KNUST making in roads into production of herbal medicine

Cape Coast, Nov. 19, GNA- A Bachelor of Science in herbal medicine, introduced last year at the department of pharmacy of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), is showing signs of progress, Dr Vincent Ankamah-Lomotey, assistant registrar in charge of admissions, said on Wednesday.

He said 60 students were currently offering the four-year course and expressed optimism that herbal medicine would in the next five years take precedence over orthodox medicine in Ghana.

Dr Ankamah-Lomotey announced this when he addressed some Senior Secondary School students at a 'career guidance and counselling' seminar at Cape Coast.

It was organised by the guidance and counselling unit of Adisadel College on the theme: "The Student - Our future vital resource". It was to expose them to the various programmes and entry requirements of tertiary institutions.

Dr Ankamah-Lomotey said even though KNUST had 15,000 qualified applicants this academic year, it only admitted 4,000. He, therefore, urged those aspiring to enter KNUST, to study hard to enable them offer the courses related to their chosen careers.

Mr. Benjamin Menyah, Head of the Visual Arts Department of the University College of Education, Winneba (UCEW), also briefed the students on career opportunities at the department, and said they could for instance become teachers in visual arts.