In our bid to provide a congenial atmosphere to enhance teaching and learning, during the year under review, we managed to finish work on the south-wing Faculty Building at the Dansoman Campus up to the first floor. As a result more of our teaching staff had office accommodation and more lecture rooms were also provided. This gave us the confidence to expand the human capital base of the University College by employing 35 additional teaching staff and 22 more non-teaching staff. By the end of the academic year, the total number of teaching staff of the Dansoman, Tema, and Wenchi campuses was 144; made up of 73 full-time and 71 part-time lectures. The non teaching staff population was 165; consisting of 21 Senior members and 144 Senior / Junior staff.

Our student enrollment continued to increase. From a humble beginning of 213 students in November 2000, MUCG recorded a total number of 3743 students at the end of the 2008/2009 academic year. That was made up of 1,872 males and 1,871 females. The student enrollment shows a male: female ratio of 50:50 and demonstrates the seriousness MUCG attaches to issues of gender balance.

With the rapid increase in the student population at the Tema Campus, Management saw the need to provide a bigger space for the library there. A fresh facility was there fore hired and furnished with more shelves, furniture, air-conditioners, and ten (10) computers; all connected to the internet. A new permanent site was also acquired for the construction of the Tema Campus.

Apart from the Methodist Church Ghana, certain international and para-statal organizations propelled MUCG to the level of growth it reached during the year under review. The International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) for example gave research grants to the Faculty of Agriculture of MUCG, Wenchi Campus to carry out studies into the development of food commodity value chains for maize, soybeans and cashew. As a result, many activities were carried out. These included the establishment of Research/ Farmer demonstration plots, platforms for actors, capacity building activities for partners, meetings and community fora.

The Faculty of Agriculture, MUCG Wenchi Campus, the Akim Oda Diocese of The Methodist Church Ghana in collaboration with Presidents Special Initiative (PSI) started developing an oil palm nursery as part of the Faculty’s Agri-Business Development (ABCD) on an 89 acre land in Akim Swedru. Two boreholes, jointly funded by MUCG and the Akim Oda Diocese of The Methodist Church Ghana, were sunk as part of activities for the provision of year-round water for irrigating the oil palm seedlings

I am very grateful to all who in diverse ways helped in making MUCG achieve it goals for the just ended academic year.

Good Bless you all.

Very Rev. Prof. Samuel Kwesi Adjepong
PRINCIPAL
November 2009