Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum
The Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has congratulated the University of Cape Coast (UCC) for being ranked among the topmost universities in the world for this year.
The global rankings instituted by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked University of Cape Coast as 1st in Ghana, 1st in West Africa, ranked among top five in Africa, 1st University Globally for research influence and 1st out of the 138 new entrant Universities in the World Ranking for 2022.
According to Dr. Adutwum, this attainment by UCC has brought much honour and excitement and it would go a long way to uplift the image of the nation’s education sector.
Speaking to the media last Friday, the Education Minister also lauded the management and board of the university for their hard work which has earned them this feat.
He urged the various stakeholders in the country to continue working hard towards strengthening the status of the nation’s education.
Dr. Adutwum reminded the university not to be complacent and let it spur them on to maintain their position or even make it better.
Background
The Times Higher Education World University ranking was established about two decades ago to rank universities that are much interested in researching societal and global challenges.
The 2022 edition for instance focused so much on universities that researched into the COVID-19 pandemic and other related issues, especially in the discovery and research into vaccines for the novel pandemic.
The Times Higher Education World University has more than 1,600 universities across 99 countries and territories, making them the largest and most diverse university rankings to date.
The table of awardees is based on 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators that measure an institution’s performance across four areas: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.