THE Koforidua Polytechnic has held its 14th matriculation during which 1,679 new students were registered for various programmes.
Addressing the gathering, the Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo said since the majority of the people in the region were in agriculture, the polytechnic should come out with agric-oriented programmes for the full exploitation of the agricultural resources in the area.
He said the government was determined to improve the agricultural sector which could only be hastened if polytechnics would come out with innovative programmes in that respect.
That, he stated would also fully equip people with technical skills in farming and in turn offer employment to others to reduce the number of unemployed in the region.
“Our region is blessed with forests and arable land and most of the people are in agriculture which can be boosted if the polytechnic can come out with agric-oriented programmes”, Mr Ofosu Ampofo stated.
He said the government had recognised the role polytechnics were playing in national development, which was why it had elevated them to the status of technical universities and that such an initiative would bring to an end the situation in which students used polytechnics as stepping stones for university education.
The Regional Minister appealed to the polytechnic to improve the quality of the programmes it offered and appealed to the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) to exhibit fairness and equity to all the institutions under its care in respect of allocation of resources.
The Rector of the polytechnic, Dr George Afrane said the admission of the students brings to 4,100 the total number of students currently studying at the polytechnic.
He said the polytechnic had also started long vacation modular programmes with the initial batch of 60 students offering courses in accountancy, marketing and purchasing.
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