{"id":701864,"date":"2019-09-09T13:37:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T13:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/09\/ho-technical-university-partners-european-institutions\/"},"modified":"2019-09-09T13:37:36","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T13:37:36","slug":"ho-technical-university-partners-european-institutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/09\/ho-technical-university-partners-european-institutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Ho Technical University Partners European Institutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Prof. Ben Honyenuga with Evelyn Benyiwaa Yankson and other members of the Hospitality &amp; Tourism Management Department of HTU<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ho Technical University<br \/>\n(HTU) has started partnership programmes with some educational institutions in<br \/>\nEurope in its bid to become a leading technical and vocational training institution.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from an exchange<br \/>\nprogramme with some universities in Europe, the HTU also won some GH\u00a2500,000<br \/>\ngrant to provide training for small businesses. <\/p>\n<p>A statement by the HTU Vice<br \/>\nChancellor, Prof. Ben Q. Honyenuga, said they were working hard to give meaning<br \/>\nto the technical university concept and \u201cto train highly competent human<br \/>\nresource to the highest level possible through career-focused education, skill<br \/>\ntraining and research in partnership with stakeholders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the exchange<br \/>\nprogramme is geared towards modelling HTU after the German model of universities<br \/>\nof applied sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Honyenuga stated that the<br \/>\nEuropean Union had provided a three-year grant under the Erasmus-Plus Programme<br \/>\nfor exchange between HTU and Rheine Waal University of Applied Sciences and<br \/>\nHamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences in Germany. <\/p>\n<p>The vice chancellor indicated<br \/>\nthat two batches of staff and students had already been to Germany for the exchange<br \/>\nwith the hope that blending the German experience with the Ghanaian idea \u201cwill<br \/>\nhelp us reach that point of unrivaled excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the Skills<br \/>\nDevelopment Fund (SDF) had also approved GH\u20b5332,840 to HTU for digital<br \/>\nboost training for small businesses and\u00a0GH\u20b5247,320 for developing an<br \/>\ninnovative tailor-made training module for tile layers in the construction<br \/>\nindustry.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the\u00a0university<br \/>\nhas been granted accreditation to run a four-year straight Bachelor of<br \/>\nTechnology degree in Hospitality Management for which admission of students<br \/>\ninto the programme has commenced for the 2019\/2020 academic year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are five other<br \/>\nprogrammes awaiting final accreditation; they are Events, Leisure and Tourism<br \/>\nManagement; Agro Enterprise Development, Information Communication Technology<br \/>\n(ICT); Fashion Design and Textiles and Food Technology,\u201d he disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Honyenuga said HTU is<br \/>\nstill the standard bearer in the field of hospitality training in Ghana when<br \/>\nits third year student, Evelyn Benyiwaa Yankson, won the American chicken<br \/>\ncooking competition for all technical universities in Ghana, organised by the<br \/>\nAmerican Poultry and Eggs Council at the Flair Catering Institute in Accra on August<br \/>\n29, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>He said the HTU would be hosting the maiden \u2018Applied Research Conference for all Technical Universities\u2019 from September 9 to 11, 2019, which would bring together local and international scholars to engage in an academic discourse.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From Fred Duodu, Ho (k.duodu@yahoo.com)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Ben Honyenuga with Evelyn Benyiwaa Yankson and other members of the Hospitality &amp; Tourism Management Department of HTU The Ho Technical University (HTU) has started partnership programmes with some educational institutions in Europe in its bid to become a leading technical and vocational training institution. 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