A team of German academicians is in the country to assess academic facilities at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR).

The assessment, according to the team led by Associate Professor Dr. Stegan Wolf, Department of School Practice and Vocational Education Training, Technical University (TU) of Berlin, would pave the way for the University to develop a comprehensive training module for the two Ghanaian-owned.

With the Bui Power Authority (BPA), the managers of the Bui Dam Power Generating Station (BGS) as the industrial partner, the training module would help build the capacities of the KNUST and UENR students, particularly, on renewable energy.

Other team members include Dr. Ing. Jorg LongmuB, Sustainum Institute, Berlin, Andrea Pute Lopez, Expect Team, German TU, Osualdo Romen Romen, SRH Berlin University, and Nathan Tetteh, MEI, Berlin.

Mr. Wisdom Ahiataku-Togobo, the Director of Renewable Energy, BPA, Prof. John Kuwornu, the Acting Pro-Vice Chancellor, and Dean, School of Graduate Studies, UENR, and Prof. Samuel Gyamfi, Dean, School of Energy and the Deputy Director, Regional Center for Energy and Environmental Sustainability (RCEES), UENR, conducted the team around the university in Sunyani.

They inspected and expressed excitement about the progress of work on the construction of an ultra-modern RCEES complex being put up at the university by the World Bank, and other facilities and later held a closed-door meeting.

Later at meeting with the Authorities of the University, Prof Kuwornu gave a brief background of the University and expressed the hope that the partnership would be deepened for mutual benefits.

Associate Prof Dr. Wolf said he was happy about the opportunity created between the Berlin Technical University, UENR and KNUST to undertake the exchange programme that would strengthen Ghana’s bilateral relations with Germany.

Source: Sompaonline.com/K.Peprah