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| Rev. Fr. Anthony Afful-Broni, UEW Ag Vice Chancellor |
The Acting Vice Chancellor of the Universityof education, Winneba, Rev.
Fr. Anthony Afful-Broni has indicated that the Effutu Community, a group
with which the University shares a special bond, will enjoy a special
treatment through its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
According to the Professor, in his almost 20 years of working in the
University, the relationship has been “very cordial” since times past.
In fact, UEW and the Effutu community have, as partners, transformed the
bond to a “new high level of which we are all proud and living
witnesses.”
The academician told the indigenes that the branded Corporate Social
Responsibility intervention and cooperation is covering several areas
including Primary and Secondary Education, Library resourcing,
Entrepreneurship training, Security and Employment.
Highlighting some of the support given to Effutuman, Rev. Fr Afful Broni
said since the since the beginning of 2018, the University of Education
had ensured equity in its human resource recruitment policy, having
employed an unprecedented high number of very highly qualified indigene
applicants for various positions in the University.
Apart from supporting the 2018 Aboakyer Festival, he added, “we are in
the process of donating street lights to some communities within
Winneba, to enhance security.”
“It is even becoming more imperative that we do engage in this
UEW-Effutu partnership more seriously and with much commitment because,
for the next academic year, private Landlords and Landladies in this
township will provide as much as 80% of our accommodation needs for our
staff and students.” He averred.
On the premises of education, he tasked parents to take advantage of the
free Senior High School (SHS) to educate their wards, giving his word
that the University will render its support to making sure education
becomes a priority in the community.
He said, “UEW shares collective responsibility with Efutuman to make
sure that her sons and daughters take advantage of the current
government’s Free SHS policy to ensure that as many children as possible
get access to high school education.”
The Vice Chancellor hinted that the University had taken practical steps
to absorb the huge number of applicants that will seek admission to our
various programmes during the 2020 academic year when the first batch
of the free SHS will be due to enter University.
In his words, “designs have been completed and contracts are about to be
awarded for the construction of 8 pavilions, each with 550 seat
capacity, all in anticipation of the arrival of the first batch of the
free SHS students. We are increasing and expanding Wi-Fi access to ease
research, teaching and learning; we are bringing on board more resources
and more lecturers are being employed to meet the numbers.”
The Professor noted that UEW, as an educational institution knows the
value and importance of education to the development of any community,
hence the step to support the people of Effutu.
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