By Christabel Akoto-Manu central/samba/shared doc
The Central University College as part of its student’s extra-curriculum development every year has sent its second year students to various institutions for their community service programme, to help them gain working and live experience and also help other communities.
In an interview with the Times in Accra on Tuesday, the Head of the community service programme, Reverend Tetteh Djangmah said the Student Community Service Programme is in line with the university’s desire to nurture transformational leaders who make an impact on society.
He said students during their stay are obliged to partake in a community service, which is slated for the semester period between December and January, and June and August annually.
The service, he said, is undertaken over a period of four weeks, adding that the service is in five modules.
He said the first module is the School Teaching Programme, where the students periodically teach and make presentations on non-traditional subjects such as personal hygiene, good study techniques and improving self confidence to school children.
The second , he said , was ‘Individual Monitoring, where students were assigned to locals in the community to befriend and guide school children in order to encourage them to pursue tertiary education ,and the third is ‘Home Tutoring ‘,where students are assigned as home tutors to assist school children who have difficulties with their school work.
Under the forth module which is ‘Student Initiative Project’, students are given the opportunity to design and implement their own voluntary projects and partner with other corporate organizations.
Students, who select the fifth module which is ‘Evangelism/Health Outreach’, organize or partake in health or Christian programmes.
The Director of the Business Development Centre of the university , Mr. Yaw Sarpong said most students partaking in this year’s service were taken to various hospitals including the Tema General Hospital and the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, adding that others were also doing theirs in schools, like the Salvation Army A & B Basics schools ,New Horizon School among other schools.
Some students, he noted, were also taken to places like the Accra Sports stadium, orphanages, and the autism centre at kokomlemle, post offices among other organizations.
He said the programme started two years ago and has helped student participating in it very well.
Speaking to the Times, the Heads of the Salvation Army schools, Mr. Eric Frimpong and Madam Philomina Aning Twum commended the university for introducing such a programme and called on other universities to also initiate the programme.
The Educational Coordinator of the New Horizon School, Jocelyn Adobea said the arrival of the students has in a way helped decrease the workload of the staff and she could boldly say that the students have learnt much about caring for children.
A participant of the service, stationed at the Fevers Centre of the Korle Teaching Hospital, Emmanuel Nettey said the service has assisted him to identify some courses of various diseases adding that he could now take the laboratory test of the sick, when asked to.
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