The project or program is supposed to aid in the implementation of Act 992, which resulted in the conversion from Accra Polytechnic to Accra Technical University.

The Dean of School of Business and Management Studies, Mr. Ernest Christian Winful, said he was very happy the Act was being implemented as it will help the practicalities of every course’s field work and encourage the habit of using technology.

“Just a few years ago, our name was changed from Accra Polytechnic to Accra Technical University by Act 922. The Act mandates us that our teaching or focus should be competency-based,” he said.

“It’s a big challenge looking at the number of students we have available. How can we achieve this? I’m very happy that by the act, an insurance company Enterprise Life Assurance is giving us that assurance that we can live up to that expectations. I think with the name ‘life’ means we have life for ATU”.

The project which is set to run every year for final year students in the marketing department, is to assess them not only on theory-based projects but practical ones as well.

Speaking to the students, Mr. Winful added “the competency-based training has four main areas following the MoU some of which is to stick to the focus from trainers to trainees. Align competence with assertion. So we are no just going to assess you based on the chew, pour pass and forget, but rather we are going to send you out. Do the selling you have been taught in class on which you will be graded according.”

In an acceptance speech by the chairman of the occasion Mr Edmund Ameko, the Vice Chancellor of ATU,  pleaded with the final year students in marketing to go out and make the institution proud.

He also assured Enterprise Life of its full cooperation in the implementation of the project.

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The party has therefore opened nomination for all aspirants who seek to lead the party in 2016.

Speaking to Citi News, General Secretary of the party, Kwabena Agyepong said “aspirants who are picking a nomination form have to pay GHC 10,000 with a banker’s draft and the forms are available at the secretariat of the General Secretary in the party headquarters in Asylum Down in Accra.’’

The National Executive Committee and the National Executive Council of the party on Friday endorsed the proposal of the steering committee to pave way for the NPP’s primaries.

Nominations will however be closed on July 7^th 2014.

According to the NPP’s constitution when the party is in opposition the latest day to hold a presidential primary to elect a candidate for the national presidential elections is 24 months from the time.

The National Council of the party will convene again on the 19^th of June to sort out the issue of the formation of the Standing Committee and other matters.

The two time presidential hopeful for the party ,Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has officially declared his intentions to lead the NPP for the third time i.

But he will face stiffer opposition from other party members like; Dr Kofi Konadu Apraku, a former Health Minister, former Trade Minister, Alan Kwadjo Kyeremanten, Mr Joe Ghartey, etc

By: Evans Effah/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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