UG opens 3 new modern classrooms
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- 18 Apr 2023
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The classrooms — an upgrade of the existing ones, are equipped with interactive screens, audio visual connectivity, cameras, teaching and learning software among others to allow students have real time lectures and interactions without necessarily being in the lecture halls.
The facilities, are located at the Oracca Tetteh/ Larwey Building &Staff Learning and Resource Centre at the Legon campus, the Basic Science Block at the University of Ghana Medical School at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KATH) and the Accra City Campus.
Commission
Inaugurating the facilities, Prof. Amfo explained that the facilities would help address the challenge of congested lecture halls and the school’s inability to admit qualified students yearly due to accommodation constraints.
The ceremony was part of a tour of the facilities led by the chairperson of the board of the university and former Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, the Provost of the College of Health Sciences, Prof. Julius Fobil; the Registrar of the UG, Emelia Naa Agyei-Mensah and other staff members of the university.
She explained that the facilities were undertaken under the classroom modernisation project.
Initiative
The initiative, Prof. Amfo said, was a long-term project aimed at modernising teaching and learning facilities and expanding access to students.
With that initiative, lecturers and students would have access to modern technology, while allowing them to bring new resources from all over the internet to the classroom.
She indicated that what was being inaugurated was the first phase of the initiative as the second phase was underway.
Prof. Amfo stated that, “this would additionally manage numbers so that we don’t have overcrowded classrooms where students can be at various points and tune in to the classroom. Read More…
