186 Students receive UCC Dean’s Award

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) School of Business has awarded 186 students at the Dean’s awards ceremony.

In all, 61 Level 200 students, 75 level 300 and 50 level 400 students were awarded at the event held by the Business Schools globally to recognise and motivate high performing students who obtained first class at the end of each academic year.

The Dean of the UCC School of Business, Prof. John Gatsi, explained that there was about 40 per cent drop in the number of awardees as compared to the 2019 number.

He stated that although deeper analysis of the cause of the drastic fall in the number of awardees was not done, last year was challenging to both students and lecturers in adjusting to new modes of teaching and learning and that might have affected performance.

“In extracting the best for the Dean’s List, students who obtained disturbing Cumulative Grade Point Averages (CGPAs) were referred to the heads of department for counselling, encouragement and support,” he said.

Sponsors

Some professional bodies showed support for the awards with various sponsorship packages.

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) provided cash awards to students who were not in first class last year but are now awardees due to hard work.

The CIMA gave each student in that category an amount of GHC500. 

The Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) awarded two past students for their outstanding performance at the Master of Science in Procurement and Supply Chain. 

The Chartered Institute of Accountants Ghana (CIAG) launched a new syllabus and donated a number of study manuals to the library of the School of Business.

Prof. Gatsi announced that the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA) was working hard to hand over a new resource centre to the school this month.

Motivation

The provost of the College of Humanities and Legal Studies, Prof. Francis Eric Amanquandoh, described the School of Business as the first in everything and encouraged students to work to sustain the current performance.

He said learning was a difficult task and described the Dean’s award as appropriate to motivate students to work hard.

Prof. Amanquandoh asked the administrative and teaching staff to continue to do their best to support the students.

The Guest Speaker, who is the Research Director at the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana, (ICAG), Mr Alhassan Yusif Trawule, recounted his personal experiences while in the UCC and outlined important principles for success.

He advised students about the importance of choosing smart friends, mentors and personal discovery, encouraging them to ensure positive thinking all the time “and delete unwanted baggage as students”.