UDS cries for adequate infrastructure to increase intake

03-11-13   

Freshers 

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Team of Senior Lecturers at UDS

The University for Development Studies (UDS) is calling on government to furnish the school with adequate infrastructure to enable it increase its student intake. This had become imperative considering the university’s contribution towards mopping up the huge numbers of  WASSCE graduates yearning for admission into the country’s universities.  In a speech read for him at the 21^st Matriculation ceremony of the UDS in Navrongo, the Vice Chancellor, Professor Haruna Yakubu, said in as much as government and stakeholders expect universities to adjust their admission figures upward to contain the two batches of WASSCE graduates this year, it was necessary to expand and improve the infrastructure of the multi-campus university. He disclosed that the  school for the 2013/2014 academic year recorded a 69 percent increase in the admission of undergraduate applicants over last year’s figure, a situation, he emphasized  could affect the delivery of quality teaching and learning if nothing was done to increase its academic infrastructure and facilities.  According to him, it was the wish for the school to admit more students, but was quick to add that any further increase was going to exert pressure on the school’s limited facilities.  The Dean of faculty of Mathematical Sciences who also doubles as the dean in charge of the Navrongo campus, Professor Kazeem Gbolagade commended past and present governments for their effort in ensuring massive infrastructural development for the school and appealed for additional support. He was hopeful that in the near future, offices for lecturers and an administrative block would be provided for the campus. Prof Gbolagade congratulated  the matriculants for securing admission into the school implored them to work towards achieving their academic pursuit. He warned   that students that do not perform up to expectation were going to be dropped or advised to be withdrawn at the end of the academic year.  Whilst urging them to work hard in order to achieve success, Prof Gbolagade reminded the freshers of their role to comply with the rules and regulations governing the school since authorities would not spare any student cited for misconduct. This year, 943 students comprising 807 males and 126 females were admitted into the Faculty of Applied Sciences (FAS) and the Faculty of Mathematical Sciences (FAS) whilst 40 students were offered the chance to undertake various Post Graduate Programmes including MSc and PhD.

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