University of Ghana UG Counselling and Placement Centre
The Counselling and Placement Centre offers comprehensive, professional counselling as well as a career and placement service to all members of the University. The Centre strives to maintain an independent and congenial
environment in which people can freely seek information and professional help on various
concerns. Counselling is confidential and is provided only at the request of, or with the
concurrence of, the person involved. Students may report for individual counselling on a variety
of concerns ranging from short-term academic, social, personal and family concerns to longerterm
emotional and psychological problems. Group counselling is provided on specific concerns
frequently expressed by students. Preventive counselling lectures and seminars are organised at
various times of the year on topics intended to stimulate positive and healthy development and
discourage habits which tend to create problems for students. The Centre also offers a basic
career and placement service for students and alumni. Under this programme:
i. Students are assisted with self-assessment, career choice, and self-penetration,
including writing of applications and resumés, and performance at interviews;
ii. Colloquia between students and representatives of major employing organisations are held
yearly at which students learn about the functions and operations of major establishments
in the country, the range of jobs offered to university graduates, and the corresponding
qualifications and personal attributes required;
iii. Students and alumni are assisted to get placement on jobs through introductory letters,
direct canvassing by the Centre, liaison with employers for campus interviews etc.
The Centre has an information room containing literature on post-graduate and professional
courses offered by this University and foreign institutions as well as a modest collection of
books and leaflets on a number of careers suitable for graduates in various disciplines.