The University of Education, Winneba (UEW), has denied allegations suggesting the existence of a remote or satellite campus in Nigeria.
The university’s administration has asserted that any conflicting reports or statements are unfounded and has urged the public to be vigilant.
On Thursday, reports circulated in some media spaces alleging that UEW’s operations in Nigeria were banned due to the alleged awarding of questionable degrees.
In response, UEW released a statement on Friday, January 5, categorically denying the claims and emphasising its commitment to delivering quality education exclusively at its campuses in Ghana.
“It is crucial to emphasize that UEW does not maintain any satellite campuses, physical establishments, or remote operations within Nigeria.
“Additionally, we have no affiliations with any educational institution or entity in Nigeria for purposes of awarding degrees.”
“Our commitment has always been and remains focused on delivering quality education at our esteemed campuses in Ghana.”
UEW thus urged both the media and the general public to verify information before disseminating it on public platforms.
“The Management of UEW urges the media, stakeholders, and the general public to verify information from credible sources before dissemination to avoid misconceptions and misinformation.”
“We remain committed to upholding the highest standards of integrity, transparency, and excellence in all our operations,” the statement said.
The Governing Council of the University of Education, (UEW) Winneba, has chosen Professor Stephen Jobson Mitchual as the next Vice-Chancellor of the institution.
His term will commence on October 1, 2023. With more than 20 years of experience in teaching and administration in the Higher Education sector, Prof. Mitchual brings a wealth of expertise to his new role.
His academic qualifications include a PhD in Wood Science and Technology from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in 2014, an MSc. in Wood Technology and Management from KNUST in 2005, and a BSc. in Agriculture Engineering obtained from KNUST in 1993.
Additionally, he holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Education from the University of Cape Coast obtained in 1998.
Prof. Stephen Jobson Mitchual is currently a Professor of Wood Science and Technology. He began his journey at the University of Education, Winneba, Kumasi Campus as a Lecturer in the Department of Design and Technology Education in 2003.
Over the years, he has held various positions, including Dean, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Mathematics Education, and Dean of the Faculty of Technical Education.
Throughout his academic career, Prof. Mitchual has actively participated in teaching, supervising projects/theses, and conducting research in his areas of expertise, such as wood biomass energy, wood machining, sawmill safety, and technical education.
He has published numerous research findings in esteemed international journals.
Beyond academia, he is affiliated with various professional organizations, including the Society of Wood Science and Technology, USA, American Association for Precision Engineering, USA, Ghana Science Association, and the Chartered Institute of Administrators and Management Consultants, Ghana.
Prof. Mitchual’s significant contributions and leadership have extended to serving on several Boards and Committees of the University of Education, Winneba, and AAMUSTED (Affiliate of the University).
His appointment as Vice-Chancellor marks a significant milestone in his illustrious career, and he is well-positioned to lead the University of Education, Winneba, to new heights of excellence.
Management of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has said that all challenges students faced in accessing their portals and grades have been resolved.
A press release dated October 10, 2022 said Level 400 students who were affected the most, by the issue, can now have full access to the proper records of their academic work.
The school’s Management admitted that the challenges it had in updating the portal dates back to 2018 but “the current Management took the audacious initiative to resolve the challenges with the results of over 8,000 students as far back as June, 2022.”
“Having come this far to successfully update students’ portals based on bulk data collated from the activities of the Students’ Help Desk, we expect our level 400 students to access their portals to check the updated results and resort to laid down processes to address their concerns if any are identified,” part of the press release said.
On Monday, October 10, some level 400 students of UEW demonstrated against the school’s Management over what they described as not a true reflection of their academic work.
The students, clad in red and black, said the Management has not shown any urgency in resolving their complaints.
They insisted that it is a deliberate attempt by school authorities not to release their results on the students’ portal.
“We wish to state that we are on the same page with our Level 400 students in the quest for accurate and clean results to enable them to graduate. Consequently, we are prepared to stay with them side-by-side on this cause to ensure that every single issue with their results is resolved.
“We expect, on the other hand, that our level 400 students will resort to dialogue for all genuine concerns to be addressed if any are identified in the process to meet our collective goal,” the press release added.
