Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene and Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has inaugurated the newly-constituted University Council with a call to it to focus on strengthening internally-generated funds (IGF) of the institution.<\/p>\n
This, he indicated, had become necessary given the continued decline of government\u2019s subvention, something which was hampering research activities, implementation of capital projects and effective academic work.<\/p>\n
Otumfuo Osei Tutu said its members should bring their varied skills and expertise to bear on the finances of the university to enable it to efficiently carry out its mandate.<\/p>\n
The Council, chaired by Mr. Kwame Saarah Mensah, would serve a two-year term and this could be renewed.<\/p>\n
The Asantehene underlined that science and technology education was a catalyst to the socio-economic progress of every nation and that was why funding of this sector of education, must be made a top priority.<\/p>\n
He urged the Council to work closely with the management to achieve its set goals.<\/p>\n
Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, Minister of Education, said the government was determined to provide the needed resources to improve the quality of the nation\u2019s tertiary education.<\/p>\n
She made reference to the recent approval of GH\u00a237 million as books and research allowances to university and polytechnic lecturers and said this was a proof of that.<\/p>\n
Prof William Otoo Ellis, the out-going Vice-Chancellor, said the management would cooperate with the Council to enable it to live up to expectation.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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