Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Ghana Institute of
Journalism will start a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) programme next academic
year to help train more lecturers for teaching and research in media studies.
The institute also intends to add a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
programme once the MPhil programme gets underway.
The Deputy Rector of GIJ, Professor Eric Opoku Mensah,
disclosed this when the 2001 year alumni group donated some books to the institute
last month.
Donation
The donation was to help augment the collection of books in
the institute’s library and help students in their studies.
Led by Mr. Enoch Darfah Frimpong, who is also the Assistant
Online Editor at Graphic Communications Group Ltd, the year group donated books
such as ‘The Art of Public Speaking’, ‘Understanding Political Institutions’, ‘Comparative
Government and Politics: An Introduction and Advertising, Promotion and other
Aspects of Integrated Marketing’.
Receiving the books, Professor Mensah, emphasized the need for
Alumni to come together to support their alma mater.
“I think that, we should do where there are some capacity
issues lacking is to constantly contribute in one way or the other to grow and
strengthen the institution,” he said.
He said many old students, tend to focus attention on their
secondary schools and therefore, commended the 2001-year group’s gesture.
New
programmes
On the introduction of the MPhil and PhD programmes, Prof.
Mensah explained that, it was a need that, ought to be satisfied by the
institute, which was aimed at training human resources for the media field.
So all Alumni who intend to get back into the teaching profession
so far as media studies is concerned should look back to GIJ next year, he
stated.
The deputy rector called on other year groups to get on board
to contribute to the growth of the institute.
Be proud
of GIJ
Prof. Mensah urged all alumni to be proud of their school, adding
that, “It is important that, what you have become, or what you become should be
largely credited to a school because if you take out our certificates, so far
as our first degree certificates are concerned, technically you are removing your
very foundation.
“So, I am worried when anybody makes very disparaging remarks
about their school. It is not the best of things a person could say in public.
And I think that, what we should do if we feel there are capacity issues still
lacking, contribute in one way or the other,” he said.
Librarian
A senior librarian of GIJ, Madam Lydia Nyantakyi-Baah,
expressed gratitude for the kind gesture and commended the efforts of the
2001-Alumni year group.
She mentioned that, the donation by the 2001 alumni would
serve as a call to the other year groups to also help the school.
Fact
Sheet
GIJ is a premier university specialized in communication
courses. The school was founded by Ghana’s first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah,
In October 1959.
It currently offers, among others, Master of Arts (MA)
programmes in Public Relations, Journalism, Media Management, and Development
Communication.
Source:
ghananews.hrforum.uk
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