A lecturer at the Koforidua Technical University of the Computer Science Department, Dr. Benjamin Kwofie has charged the Ghana government to used the various universities in the country to solve the unemployment problems.
According to him, the various universities in the country started from teaching to community service to research and to innovation and are capable of facilitating industrialization.
Therefore he believe successive government must inculcate the habit of consulting lectures at these institutions because their knowledge is enough to solve many challenges confronting the country.
He added, should the government involve universities in its policies, the economic crises and unemployment issues would have been a thine of the past because they have brilliant and intelligent lecturers that can provide remedy to the country’s challenges.
Dr. Kwofie told Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH when the Koforidua Business Incubator partners the Computer Science Department, Faculty of Applied Science and Theology, and Centre for Development and Enterprise Research to presented the FESTIVAL OF IDEAS, the 2023 edition held at the KTU ceremonial grounds on Wednesday, March ,8 2023.
The theme for the program was: “CREATING THE NEXT JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR TOMORROW’s GRADUATES”. The purpose of the program is to help the students create their own businesses after school.
Dr. Benjamin Kwofie adds, they are ready to offer their ideas to the government that can help created at least 100,000 jobs per a year to at least reduce unemployment if not eradicating it.
Close to about 500 students at the department of Computer Science of the Koforidua Technical University came out with different types of applications that can be use to create numerous job opportunities in the country.
Furthermore, the registrar for Koforidua Technical University, Dr. Nii Annang Mensah-Livinstone said, he is very much impressed with what he observed.
He stated that, the students have done a great work by creating their own Applications that will fetch them money after school.
By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.
Source// Obohnewsonline.com.
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