Sunday 22nd July, 2018
He made this
statement at the Ghana Technology Summit which took place in Accra.
Academic City
College has an ultramodern campus under construction and is seeking to ch
Accra, July 22,
GNA – The President of Academic City College Dr. Fred McBagoniuri has stated that
the school seeks to provide good teaching technology which will enable students
to transfer class projects into the industry.
He made this
statement at the Ghana Technology Summit which took place in Accra.
Academic City
College has an ultramodern campus under construction and is seeking to change
tertiary learning in Africa with premium teaching talent and activity-based
learning.
In an interview with
the Ghana News Agency, Dr McBagoniuri revealed that the school had invested 2.2
million dollars in equipment for its laboratory.
“We have invested
2.2 million dollars in equipment for our laboratories. We are buying industrial
level equipment so that whatever practical experience our science and
technology student experience is transferable to the industry. We have course
specific laboratories, so if it is mechanical engineering or mechanics labs you
have dedicated infrastructure to do that.”
He stressed on
mechanisms the school was putting in place to improve other educational
sectors.
“We are also
focusing on improving our deployment mechanisms which means whether you are
studying arts or business you get the opportunity to have hands on experience.
Not just theoretical stuffs.”
He said although
Ghana had a conducive business atmosphere, the country was at its early stage
in technology and lacked resources.
“The technology
space is at it early stage in Ghana and as this conference indicated, there is
an interest globally. Our economy is growing so there is definitely an interest
for people to come in here. But we are at very early stage. We have
institutions like Impact Hub that is beginning to drive this ecosystem and
that’s exactly what we are going to do in our campus.”
The Co-Founder of
the school Neeraj Varyani stated that “students of this school are going to be
smart and bright.”
Academic City
College also has a Technology and Entrepreneurship Centre (TEC) programme which
provides opportunity and training-rich environment for entrepreneurial ideas
and early-stage start up.
GNA