Prof Kwadwo Adinkra-Appiah
THE VICE chancellor of Sunyani
Technical University (STU), Prof. Kwadwo Adinkrah-Appiah has banned lecturers
from selling pamphlets on campus.
Prof Kwadwo Adinkrah-Appaih
announced the ban during a meeting he held with heads of departments of the
institution including the Student Representative Council (SRC) yesterday, on
developmental projects to be embarked on in the university. He said the no
handout policy was a directive from the National Accreditation Board to various
universities in the country.
He explained that the no hand out policy had become necessary
because some lecturers were making handouts selling a pre-condition for
students passing their examinations. The National Accreditation Board which is
the regulator of tertiary institutions has therefore written a directive that,
henceforth, no lecturer should sell pamphlets to undergraduates. ‘The students
must be taught to learn the skills of research and not to be spoon-fed by the
selling of these handouts’, he noted.
The directive however, did not go
down well with most students and lecturers when DAILY GUIDE spoke to them
on the issue. A chat with some students from Hospitality and Tourism Department
of STU indicated they were not happy
with the intervention from the National Accreditation Board, since measures to enhance
research and learning are not in place. For instance, a student who gave his
name only as David said there were inadequate projectors and other teaching and
learning materials to improve teaching and learning especially when class sizes
are large.
The pro-Vice Chancellor of STU, Justice
Solomon Korantwi-Barimah, in response, said lecturers as a result of the
directive had been directed to use projectors to teach. Thus from this Monday,
all departments would receive new projectors to kick start power point
presentations’. He further stated that management should have implemented the
policy last year but due to certain issues, implementation delayed to this
year. There will be sanctions for the school authorities if we failed to uphold
the directive.
Chairman for the Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana, Dr. Nelkon who spoke to DAILY GUIDE on phone said lecturers are ready to give off their best to raise critical thinkers as products of universities.
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