The Training and Development Section at the University of Cape Coast has held a two-day training session for hall assistants in the university to equip them with the required skills they need to perform their duties as expected of them.
The training was necessitated by the changing role of the then hall porters who have now been redesignated to hall assistants.
Speaking to ATLFM NEWS on the sidelines of the training, the head of Training and Development Section at UCC, Mr. Emmanuel Afreh Owusu indicated that “this training is just to equip them with the relevant skills that can enable them perform creditably on their jobs. It is also to serve as a form of motivation and we also know that through the program they will know the avenues that are available to them.”
On his part, the Deputy Director of health services, UCC, Dr James Prah urged the hall assistants to do their best in helping to maintain sanitation in their respective halls.
According to him, hall assistants are so important when it comes to coordinating for the cleanliness of the halls.
“So we needed to take them through what it takes to do exactly that. How they can work with the cleaners and hall managements to ensure that the halls are very clean,” he said.
Director of Center for Gender, Research, Advocacy and Documentation (CEGRAD), Dr. Georgina Yaa Oduro urged the hall assistants to help report Sexual harassment cases to the appropriate authorities to help hall management in investigating such activities.
According to her some sexual harassment victims are afraid to report such cases because of lack of evidence and stigmatization.
She also indicated that the victims find it difficult to report cases because sexual harassment is a sensitive issue.
She however encouraged victims to report cases since various avenues have been made available for them.
Dr. Yaa Oduro further called on the management of the university to strengthen systems that will encourage victims to report sexual harassment cases.
She said, “We also use this medium to beg management so that the cases that get to them are publicized in terms of their final outcomes so that people will have confidence in the system because sometimes we get comments like I reported a case and nothing happened. Something might have happened because finally it ends up with management.”
SOURCE: DORCAS AKPAKUDI & LINDA AMAKYE ADJEI/ATLFMNEWS
