Cape Coast Feb. 7 GNA- The Cape Coast technical institute, will soon introduce its students to the use of computers in the designing of items produced by its various departments.
The students would be taught how to use the computer to draw up building plans, and to design items like furniture, to replace the existing mode of teaching where such lessons were done on pieces of paper.
Mr Mohammed Esson, Principal of the institute announced this at Cape Coast on Saturday, at the inauguration of a 101 million cedis computer centre funded by the institute’s parent-teacher association (PTA).
He said the centre, which has 45 computers, would also be hooked to the internet to enable both tutors and students, have access to more information and improve teaching and learning.
The Principal urged parents to pay their wards fees on time to ensure smooth academic work, and said although the government provides part of the fees, the delay by some parents in paying the rest, made it difficult for the institute to implement some of its programmes. He advised parents, to pay regular visits to the school to monitor the performance of their wards.
He was unhappy about the performance of the institute’s candidates in last year’s final examinations and urged them to help evolve measures to step up academic performance.
The Principal expressed concern about how some students went about the payment of their fees, and urged parents to always demand receipts from their wards anytime they gave money to theor wards to pay fees.
Mr Anthony Christian, PTA chairman, commended members for contributing towards the establishment of the centre and urged them to help in the completion of the other development project initiated by the association.
He said the PTA has spent a total of 24 million cedis in rehabilitating the school truck and purchased 40 bags of cement to complete the school clinic and that plans were far advanced to construct a hostel and a fence wall for the school.
