The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has held a matriculation ceremony to officially admit 2,687 students to pursue various undergraduate and post-graduate sandwich programmes with a call to them to adhere to the rules and regulations of the institution.
[contextly_sidebar id=”3WJ72RLxvLA4t0VaPVB8FRSC8eo90bvz”]Professor Joseph Ghartey-Ampiah, the Vice-Chancellor, said the students must demonstrate a high sense of responsibility and discipline as they pursue their respective programmes.
“The university remains committed to the training of high quality and well-behaved professionals who can display their professional skills and intellect to spearhead the nation’s economic development and improve their standards of living,” he said.
He added that UCC was committed to providing unrivalled academic excellence by putting in place measures to improve teaching and learning.
He indicated that the school intends to organise workshops to enhance the skills of all new students to enable them to become relevant in the competitive market.
One thousand, eight hundred and sixty-five (1,865) of the newly enrolled students are pursuing post-graduate programmes with the remaining 822 pursuing undergraduate courses.
Prof Ghartey-Ampiah urged the students to devote time to their books and strive to achieve academic excellence while creating a balance between their academic, spiritual and social lives.
He also advised them to eschew acts of dishonesty and cheating, especially during examinations and warned that such acts were unacceptable and would not be tolerated under any circumstance by the University.
He told the students to associate with the right people and form relevant networks that would benefit them at the end of their course instead of engaging in nefarious activities to ruin their future.
A total of 3,055 qualified applicants applied for admission, but not all of them could be admitted.
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Source: GNA
