{"id":464130,"date":"2018-02-14T00:44:20","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T00:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/14\/laweh-university-ends-coding-clinic-today\/"},"modified":"2018-02-14T00:44:20","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T00:44:20","slug":"laweh-university-ends-coding-clinic-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/14\/laweh-university-ends-coding-clinic-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Laweh University ends coding clinic today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday, 13 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Ben Essumah<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-13<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/45637374.295.jpg\" alt=\"Story20182018\" title=\"Story20182018\" width=\"295\" height=\"202\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Laweh University has ended it&#8217;s first Free Coding Clinic<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518569060_147_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Laweh Open University has ended it&#8217;s first Free Coding Clinic with a graduation ceremony and presentation of certificates to the participants. <\/p>\n<p>The Free Coding Clinic was a novelty by Laweh University to introduce interested persons to the knowledge of coding and development of software to solve problems. <\/p>\n<p>Laweh University, Ghana\u2019s Premier Open University, offered the Coding Clinic for free, in conjunction with FVTech Canada. The University stated that it decided to open it&#8217;s facilities to such interested persons to learn for free, so as to help address the unemployment situation in the country through empowerment and creating startups.<\/p>\n<p>The Clinic, with tutelage and instructions from FVTech Canada, empowered the participants with the skill to take advantage of the computer age and create problem-solving software that will enhance their living conditions and earn them income.<\/p>\n<p>At the graduation ceremony, the Consulting Vice Chancellor of Laweh Open University, Prof Goski Alabi said the initiative is to contribute the University&#8217;s quota to solving the unemployment situation in the country.<\/p>\n<p>She indicated that the Coding Clinic is just one of the many short-courses that the school will introduce to empower individuals and train them on modern ways of doing things.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe in applied and useful education to enable the youth to acquire practical skills to reduce the unemployment challenge in the country\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<p>The Laweh Consulting Professor noted that participants have been empowered and upon completion of the next four courses, will increase their chances of landing jobs or make them entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p>Prof Goski who is also Ghana\u2019s first female Professor of Quality Assurance underscored the need for educational institutions in Ghana to empower people with hands-on employable skills to make them fit into the job market or succeed as entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p>She advised the youth to accept challenges and always take advantage of opportunities to learn new skills, such as developing software. <\/p>\n<p>On his part, Dr Anthony Adiabah of FVTech Canada was upbeat that coding and software developments, is the game changer in Ghana&#8217;s quest towards industrialisation and development. <\/p>\n<p>The beneficiaries of the Laweh Free Coding Clinic expressed their gratitude to the Laweh University for the unique opportunity to learn and develop software within 7 days. <\/p>\n<p>At the graduation ceremony, the students were made to display their project works, much to the admiration of all gathered<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 72 updated by: 72 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Tuesday, 13 February 2018 Source: Ben Essumah 2018-02-13 Laweh University has ended it&#8217;s first Free Coding Clinic The Laweh Open University has ended it&#8217;s first Free Coding Clinic with a graduation ceremony and presentation of certificates to the participants. 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