By Prince Acquah, GNA
Cape Coast, Oct 09, GNA – Prof Dora Francisca Edu-Buandoh, Ghana’s High Commissioner in Ottawa, Canada, has pledged to use her new office to facilitate international collaborations between the Cape Coast Technical University (CCTU) and Canadian institutions to further the cause of the technical university.
She has consequently, among other things, expressed special interest in the school’s niche area, which is renewable energy, and offered to support the institution to succeed in that field, as the world drifted towards clean energy.
Prof Edu-Buandoh made the promise when she paid a working visit to the CCTU in her quest to advance Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) through her new office.
Prof Edu-Buandoh’s visit was intended to enable her familiarise herself with the needs and priorities of the school to offer the required assistance.
She underscored President John Dramani Mahama’s commitment to the development of TVET education in Ghana, stating that it was also her major responsibility as an ambassador.
She assured that her office would work together with the university so that her travel there would have some impact on CCTU and Cape Coast, “ because we are in Cape Coast.
“And especially because I am an academic, I think that it is my moral duty to make impact on the institutions that are here,” she added.
Prof Kwaku Adutwum Ayim Boakye, the Vice Chancellor of CCTU, expressed gratitude to the High Commissioner, describing her visit as “historic”.
“She has made a promise to support us and so we are patiently waiting for her, and we know she will deliver,” he said.
Prof Boakye commended Prof Edu-Buandoh for making significant impact in academia, particularly during her tenure as Provost of the College of Humanities and Legal Studies at the University of Cape Coast where she also served as Pro-Vice Chancellor.
“Her visit here shows the kind of change she will bring to the High Commission, and Ghana,” he stated.
GNA
Edited by Alice Tettey/Benjamin Mensah