Catholic University to Open Next September

Private participation in the country's educational sector is continuing to yield positive results, as the call has already seen a number of religious bodies, establishing universities in the country.

The Roman Catholics will soon join the religious bodies, which have established tertiary institutions in the country by opening a university at Fiapre near Sunyani.

The university to be known as Catholic University of Ghana, Fiapre, will start off in September, next year.

Rev. George Kwame Kumi, the administrator of the Catholic Secretariat, who is helping the planning committee, disclosed this to Chronicle.

He said Rev. Fr. Albert Apuri was appointed as registrar of the university last year and has since been working hard to open the university.

Rev. Fr. Kumi said all is set to begin academic work next year.

He said the planning committee has completed its work and handed over to the board of trustees, which was inaugurated in August, this year, in Accra.

He said there will be a fund-raising at the national level by the end of the year for work on a hostel project at Fiapre to start.

Rev. Fr. Kumi said the university will start off with three faculties, namely Business Management and Administration, Information Science and Technology, and Theology and Philosophy.

He hinted that the Catholic Bishop of Sunyani, Rt. Rev. James Kwadwo Owusu, has promised to offer the Sunyani pastoral sector for use as office for the university's administration and classrooms.

Rev. Fr. Kumi said preference will not be given to Catholic students alone, but all will be given equal chance.

He said the university will be fee paying, but will work out for a kind of foundation and credit scheme to assist needy but brilliant students.