Strategies for Academic Improvement in the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana

Abstract

Reputable universities worldwide are centres of academic excellence. In the same vein, the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) per its vision statement aspires to become an internationally reputable institution of teacher education and research. Additionally, one of the core values of UEW is academic excellence. This paper focuses on ways through which students can attain academic excellence in the University. The paper achieves its aim by discussing some measures of academic excellence from the point of view of previous literature and the experiences of the author. The paper suggests several interventions for the Management of UEW to adopt and implement which is believed would go a long way to improve the academic achievement of its students, now and in the future. Among the key interventions to be considered for implementation is mandatory/voluntary enhanced tutorials in Communicative Skills, data analysis and deeper insight into research methods as well as the organisation of two week preparatory classes for failed students in a paper. Regarding the funding of the mandatory/voluntary tutorial classes that are to be held on weekends, the faculties and departments could bear the costs on their own or from a proposed corporate social responsibility fund to be set up by the University if it deems that appropriate and feasible.