Cape Coast Polytechnic affiliates to North Carolina Agriculture University

The Cape Coast Polytechnic has signed an affiliation agreement  with the  North Carolina Agriculture and Technical University  in the United States of America to award some degree programmes.

The programmes include the Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Mechanical  Engineering, Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in  Mechanical  and Industrial Engineering,

The Polytechnic has also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Hague University of Applied Science in the Netherlands for an exchange training.

Dr Lawrence Atepor, Rector of the Cape Coast Polytechnic, said this at the 9th congregation of the Polytechnic in Cape Coast on Saturday, where 889 people were presented with Higher National Diploma in Business and Management Studies, Engineering and Applied  Sciences and Arts.

He said the Polytechnic also has affiliation agreement with the University of Education, Winneba, to run a one –year Diploma in Education Programme for interested students and that the first batch of 300 students have been enrolled in the programme since September 2012.

Dr Atepor said the affiliation between the Polytechnic  and the  Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology for the award of Bachelor  of Technology  (B.Tech)  degree in Building  Technology has been finalised  and that the first batch of students  would soon be awarded their degrees.

He said  the Polytechnic has been given the accreditation to run top-up degree programmes  in  some courses  and that the second batch  of students  to pursue  the two-year  top-up Bachelor of Technology  degree programme in Mechanical Engineering  have been admitted.

Dr Atepor used the  occasion to thank  the Embassy of the United States of America for the introduction of  a Community  Colleges  Initiative through which four students  of the Polytechnic have already studied  in some community  colleges in the USA.

He urged the graduates to put their entrepreneurial training to good use by courageously daring to try the uncharted paths in the world of business.

Mrs Emilia Aning, Chairman of the Polytechnic’s Council, appealed to the National Accreditation Board and the Ministry of Education to speed up the procedures for the granting of accreditation to run the top-up programmes.

“The desire to acquire more knowledge for personal development has increased greatly among our graduates and they would strive to reach the highest level of education if more training avenues are made available,” she said.

Source: GNA