Kumasi, Sunday

Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah expressed his belief that the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science  and Technology, Kumasi, would in the new decade, become a continental centre of scientific learning. on which eminent scientists from Africa and all over the world would converge for  inter-change of ideas. 

In a message to the university on its graduation day here yesterday. Osagyefo, who is Chancellor of the University, further expressed the hope that the scientists of the institution would be in the forefront of scientific  efforts and discovery. The Leader said by the results of the university’s final examination which compared favourably with those of the older universities, he was confident that the great trust placed in the Institution would not be futile. He was convinced that the nation’s expectation from the university in the fields of sciences and technology would materiallise and that the successful application of science to the ideals and objectives of the party would be achieved. Osagyefo’s message was read by Mr. Kwaku Boateng,  Minister of the Interior and Chairman of the Interim Council of the University.

In his address at the ceremony. Mr. Boateng said that for Ghana to achieve her goal, a new orientation was required from every Ghanaian. He appealed to the students  to align themselves with the ideals and ideologies of the Party. The chairman said the university hopes to increase its  intake of students to 5000  during the Seven-Year-Development Plan period. Earlier, the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Dr. R. P Baffour, had spoken of the success and achievement of the university during the 1962/63 academic year.

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The university, he said, had made its impact in the world of higher education. Dr. Baffour suggested that because the institution had done and was still doing more than any institution of its kind  could do, the most appropriate name should be Kwame Nkrumah University of Advanced Science and Technology. He said that the number of students and academic staff had been increased and new faculties had also been established to meet the needs of a fast developing Ghana.  A visiting professor,  who picked the institution as the highest of its kind in the world, had predicted that by 1975, science and technology in Ghana would take a leading role in scientific  thinking, Mr Baffour said. Mr. Vice-Chancellor’s speech was followed by the presentation of certificates and diplomas to successful students by the registrar of the University, Mr. E. A  Ulzen.

The ceremony was attended by a large number of people Including lecturers from the University of Ghana, Legon, University College of Cape Coast, diplomats and Cabinet Ministers