Profile Of The University Of Cape Coast (UCC Case Study
Profile of the University of Cape Coast (UCC)
The University of Cape Coast (UCC) in Ghana was established in 1962 out of a dire need for highly qualified and skilled manpower in education and was affiliated to the University of Ghana. It was established to train graduate teachers for second cycle institutions such as teacher training colleges and technical institutions, a mission that the two existing universities were unequipped to fulfill. Since its establishment, the university has added to its functions the training of education planners, administrators, agriculturalists and health care professionals.
As part of achieving millenuim development goal three which centered on gender equality in all aspects of education, it was incumbent on …show more content…
(Britwum et al). In 2013, the centre for Research, Advocacy and Documentation( CEGRAD) was established as a means of addressing the gender disparities that existed in the University although the University at the time could boast of the first ever woman Vice-Chancellor in the West African sub region who took office in October 2008. There are indeed gaps in existing gender equity initiatives in the university, challenges associated with operationalizing existing initiatives and strategies for promoting CEGRAD as an interdisciplinary focal point for providing a theoretical grounding for gender and women’s studies at UCC. Available research findings are full of cases of gender disparities resulting from internal and external factors. Britwum et al (2015). Some of the internal factors can clearly be seen in a respondent throwing light on the fact …show more content…
In the case of the administrative field you have a big issue meeting deadlines. Given yourself a week you can achieve something but with administration you can only do that by overstaying or during the weekends you have to work. She added that it was good to train subordinate staff so that in your absence they can hold the fort. This can give you some spare time to probably go to the library to do an
The University of Cape Coast (UCC) in Ghana was established in 1962 out of a dire need for highly qualified and skilled manpower in education and was affiliated to the University of Ghana. It was established to train graduate teachers for second cycle institutions such as teacher training colleges and technical institutions, a mission that the two existing universities were unequipped to fulfill. Since its establishment, the university has added to its functions the training of education planners, administrators, agriculturalists and health care professionals.
As part of achieving millenuim development goal three which centered on gender equality in all aspects of education, it was incumbent on …show more content…
(Britwum et al). In 2013, the centre for Research, Advocacy and Documentation( CEGRAD) was established as a means of addressing the gender disparities that existed in the University although the University at the time could boast of the first ever woman Vice-Chancellor in the West African sub region who took office in October 2008. There are indeed gaps in existing gender equity initiatives in the university, challenges associated with operationalizing existing initiatives and strategies for promoting CEGRAD as an interdisciplinary focal point for providing a theoretical grounding for gender and women’s studies at UCC. Available research findings are full of cases of gender disparities resulting from internal and external factors. Britwum et al (2015). Some of the internal factors can clearly be seen in a respondent throwing light on the fact …show more content…
In the case of the administrative field you have a big issue meeting deadlines. Given yourself a week you can achieve something but with administration you can only do that by overstaying or during the weekends you have to work. She added that it was good to train subordinate staff so that in your absence they can hold the fort. This can give you some spare time to probably go to the library to do an