KNUST holds A Stakeholders Conference with ERASMUS+ Project Of Europe
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology holds A Stakeholders Conference with ERASMUS+ Project Of Europe
The Erasmus Programme of the European Union in partnership with Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has organised a two-day conference for knowledge sharing and updates from partner institutions on ‘Enhancing Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainability in Higher Education in Africa (EEIS HEA)’.
The conference brought together project coordinators and Vice-Chancellors of the European partner institutions and local task force members of participating institutions at the Amonoo-Neizer Conference Centre, KNUST.
The Project Lead, Mona-Lisa Dahms of Aalborg University explained that EEISHEA is a collaboration between five Universities in Africa including KNUST and 5 Universities in Europe. According to her, the overall aim of the project is to initiate sustained educational change in the Universities, by redesigning their chosen curricula.
In furtherance of this, KNUST has chosen BSc. Aquaculture and Water Resources Management study program that will be redesigned to integrate innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainability. With this, she added that the learning and teaching approaches will be student-centered and e-learning. She believes that at the end of the study program, graduates will be equipped with entrepreneurial and innovative skills for employability and self-employment.
The Pro-Vice Chancellor, Professor Rita Akosua Dickson, addressing the gathering said that in KNUST, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainability in Higher Education is paramount to the growth of the University. The University, she said, is keen on training students to make them employable and also equip them to be entrepreneurs in addition to their degrees. Professor Dickson saw the seminar to be timely, as these will be successful if there is a change in the curricula.
At the conference, project coordinators shared the current status of the project, presented curriculum development processes in partner Universities from West and East Africa and participants paid a study visit to KNUST Innovation Hub & Experimental Aquaculture Farm.
The project partners are Kilimanjaro Medical Centre College, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and its affiliates (All Nations University, Garden City University College, Spiritan University College, Wisconsin International University, Princefield College, Medicare College, Accra Institute of Technology, Christ Apostolic University College), Sokoine University of Agriculture, University of Energy and Natural Resources, State University of Zanzibar, Aalborg University, Universitat Politenica de Catalunya, Royal Institute of Technology, University of Copenhagen and Rosklide University.
The project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.