Accra (Greater Accra), 6 Jan. ’99 – A university run by the Methodist Church will formally become operational from October at Wesley Grammar School, Dansoman, in Accra. The university, to be known as the Methodist University, Ghana, will initially focus on first degree programmes aimed at addressing the need to provide university education for the many frustrated qualified students. In an interview with GRi in Accra today, the Reverend Dr. E. K. Marfo, co-ordinator, said the university will begin degree programmes in Agriculture, Home Economics, Business Administration, Estate Management and Land Valuation. Other programmes will be Mathematics/Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, Psychology, Developmental and Environmental Studies. Programmes in English, Ethics and Religious studies will be compulsory for all students. Reverend Marfo said the university will initially be non-residential, but individuals and church members will be encouraged to build hostels to accommodate the students. Efforts are being made to put up permanent structures for the school at Dawhenya in the Greater Accra region. The science programmes, which will need laboratory services, will be started later on at a different campus in Kumasi. Students will be required to pay fees to facilitate the smooth running of the school. The Methodist church under the Weselyan Mission in the then Gold Coast established over 83 schools in the country at the primary, junior and senior secondary levels and training colleges. Notable among its secondary schools is the Mfanstipim School, which has produced eminent academicians, lawyers, doctors, engineers and administrators. GRi….
