UDS To Establish Institute For The Study Of Ethics

The University for Development Studies (UDS) will from next academic year establish an Institute for the Study of Ethics and Moral Values. The institute will among other things introduce a mandatory course in ethics and social responsibility to be taken by all first year students of the University.  The Vice Chancellor of the UDS Professor Haruna Yakubu, revealing this at the 15^th congregation of the University, said the purpose of the programme is to help inculcate ethical and social responsible behavior among Ghanaians.  The institute, he noted, will also in collaboration with the UDS Graduate School develop postgraduate diploma and certificate programmes in Ethics and Social Responsibility.

This year, a total of 6,527 students from across all four campuses graduated. Two thousand six hundred and thirty-one graduates received their certificate in postgraduate and undergraduate degrees as well as diplomas. Last week, 3,896 graduates at the Wa Campus of the University received similar certificates. 

 Prof. Yakubu also revealed that UDS in collaboration with the Galilee International Management institute, Israel, launched an International Medical Training Programme. The training programme according to the Vice Chancellor would cater for the teeming number of applicants for the University’s medical training programme from both within and outside Ghana. The programme, he added aims at training the much needed doctors and other medical personnel for Ghana, Africa and the International community. Prof. Yakubu however gave the assurance that the programme is not meant to take over the regular training of medical doctors by the UDS School of Medicine and Health Sciences but rather meant to be a useful complement with an international dimension and patronage.

Speaking on behalf of the President of Ghana, Deputy Minister of Education in-charge of Tertiary Education, Samuel Okudzato Ablakwa commended the university authorities for the quality human resources they churn out to help boost the workforce of the country. He also indicated that, adequate resources have been made available to ensure that all sectors of the education are well catered for as soon as the government introduces the free but progressive senior high school next year.