HO POLY COLLABORATES WITH FOREIGN SCHOOLS (PAGE 11, OCT 30)

THE Ho Polytechnic has entered into a number of agreements with high-class foreign educational institutions, with a view to providing its students with progression to higher academic and professional qualification.
In line with this, a team of lecturers from the polytechnic and others from the Accra polytechnic have left for the Liverpool John Moores University in the United Kingdom (UK) to work on a possible progression route to the Bachelor of Science (BSc) for students of the Department of Building and Civil Engineering.
In addition, the polytechnic is establishing a link with the University of Teesside in the UK for developing capacity in distance learning for training personnel for the oil and gas industry.
The Rector of the polytechnic, Dr Komla Dzisi, announced this at the matriculation ceremony for 1,703 fresh students admitted to the polytechnic this academic year.
He said four students were currently in the United States of America undertaking a one year programme at a community college, stressing that it demanded hard work to enable them to benefit from the highly competitive programme.
He cautioned the students against the new “freedom” they perceived to be enjoying, having graduated from senior high school into a polytechnic, adding that, “ this freedom is not absolute and comes with a lot of responsibility on your part as well”.
He drew their attention to unacceptable behaviour like physical assault, willful destruction of polytechnic property, sexual molestation, illicit drugs and occultism, adding that the polytechnic would not condone any behaviour within or outside the campus which contravened the laws of the land and brought the name of the polytechnic into disrepute.
In an address, the Chairman of Polytechnic Council, Professor A.A Adimado, said over 3,000 candidates, sought admission into the polytechnic and that the new students must consider themselves very lucky to have earned a place.
He said with their admission, they had begun a new orientation in life and in a process of forging new relationships with persons from diverse socio-cultural backgrounds with the academic horizon certainly getting wider and wider.
Prof. Adimado therefore urged them to avoid any peer influences that could distract their attention from academic work.
The Registrar of the polytechnic, Mr Francis Dzineku, administered the oath of matriculation to the new students.