University of Education Winneba, to get new council

The University of Education, Winneba (UEW), will from Wednesday June 29 get a new board to replace the expired University Council, Minister of Education, Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has said.

The Education Minister made this known on the floor of parliament on Wednesday June 23.

This follows an alarm raised by the Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Affenyo Markin last month that there was a looming academic crisis if a new council was not put in place as soon as possible.

The term of the council ended in 2013, but government, through the Ministry of Education, has failed to constitute a new council until now, threatening academic work at the university.

The Effutu legislator feared anybody could take the university to court for awarding degrees without a council that had the power to confer degrees.

The university’s mandate is to produce professional educators to spearhead a national vision of education aimed at redirecting Ghana's effort along the path of rapid economic and social development.

UEW started as a University College in 1992 under PNDC Law 322. UEW brought together seven diploma awarding colleges - the Advanced Teacher Training College, the Specialist Training College and the National Academy of Music all located at Winneba; the School of Ghana Languages, Ajumako; College of Special Education, Akwapim-Mampong; the Advanced Technical Training College, Kumasi; and the St. Andrews Agricultural Training College, Mampong-Ashanti.

The University operates from four Campuses (Winneba, Kumasi, Mampong and Ajumako) and a number of Distance Education Study Centres. The Winneba Campus houses the main administration, and the seat of the Vice-Chancellor.