The Christian Service University (CSU) has expressed appreciation to the University of Cape Coast (UCC) after eight years of mentorship, which has resulted in it receiving a Presidential Charter to make it a fully-fledged degree-awarding university.

The grant of the Presidential Charter to the CSU signifies independence from its affiliation with UCC, making the CSU an autonomous institution capable of awarding its own degrees, diplomas, certificates and honorary degrees.

The CSU President, Prof. Sam Afrane, gave the commendation when he led a 3-member delegation to the UCC.

Prof. Afrane acknowledged the mentoring role of the UCC and lauded it for exercising vigilance and oversight responsibility, which, he said, had brought the CSU this far.

He noted that CSU- established in 1974 - had coincidentally received the Presidential Charter to become a full-fledged university exactly 50 years after its establishment.

Prof. Afrane indicated that as the CSU looked ahead for the next 50 years, it remained dedicated to its cardinal values of faith, integrity and excellence, stressing the need for the staff to adopt a new mindset and right attitudes to reflect the new status of the University.

The Vice-Chancellor of UCC, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong (3rd from right) with CSU President, Prof. Sam Afrane (4th from right), along with officials of UCC and CSU after the meeting.

He revealed that out of the over 70 private universities currently operating in Ghana, only 10 had been able to Charter and CSU was the 10th fully-fledged private university in Ghana.

The President was quick to add that the CSU was ready to explore areas of academic collaboration with UCC, pointing out that the autonomy was not the end of the relationship between the two institutions.

For his part, the Vice-Chancellor of UCC, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, congratulated CSU on attaining the feat.

He reminded management of the CSU that receiving a Presidential Charter came with a higher responsibility and urged them to justify the charter.

While wishing the Christian Service University all the best in the years ahead, Prof. Boampong encouraged the University to continue to maintain and even improve upon its standards to gain public confidence in the certificates it would be awarding.

Accompanying the CSU President to the meeting were Mr. Andrews K. Doku – Registrar and Mr. Osei Yeboah Asuamah- Director of Finance.

The Registrar of UCC, Mr. Jeff Onyame, as well as other high-level officials of UCC, was present at the meeting.

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC