The University announced the decision on its website.

A BBC video of the young Ghanaian inventor in January 2018, went viral on social media.

Darko said he invented the water bicycle because he was saddened by a documentary he watched which showed some school children swimming across a river to get to school.

“I was watching a documentary some years back and I saw school children swimming across a river before going to school. So I told myself, what can I do to help these children and I started thinking. Finally I was able to come up with this idea,” he added.

Mr. Darko said it took him over a year to come up with the invention.

The Vice Chancellor, Reverend Professor John Frank Eshun, according to the website, said the full scholarship was to “motivate Darko to undertake more innovations to solve the challenges in the Ghanaian society and the world at large.”

He indicated that the University was ready to give scholarships to any student who showed interest and prospects in innovation.

Rev. Prof. Eshun expressed joy about the invention and said the University would take up the project, in collaboration with the student, to improve it in order for it to stand the test of time.

He said the University had established an entrepreneurial and innovation incubation centre to assist students with various talents, which they could evolve into business ventures to bring down the unemployment rate.

Frank Darko is a final year student at  TTU pursuing a Graphic Design course but deferred it due to financial challenges.

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The constitution of the council is in fulfillment of the Technical University Act (Act 922), which requires Technical Universities to provide higher learning in technical and vocational education in the fields of applied arts, engineering, as well as science and technology-based disciplines.

Congratulating the members, the Minister for Education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, called on the council to ensure that the institution stays within its mandate of producing highly-skilled manpower for industry.

He tasked the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE), and the National Accreditation Board (NAB), to enhance their monitoring procedures to ensure that the various technical universities churn out highly-skilled workforce to aid Ghana’s development agenda of becoming an economic hub in Sub-Saharan Africa.

He said members were chosen based on their competencies to oversee the evolution of the institution to a fully-fledged technical university, and thus the council is expected to maintain the focus on developing manpower capable of employing innovative and dynamic approaches in solving the nation’s developmental problems.

Government nominees on the council include Prof. John Frank Eshun (Vice Chancellor), Ato Panford, MP for Shama, Michael Appiah and Ing. Dr. Robert Adjaye.

Below are the rest of the members constituting the Takoradi Technical University Council:

Mrs. Sylvia Beatrice Oppong-Mensah (Registrar/Secretary, TTU)
Mrs. Wilhelmina Asamoah (NCTE)
Mr. Sampson Damptey Tetey (COTVET)
Mr. Francis Rexford Sam (CHASS)
Mr. Joseph Abaiku Apprey (APTI)
Mr. Peter Awini Seidu (TUTAG)
Mr. Eric Bruce Amatey Jnr.( Convocation, Teaching)
Mr. Mark Kofi Aremu (Convocation, Non-Teaching)
Mr. Charles Andoh-Appiah (PAAG)
Mr. Eric Boafo Dadzie POWAG)
Mr. Daniel Sekyi Kwarkyi (AGI)
Mr. Joseph Akwasi Bawuah (GEA)
Mr. Ernest Nkrumah Taylor (TTU Alumni)
Mr. James Avevor (SRC)
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Speaking on the first day of orientation to welcome the new students to begin the 2017/2018 academic year, Prof. Eshun called on students to stay focused on their academic objectives by avoiding activities that will jeopardise their education.

He called on students to channel their suggestions and grievances to authorities through the Students Representatives Council (SRC) of the school.

On skills development, Prof. Frank Eshun advised students to take advantage of the mandatory industrial attachment the institution requires them to undergo during their training years.

In her welcome address, the Registrar of the University, Sylvia Oppong-Mensah, called on the students to use the one-week orientation period to familiarise themselves with the university community to better understand its culture and ethnics.

She said the laid down rules and regulations of the university would be enforced to the latter if students go against them.

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The move was to expose the students to programs and courses the university offers and to guide them make relevant choices in the selection of programs.

Participating schools for the three-day event include the Takoradi Technical School TTI, Mpohor Secondary School, Takoradi Vocational and Technical Institute, the Opportunities Industrialization Center OIC among others.

Some lecturers from the Fashion, Painting and other departments took the students through their secondary school courses and its corresponding programs available at the university.

They also offered advice on different range of issues with respect to advancing their education after secondary school education.

The lecturers however warned the students not to be fixated on programs but to adapt to market demands and the changing patterns and interest.

The Vice Chancellor of the Takoradi Technical University, Prof John Frank Eshun at the event underscored the importance of giving Technical, Vocational Education and Training TVET to students across the country.

He said some developed world have been able to deal with unemployment among youths through TVET and it can also help Ghana deal with its unemployment situation.

“It’s a tool for supporting broader social development by going a long way to address unemployment. Countries such as Germany, Austria and Denmark who have long standing tradition of apprenticeship and work based learning have lowest rates of youth unemployment. The time is ripe for us to take a cue from them”.

Participating students were then taken through exhibition of projects that have been produced by students of the Takoradi Technical University.

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Speaking in an interview with TTU campus-based radio station, Radio Premier, Mr. Simpson, said the expansion of wi-fi coverage to all lecture rooms and halls of residences; is to ensure that the institution meets standards required of its new status as a technical university which is research-oriented.

He said the university recognizes the widespread use of wi-fi-enabled mobile devices by both students and administrative staff, thus the decision to extend internet coverage to more areas including students’ halls of residences, a move that has been lauded by the students representative council (SRC) of the school.

“Both students and staff have free unlimited access to the school’s wi-fi system, and students are expected to connect their devices using their school details which includes a login ID and registration password,” he said.

Takoradi Technical University, formerly Takoradi Polytechnic, was established as a Government Technical Institute in 1954.
It was upgraded by the Polytechnic Act 321 (PNDC Law 1993), to become part of the Ghana Tertiary Education System, which was later replaced in 2007 by the Polytechnic Law (Act 745).

Currently, the school has three campuses: Effiakuma (Takoradi), Butumagyebu (Sekondi) and Akatakyi (Agona-Nkwanta).
The new Akatakyi campus is the largest of the three, with an acreage of 152.3 square feet.

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In all, a total of 2,940 graduated successfully in the 2015/2016 academic year. The number was short of 711 students comparing to the 2014/2015 academic year.

In the 2015/2016 academic year, 91 students were awarded Bachelor of Technology degrees, 2,435 were received Higher National Diplomas, 114 civil Engineering graduands received HND Competency Based Training certificates from the National Board for professional and Technician Examination, and 258 were also awarded Tertiary Certificates of Attendance, whilst 42 were awarded the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport certificates.

[contextly_sidebar id=”a1z7b4jqJjAuPWj5ewW9Yd4fg8SK4hG9″]Out of the 2,940 graduates, 10 and 76 obtained first class honors in Bachelor of Technology Degree and HND respectively.

54, 26 and 1 students obtained second class upper, second class lower and pass respectively.

Speaking at the first graduation ceremony, Vice Chancellor of the University Rev. Prof. John Eshun, expressed the university’s commitment at producing the needed human resource for the country’s development.

He said “in line with our new mandate, we have reviewed all our curricula in the competency-based training mode in line with modern technology and industrial requirements and also develop new programmes from certificate and diploma to B-Tech and M-Tech degrees observing all regulatory requirements”.

In line with this, the University according to the Vice Chancellor “will soon launch a Research Innovation and Development Fund to promote quality applied research that can help spur the socio-economic development of the country”.

After speaking on some physical infrastructure projects that are all at various stages of completion and other initiatives the University is championing, Rev. Eshun challenged the graduating students to use the knowledge and expertise gained from [the] training to direct the development of the society positively.

“You should endeavor to uphold good morals and inspire he students you are leaving behind and the society as a whole. I urge you to be our goodwill ambassadors in the world of work as you pursue your careers”.

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The plan, which was launched by industrialist and council member of the University Ato Panford, who is also the NPP’s Parliamentary Candidate for the Shama Constituency in the Western Region, focuses on entrepreneurial development and technology driven expertise for students.

Mr. Panford explained that “its a new era with a new approach. With our status as a technical university, we owe it a responsibility to ensure we upgrade our skills to produce competent and relevant entrepreneurs who could form joint ventures to take up the development challenge facing our country.”

He added that, ” when this happens, we can stop the culture of giving out our developmental projects to Indians and the likes. This 5-year strategic plan is a new beginning which is spelling out our vision and mission and to direct us in what we want to achieve.”

The Takoradi Technical University after the launch of the strategic plan, was also officially launched.

The university, even though was commissioned by President John Dramani Mahama in April this year, it was not launched officially until today November 17th.

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A former rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Prof. Stephen Adei, has expressed hope in the future of technical education in Ghana through the upgrading of polytechnics to universities.

[contextly_sidebar id=”hvlomgUrMUPtYTOThPb3rsTQkhRIgDtb”]He said the technical university model has the potential to be as successful as GIMPA, which increased its turnover 30 times within a period of nine years under his leadership.

Prof. Adei urged the institution to take advantage of opportunities in the Western Region, by partnering with the ports and players in the oil and gas industry.

He said a new technical university must have a clear mission and vision to produce technologically-inclined, ICT savvy and industry-connected output.

On staffing, Prof. Adei said: “Universities are made by those who are the core professors. To remedy the handicap of becoming a university with a handicap in staff, there must be measures to attract quality and experienced tutors.”

“If you go to a typical polytechnic, a third of the tutors don’t qualify as university lecturers. At a certain time, those people must be out. It is painful, but unless those decisions are taken, you will be a fourth-class university,” he concluded.

Takoradi Technical University, formerly Takoradi Polytechnic, was established as a Government Technical Institute in 1954.

It was upgraded by the Polytechnic Act 321 (PNDC Law 1993) to become part of the Ghana Tertiary Education System, which was later replaced in 2007 by the Polytechnic Law (Act 745).

Currently, the school has three campuses: Effiakuma (Takoradi), Butumagyebu (Sekondi) and Akatakyi (Agona-Nkwanta).

The new Akatakyi campus is the largest of the three, with an acreage of 152.3.

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