Takoradi, June 12, GNA – Professor Victor Kweku Bondze Micah, Pro Vice Chancellor of the Takoradi Technical University (TTU) has disclosed that the university is positioning itself to have a firm grip of the oil and gas training as its niche area.
In that regard, he said the university had resolved to channel all its programmes towards oil and gas and its related issues to be able to solve key problems that might arise in the industry.
Prof Micah, who was speaking to the media on the vision of TTU and its contribution to the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis and the Western Region underscored the importance of industry-academia collaboration to the realization of its medium and long-term vision.
Subsequently, he said the university was constantly engaging industries in the Western Region teaching students.
“As a university, we are positioning ourselves well to have a grip of the oil and gas area so that in the long term, we can confidently pride itself as the university of choice when it comes to oil and gas,” the Pro Vice Chancellor stated.
“In the long term, the university hopes to create a hub at Akatakyi which will be dedicated to purely engineering training,” he added and appealed to the government through the Petroleum Commission to support them in that direction.
The engineering hub, Prof Micah said had ultra-modern welding equipment for the training of plumbing and pipe fitting.
He said students of TTU were sent to industries during vacations and added that for their new programmes, at least a semester is spent in the industry to learn from industry practitioners, in addition to what was being taught in the classroom.
Prof. Micah commended the government for the investment it was making in Technical and Vocational Education and said that was the way to go.
He mentioned that countries that have developed did so with TVET and encouraged Ghanaians to show much interest in TVET.
“Very soon, TVET is going to be the order of the day because a lot of the administrative works are going to be done by machines,” he added.
Prof Micah also spoke about plans of the university for artisans and master craft men which included the rolling out of short certificate courses and encouraged them to take advantage to upgrade themselves in their professions.
GNA