#UCCDecides : Nominations Open For SRC, L/NUGS & JCRC Positions

Nominations have been opened for various positions at the Students' Representative Council [SRC], Local chapter of the National Union of Ghana Students [L/NUGS] and the Junior Common Room Committee [JCRC] of the University of Cape Coast [UCC].

The positions at the UCC - SRC include:
President and Vice President
Secretary
Coordinating Secretary
Public Relations Officer
General Sports Secretary
Treasurer

Positions at the Local NUGS office include:
President
Secretary
Women's Commissioner [WUCOM]
Positions at the JCRC include:
President and Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Organizer
SRC Representative [Rep 1 & Rep 2]

Turnout at the 2017 elections was ten thousand two hundred and sixty nine [10,269], a short fall of four hundred and thirty-one votes compared to the 2016 election.

ATL FM - CBS brings you updates on electoral process, various halls, SRC and L/NUGS aspirants throughout the 2018 elections. Follow the #UCCDecides on social media.

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“Universities should aim at societal development”- UCC Pro VC

Pro-Vice Chancellor of University of Cape Coast, Professor George K.T Oduro, has challenged the various universities in Ghana to implement initiatives which are aimed at developing society.

According to him, most of the initiatives implemented and monitored by the African societies are done with the welfare of the investors in mind, without due consideration to the contribution of the project to the development of the society.

“ We cannot talk about sound economic development of the nation without talking about the role of water and hygiene because we need healthy people to run this economy and make it healthy. I also want to say that universities have come to stage were we cannot do things without careful consideration to what happens in our environment. It does appear that Ghanaians and for that matter, Africans monitor and evaluate projects to satisfy our funders but in addition to satisfying the demands, we also have to consider how it is contributing to our development”.

Speaking at the opening session of a five-day workshop on Monitoring and Evaluation of Water Sanitation and Hygiene Systems
(WASH) organized by the Department of Chemistry of University of Cape Coast, for representatives from five Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies, Professor Oduro commended the initiative and encouraged other universities to emulate this act.

He further urged representatives from the participating MMDAs to develop an intricate commitment to the workshop to effectively implement the skills acquired from the workshop in their various MMDAs.

Present for the workshop were representatives from the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly, Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Tamale Metropolitan Assembly, Sunyani Municipal Assembly and Abura Aseibu Kwamankese District.

The workshop is under the theme, Gender Sensitive Monitoring and Evaluation of Wash Activities and Services.

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81% of Law Students failed 2017 Bar Examination

A total of 206 law students are to repeat the entire course after failing the final Bar exams at the Ghana School of Law.

Another 177 students have been referred in one or two papers, Myjoyonline.com has learnt.
This represents 81% failure for 2017.
Out of 474 students who sat for the 2017-2018 final exams, only 91 students representing 19% were deemed to have passed and will be called to the Bar.

The mass failure by the students comes at a time Parliament is seeking to legalize the entrance exams and interview processes instituted as part of the admission procedures into the Ghana School of Law.

The General Legal Council, the body that oversees legal education and profession in Ghana has mounted a vehement defence for the maintenance of entrance exams.
It argues the exams and interviews are to ensure higher standards in legal education.
But Chief crusader against the entrance exams Prof Kwaku Asare insists the entrance exams and interviews at the Ghana School of Law are illegal.

At the moment, there is an LI in Parliament currently going through a mandatory 21-day period before it will mature into law.
If members of the House are unable to raise two-thirds majority to kick against the LI it will automatically mature into law.
Meanwhile, critics of the entrance exams say the mass failure at the Bar exams is just one example of why the status quo must be abolished.

“The madness of the unruly GLC continues unabated as only 91 out of 474 LLB graduates are deemed qualified to be called to the Bar.
“One more proof that the entrance examinations and interviews are not just illegal and unethical but they are also entirely non-diagnostic.

That is, the argument that they are designed to select quality graduates must fail on this performance report.
“Further, this is proof that the Bar exam is a poor assessment tool or that the Ghana School of Law is incapable of training LLB graduates or both.
“Think about it —— only 91 out of the 1,200 law graduates in this cohort are being called to the Bar!!!!” Prof Asare said on his facebook wall.

Credit :Myjoyonline.com