Meanwhile, the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) says it will be deploying auditors to the University this week to audit the grading system.
A former Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Prof. Jophus Anamuah-Mensah has expressed worry about the inadequate number of science and mathematics teachers to champion the teaching and learning of the subjects in the schools.
“It is lamentable that after more than 50 years, many senior high schools do not have qualified science and mathematics teachers,” he said.
He, therefore, underscored the need to take a closer look at various programmes comprising; content, pedagogy, assessment and the need to use data in the training of teachers going forward.
Prof. Anamuah-Mensah, made the call at a lecture organised by the College of Education Studies of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) as part of activities being held to mark the UCC@60 anniversary celebrations.
It was on the theme: “College of Education Studies: past, present and future.”
Prof Anamuah-Mensah underscored the need for the college to take the initiative in strengthening Science, Technology Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education by introducing engineering and robotics in its partner basic education schools.
He indicated that with the introduction of STEM education in senior high schools and the construction of state-of-the-art STEM special schools, the college should be ready to offer STEM as an integrated programme with its accompanying engineering studies, aeronautics, biomedicine, coding and robotics as practically oriented subjects in the training of STEM teachers.
Prof.Anamuah-Mensah indicated that the College should not place emphasis on Internally Generated Funds (IGF) alone but also on producing quality human resource for the country.
He further called for the adoption of endogenous knowledge systems such as herbal medicine, traditional healing, blacksmithing, vulcanising, fishing practices, farming practices, food production, traditional stories and poems, extraction processes, traditional games and toys.
“These are the cultural heritage of our people and they are easily available resources that can support the teaching of a number of school subjects including science, mathematics, language, and history,” he said.
He further said: “robust research into these may yield valuable products for the country. A strong research base in this area is required to unearth this knowledge for our development.”
The provost of the College of Education, Prof Ernest Kofi Davis, in an address, stated that the College had supported the government’s agenda over the year, saying, “For example, the College through the Institute of Education is graduating the first batch of students on the new B.Ed. curriculum run at the Colleges of Education in Ghana.”
He explained that, the College developed a tailored Post Diploma programme based on the new B.Ed. curriculum run at the Colleges of Education to upgrade Diploma holders upon the request of the Ministry of Education and the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT).
He indicated that the College was collaborating with schools within the Cape Coast metropolis and Regional and Metropolitan Education offices through the Adoption of Schools project.
“Through this project, departments within the College work closely with local schools to identify school level problems and work collaboratively with them to solve the problems,” he said.
He further said that: “This collaboration has brought the College and the Cape Coast Metropolitan Education officer closer in our bid to find ways to improve learning outcomes of students in the Metropolis.”
The management of the University of Education Winneba (UEW) has assured stakeholders that the academic records of students will be updated within the next two weeks.
The decision was announced after a management meeting.
The school has also assured that there will be some updates to the GPAs starting today, Monday, September 26.
The level 400 students of the school accused the data protection unit of the University of neglecting to update their records in the last three years even after serving notice.
They, therefore, organised a demonstration last week to express their anger arguing that they are due for graduation in a couple of weeks but do not know their GPAs.
Management of the University, in a statement, however, said the issue would be resolved soon.
Below is the statement:
Following a crunch meeting by management with respect to issues related to the results of Level 400 Students, the following measures have been put in place to ensure timely resolution of the issues.
All stakeholders have been given a 2-week deadline of October 7 2022 to resolve all outstanding level 400 student results-related issues.
However, Students would begin to see updates to their online transcript in portals starting from Monday, September 26 2022. Result-related issues that have been submitted by various departments have been collated and are being uploaded for students to view online in the coming week.
Step-by-step guidelines on how to view the updated transcript online will be communicated to students by Monday, September 26 2022.
Transcripts of results showing up-to-date results submitted by the various departments will be sent by September 23 to various examination officers for them to update students immediately. All outstanding supplementary or resit examinations for Level 400s; as a result of trailing from level 100 – 300 should take the form of take-home examinations.
