Bolgatanga, Dec 20, - Professor
Kwesi Yankah, Minister of State in- charge of Tertiary Education, has assured
management of the Bolgatanga Polytechnic of government's commitment to convert
both Bolgatanga and Wa Polytechnics to technical universities.
He said the conversion of those
facilities to technical universities would enable them derive full and maximum
benefits of technical tertiary education to provide career path way for the
students.
"We understand the
importance of equipment and industry experience in the training of graduates of
a technical university, for this reason we are taking the necessary steps to
provide that vital requirement to Bolgatanga Polytechnic to improve your
readiness for the conversion to a Technical University and the competiveness of
your products in the world of work," he said.
Professor Yankah was speaking at
a graduation ceremony of the Bolgatanga Polytechnic in the Upper East Region,
where he was the guest of honour.
The Minister tasked the
management and staff of all technical universities and polytechnics to device
development based programmes to increase knowledge and contribute significantly
to national development.
He asked staff of the polytechnic
to undertake innovative research works and come out with projects and ideas
that would help develop mutual partnership with the Northern Development Authority,
which was yet to be passed to promote agriculture and national development.
“The key resource for any
sustained national development is skilled human capital. The level of
development in a middle income country like Ghana is determined by the quality
of its human resource coupled with innovations in science and technology
especially agriculture,” he said.
He said it was in that regard
that the Government promised to create jobs and make it attractive to the youth
in order to achieve economic and social development in the country.
Professor Yankah reiterated
government's commitment to making the country a food hub by achieving food
security and excess for export through the revolution of the agriculture sector
and policy of planting for food and jobs.
While congratulating the
graduates for their successful completion, Professor Yankah charged them to
reinvest in society what they have gained from it to enhance development of the
Region and the country at large.
He added, "As you leave the
polytechnic into realities of life, remember that society which invested so
much in you would expect returns from you and those returns would be measured
not only in the way you assist your community to identify solutions to their
problems, but also the quality of your solutions and the role you play in
industrializing the lives of your people”.
GNA
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