by the turn of events. A good number of the alumni of this department are research fellows in the diaspora.Some would welcome relocation to help out but in some cases impediments are put in their way by way of vision etc.
There used to be a lecturer by name Mr.Isaac Odoom who at a point was virtually teaching every course. Dr Saani Abdulai,now the ICT director at the University for professional studies was once a lecturer at the department but was frustrated by some powers and he had to leave.
The right environment must be created to attract capable hands and folks back there shouldn't feel threatened by compatriots in the diaspora.Finally, the head of department,head of faculty and all stakeholders should put their heads together to address this solvable issue.
Sammy Twum 9 years ago

Surely, it's an appalling situation given that Computer Science & IT are great tools for economic growth in the age we find ourselves. All stakeholders should come on board to remedy the situation.

Surely, it's an appalling situation given that Computer Science & IT are great tools for economic growth in the age we find ourselves. All stakeholders should come on board to remedy the situation.
integer 9 years ago

The department does not even own its offices.The offices are borrowed ones.

The department does not even own its offices.The offices are borrowed ones.

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