He said, “Given the high rate of unemployed graduates, it is important to adopt public private partnerships especially in the training of graduates,” to fit into the job market.

Prof Teye made the call when delivering his address during the 17th congregation of UDS in Tamale on Saturday where a total of 1,923 students from its Tamale, Nyankpala and Navrongo Campuses graduated with diplomas, degrees and postgraduate degrees in various fields.

Last week, 1,789 students of the Wa campus of UDS also graduated with diplomas, degrees and postgraduates degrees in various fields.

Prof Teye said it was industry that knew what skills and competencies it needed and what it took to make one employable.

“This is why industry and universities must work together to adapt the curriculum to the needs of industry so that graduates leave the university ready for work.”

He said, “When this is effectively done with each one of them leveraging its comparative advantage, then the challenge of graduate unemployment will be addressed. It is important for industry to join government in owning the unemployment problem in the country and not leave it solely to the government.”

Prof Teye commended government for granting tertiary institutions the approval to recruit staff to undertake their operations but added that the quota given UDS was very small.

He, therefore, appealed to government “To consider the case of UDS that it is still very young and growing and grant it the opportunity to recruit additional staff to enable it fulfil its mandate”.

Prof Kwesi Botchwey, Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission, who represented President John Mahama at the event, advised graduates to work to overcome the challenges of the country.

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Source: GNA

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Dr. Samuel Boateng, Head of Oil and Gas Department at the All Nations University College (ANUC), said that was the way forward to lift the people out of poverty.

He was speaking at this year’s ‘world space week’ celebration held in Koforidua in the Eastern Region.

The programme was jointly organized by the Electronics and Communications Department of the University’s Institute of Engineering and Technology, Institute of Electricals and Engineering, National Society of Black Engineers and Society of Petroleum Engineers.

“African space festival” was the theme chosen for the event and the goal was to highlight the vital role of technology to socio-economic development.

It brought together students from various Senior High Schools across the Eastern Region.
Dr. Boateng said it was important to encourage and motivate Ghanaian students to study science, technology, and mathematics.

He indicated that there should not be any time to waste and that Africa needed to step up its efforts to catch up with the rest of the world.

Mr. Dickson Amakye, the Head of the Electronics and Communications Department, expressed optimism that the celebration would ignite the passion of the youth for science and technology education.
He called for the nation to develop an electrical and electronics industrialization plan to speed up its technological advancement.

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Source: GNA

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