The Provost for the College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences at the University of Cape Coast, Professor Moses Jojo Eghan has urged females pursuing Science related programmes in the University to make it a point to undertake degrees at the master’s level after their undergraduate studies.
Speaking to ATL FM at the sidelines of an awards ceremony for students of the School of Physical Sciences where a great number of female students picked awards, he said “I am encouraging them to continue doing well and they should learn hard to let people know that women can do science and they can do it better”.
A total of 149 students of the school who have excelled in their academic pursuits were honoured at the 2022 edition of the annual Dean’s Award.
In all, 69 second year students, 46 third year students and 34 final year students received the awards.
The awards ceremony was instituted to encourage good behaviour, motivate students to give off their best academically and inculcate competitive spirit and also affords faculty and students the opportunity to meet once a year to celebrate their achievements.
Citing the failure of these female students to pursue post graduate studies as one of the challenges facing the colleges in the university running science programmes, Prof. Eghan noted that this phenomenon has affected the number of female lecturers present in the College.
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According to him, when the number of females who pursue post graduate degrees in the sciences increases here in the University of Cape Coast, it will help add up to the few female faculty found in this area of study.
He further advised science students in the university to explore the entrepreneurial opportunities available in the respective science programmes so that they can create their own jobs.
“Every course we do here there is something to do on your own…We have to be entrepreneurs, we have to start things on our own,” he stressed.
Meanwhile, Prof. Eghan has appealed to parents to allow their wards pursue in the university academic programmes these children are passionate about.
Source: Rosemond Asmah/ATLFMNEWS
