It is announced for the information of the University Community that the School of Biological Sciences has acquired the following KASAPA landlines for the official use of the underlisted Office and Departments:

The University Primary School (UPS) is to benefit from a £38,000 multi-purpose demonstration building project under the aegis of the late Mr. Alan Mayhew, a former Director of Development in this University.

The Registrar, Mr. S. Kofi Ohene, who disclosed this stated that £12,000 of the total amount had been approved as seed money to start the project.

The Academic Board of the University has approved the establishment of a School for Graduate Studies and Research (SGSR) to begin next Academic Year to oversee the training of graduate students.

The objective for the establishment of the SGSR is, among other things, "to ensure the relevance of graduate programmes for the promotion of economic, social, scientific and technological development of Ghana and Africa."

The School of Agriculture has started three remedial programmes namely, Diploma (Agricultural Extension), B. Sc.( Agricultural Extension) and B.Sc.( Animal Health).

The programmes, which are targeted at mid-career staff of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, started from May 31-July 13, 2008.

The School has since June 2, 2008, started an M. Sc. Degree( sandwich programme) in NGO Studies and Management which is expected to end on August 2, 2008.

The Registrar, Mr. S. Kofi Ohene has, on behalf of the Ghana School Aid (GSA) a U.K. Trust, donated assorted books to the University at a brief ceremony held at his residence.

The University Library, the University Junior High School and the University Primary School were the beneficiaries of the donation.

The NPT-045 project has been show-cased in the Netherlands as one of the most successful African-based NUFFIC - funded projects during the 2005 -2008 project year.

The Local Secretary of the project, Mr. Yaw Anwhere, Assistant Registrar, IEPA was specially commended for his organizational efficiency. The commendation came from Drs. Kees van Dongen, Director of the Centre for International Development (CID) of the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam.

The University Primary School has inaugurated its newly-formed School Band at a grand ceremony which took place at the premises of the School.

The Band which is made up of 18 males and 10 females is the first of its kind at the pre-University level on Campus.

A Lecturer at the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology (DCSIT). Mr. Harrison Adjei Quaye has advocated the use of locally manufactured Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Unit to address the persistent power outages in the country.

Mr. Quaye said this when he recently delivered a lecture on the "Modification and Maintenance of Uninterruptible 
Power Supply" (UPS), at the Academic Board Chamber, North Campus.

The Audit Report Implementation Committee (ARIC) a statutory and high level independent corporate governance committee in the Public Sector Financial Management System has been recently formed at a ceremony at the Adabor Conference Room of the Institute of Education, North Campus.