Heads of Departments and Examination Officers are to ensure that all outstanding result-related corrections that have been reported to departments yet to be submitted are to reach the SRO Office by 12 noon Sunday September 25 2022. A Help Centre would be set up at the Student Centre at North Campus from Wednesday September 28 2022 from 10 am – 3 pm every day until October 14, 2022 to receive complaints from level 400 students with respect to any result-related issue that they may have for a speedy resolution in consultation with the various departments.
Students are entreated to lodge all complaints at the Help Centre. Departments are to make sure that any student who does not pick up their transcript is invited to do so with utmost urgency.
All students are being reminded that they should resort to dialogue to have any issues resolved. They are also entreated to take advantage of the laid down procedures and directives given for the speedy resolution of their problems.
Management would also want to let all students know that the graduation of students is very dear to its heart and all students who are legitimately supposed to graduate would do so provided they follow the laid down guidelines presented in these urgent times.
Some level 400 students of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW)ran helter-skelter as officers of the Police Service fired tear gas at them during a protest on Friday over discrepancies in their results.
The initiative taken by the Service managed to disperse the demonstrating students who blocked roads with tree branches preventing vehicles from entering the University.
A scheduled meeting expected to take place between final year students and management over the student’s concern did not happen, compelling the students to go on a rampage.
Their actions disrupted lectures and some administrative activities, thereby compelling school’s authorities to for police intervention leading to the firing of tear gas.
According to the students, management has failed to update their academic records on their portal.
They stated that their academic results on the school’s notice board are different from what has been uploaded on their portal.
They believe this is a deliberate attempt by the school’s management to fail them since they cannot track their academic records.
The university is expected to hold its graduation ceremony in three weeks’ time but the students say they want to know their true results before vacation.
The school is expected to hold its graduation for the final year students in three weeks’ time.
The police have resorted to the use of teargas to disperse some protesting students of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW).
The students were protesting what they say were discrepancies in their results as posted on the university’s notice boards and what appears on the online portal.
The university is about going on vacation and according to the students, they wanted to know their true results before the break for the new semester to commence.
The university management had reportedly scheduled a meeting with level 400 students in particular, for a discussion on the issue today, Graphic Online has been told.
However, after waiting for sometime, with no sign of the meeting happening, the students reportedly massed up and went on rampage.
Some reportedly disrupted lectures and other administrative duties.
They reportedly broke some sign posts, tree branches and used them to block some roads on campus.
This resulted in the calling of the police to intervene.
When the first police responders arrived, they were unable to control the students and therefore called for reinforcement.
This resulted in the firing of teargas to disperse the students, Graphic Online understands.
The students blocked roads, leading to the school in protest, after management failed to show up for their scheduled meeting over discrepancies in their results both online and on the notice board.
Per a Graphiconline report, the students, after waiting for some time, with no sign of the meeting happening, went on a rampage, broke down signposts and blocked some roads on campus.
The police who were then called upon were unable to control the students and therefore called for reinforcement.
This resulted in the firing of teargas to disperse the students.
Level 400 students of theUniversity of Education, Winneba (UEW), have demonstrated because of what they say is a deliberate attempt by school authorities not to update the cumulative record of students for the last three years.
The students among many accusations are blaming the data protection unit of the school for failing to update the records on their portals, making the various portals of the students empty.
The school is expected to hold its graduation for the final year students in three weeks’ time.
The students say they are not able to track their academic performance as a result of the school failing to update the portal.
Demonstrating students are not allowing vehicles to enter the campus and have blocked the main entrance of the school.
Persons caught taking pictures of the demonstration have had their phones seized.
The students were voicing their displeasure over what they claimed to be inconsistencies between their results and those that were displayed on the university’s notice boards and web portal.
The university is ready to take a break, and the students claim that they wanted to know their actual test scores before the break so that the new semester could start.
According to GraphicOnline, the university administration apparently planned a meeting with level 400 students in particular to discuss the matter today.
However, after waiting for sometime, with no sign of the meeting happening, the students reportedly massed up and went on rampage.
Some reportedly disrupted lectures and other administrative duties.
They reportedly broke some sign posts, tree branches and used them to block some roads on campus.
This resulted in the calling of the police to intervene.
