{"id":770468,"date":"2019-12-23T17:34:10","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T17:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/23\/minister-visits-academic-city-varsity-college\/"},"modified":"2019-12-23T17:34:10","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T17:34:10","slug":"minister-visits-academic-city-varsity-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/23\/minister-visits-academic-city-varsity-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Visits Academic City Varsity College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Dr. Lucy Agyepong, Associate Dean, Faculty of Engineering (left) taking Prof. Frimpong-Boateng (2nd right) through some equipment at the STEM lab<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology<br \/>\nand Innovation, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has paid a working visit to<br \/>\nAcademic City University College, a premium STEAM (Science, Technology,<br \/>\nEngineering, Arts and Mathematics) and entrepreneurial tertiary institution.<\/p>\n<p>The visit was to enable the minister familiarize<br \/>\nhimself with the university\u2019s fully digitized state-of-the-art campus at<br \/>\nHaatso, Accra. <\/p>\n<p>The visit also afforded the minister the<br \/>\nopportunity to have a guided tour of Academic City\u2019s modern STEAM laboratories<br \/>\nequipped with real industry machinery and equipment. Some of the engineering<br \/>\nequipment inspected included refrigeration and air condition systems, turbines,<br \/>\ncomputer-aided design and manufacturing systems, numerical control milling<br \/>\nsystems, a home-made incubator with hatched chicks among others.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Frimpong-Boateng together with his special<br \/>\nadvisor \u2013 Oliver Boachie were received by the President of Academic City, Prof.<br \/>\nFred McBagonluri who took them on a tour of the university. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the tour, the minister said, \u201cMy<br \/>\nvisit has been extremely fruitful, per the kind of engineering equipment I have<br \/>\nwitnessed today. I am very much impressed about how Academic City has rapidly<br \/>\ndeveloped and well-positioned to be the center of science and technology<br \/>\neducation in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Assuring the university of the ministry\u2019s<br \/>\nsupport, Prof. Frimpong-Boateng indicated his intention to partner with the<br \/>\nuniversity to offer training in computer science and engineering especially in computer-aided<br \/>\nmanufacturing (CAM), commencing next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTraining our people in CAD\/CAM is very crucial.<br \/>\nWe don\u2019t have people in the country who understand this. I know a few Ghanaians<br \/>\nin Germany and USA who are into this but it will come to Ghana,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Fred McBagonluri, described the visit by<br \/>\nthe minister as a significant development in the university\u2019s efforts to become<br \/>\na world-class STEAM educational institution in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Academic City is set to cause a<br \/>\nparadigm shift in tertiary education in Africa, through its customized<br \/>\nteaching-learning methodology which promotes critical thinking, creativity and<br \/>\ninnovation and charges students to lead a revolution and rewrite Africa\u2019s<br \/>\nnarrative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are committed to nurturing the next<br \/>\ngeneration of African leaders who are able to solve the continent\u2019s complex<br \/>\nchallenges in an innovative way,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Academic City is a fast developing premium STEAM<br \/>\ntertiary institution set to redefine university education in Ghana and<br \/>\nthroughout the African continent. The University seeks to be a world-class<br \/>\ncenter for teaching, learning, innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship that<br \/>\nnurtures future African leaders. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Lucy Agyepong, Associate Dean, Faculty of Engineering (left) taking Prof. Frimpong-Boateng (2nd right) through some equipment at the STEM lab The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has paid a working visit to Academic City University College, a premium STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) and entrepreneurial tertiary institution. 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