I am impressed by sentiments and discussions that the Citi TV video of me speaking at a forum at the University of Ghana has stimulated.
For many years the University’s alumni has been almost next to non-existent. Many of them have shown greater attachment to their secondary schools than to the University. I am no exception.
These discussions generated by the video appear to have compelled many of our alumni to raise their hands and be counted. I have been reached by many who appreciate my candor and honesty in that video, expressing a hope that it might help change the University for the better. I have also been contacted by some who agree with my sentiments in that video but wish the style had been different. And surely there have been others who have lost the message, angered by the messenger.
Many perspectives have been shared with some clearly misinformed. I will in due course share my position and hopefully clarify a few issues.
The energy generated among the alumni and Ghanaians in general is constructive, and I hope the University will commission the Business School (UGBS) to develop and implement a strategy to connect and re-energise the alumni for the development of the school. It is key that as a school, we optimize every opportunity to translate theory to practice on campus.
But before then, I wish to remind all that, there once was a prestigious school called Kinbu. It schooled children of the elite in society like President Nana Addo. I doubt if many today will seek to educate their kids with Kinbu as a first choice. The fact that Kinbu provided Ghana a president and lawyer many years ago does not make it a fine school today. With all due respect to its alumni and students, Kinbu is a low-tier school today. My secondary school, Temasco was not a top-tier school when I was there and it cannot be regarded as a top tier school today. Simply put, the fact that you may have produced great persons in times past, does not imply that you continue to do so in the majority or are positioned to do so going forward.
Tagging the University of Ghana as the nation’s premier university will mean nothing if its products continue to be less attractive on the job market. As I see it, the University of Ghana risks becoming irrelevant to industry. The researches (mostly less visible to the general Ghanaian public) which confirm the University’s eminence in Ghana, means nothing if such eminence is not translated into the general quality of the graduates the University produces and the connection with society or industry. Please let’s not take the few excellent students in or from the University as representative of the norm. Be reminded that the presence of tiny bright spots in a dark room does not necessarily light up the room. As an HR Director of one of the biggest institutions told me this morning, the University can take pride in its output only when the majority of its students excel. The pointing to few bright spots is mediocre.
There is a reason why the Ghanaian elite today (politicians, clergy, senior public and corporate officials) and the middle class (including some staff of the University) prefer to send their kids and relatives to Ashesi or to universities abroad. They bend their backs to save for an Ashesi education for their kids.
I believe it behoves on all bearers of the UG certificate to be brutally truthful and advocate for all the reforms required to ensure that sustained impact is made in the lives of our young Ghanaians and that the value of our certificates does not depreciate.
To the younger generations, the future is yours but your ability to find it fruitful is significantly dependent on the decisions many of us (public and private leaders) take about your education and strategic positioning. You have a role to play as individuals but do well to relentlessly and fearlessly demand that we play our role well enough not to fail and disappoint you.
Source: Senyo Hosi
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this senyo hosi guy is suffering from inferiority complex. his overblown but none-existent ego is taking him nowhere. and he failed to reason the other day at the University of Ghana. the problem with the fallen educational standards is right from the basic education through to the university level. the products being churned out from the beginning are all substandard, thanks to the introduction of the ***barred word*** jss/shs system. and senyo's tribesman rawlings and his henchmen must be blamed for the mess. why was the GCE 'O' and 'A' levels replaced with the current system. and if the jss/shs system is better why are all the big people sending their to schools that offer the Cambridge exams; that is food for thought. Just like a computer, garbage in garbage out, is what our tertiary education is suffering from. And I wish our educationists will come to realise it
Be humble and apologize, stop the arrogance, you're who you are because of Legon but you regard other students and snr. lecturers non- thinking. You've simply bitten the finger that fed you and unless you apologize, the consequences of your action will hunt you one day.
I blame those who gave him that platform. Instead of inviting someone with a matured mind you invited someone with an infantile mind and that is the end product.
look at this ***barred word*** man still talking....come to the campus again and we will welcome u again...fooolish man
The university should stop fighting Hosi and take his comments as the feedback of a customer/beneficiary. Surely, I disagree with the platform and the language used, but it doesn't take away the centrality of the message that our premier university has not advanced in teaching and learning, research-teaching especially. In fact, it's not only Legon, it's all of our public universities. They have a lot of up-scaling to do to measure up to their relevance in this competitive 21st century. Hosi should probably have been measured, but I take it as an outburst of a proud alumni who wants to see a distinguished Alma Mata.
I AM SORRY FOR THIS HOSI CHAP. GHANA IS NOT A SMALL COUNTRY LIKE THAT O. YOU WILL SOON TASTE YOUR SMOOTHLESS LEVEL. YOU ARE PLAYING AND TALKING BY HEART BECAUSE OF THE SMALL POST YOU ARE CHOPPING. REMEMBER YOU ARE NOT SELF EMPLOYED. JUST A COMMON EMPLOYEE. WAIT TILL YOU ARE FIRED AND YOUR 3 DEGREES FROM LEGON WILL BE THROWN BACK AT YOU AS INCOMPETENT AND NO ONE IN THE WORLD WILL OFFER YOU A DEGREE BECAUSE IT IS A NON THINKING UNIVERSITY. ***barred word*** ***barred word*** SENYO! START THINKING OUTSIDE LEGON.
Truth is bitter and it must not be avoided irrespective of the circumstances. You do all Mr Hosi.
Massa ,stop your arrogance and apologize for what clearly was an indiscretion on your part! The manner in which a message is conveyed is as important as the message being conveyed. There is no way you can mask your arrogance, disrespect and disdain for the UG community in that outburst even if you dedicate the rest of ego-infested life trying to do so! What does he mean by tiny bright spots? I wonder if this guy really graduated from UG! There are countless(and don't even consider yourself to be one!) of UG alumni making noticeable impact on global organizations all across the globe! That you are a local champion in your small corner does not give you the right to say such disparaging things about an institution that made you who you are today! We are still waiting for that apology, Senyo Hosi!
Please be very humble and mind your choice of words. Learn how to communicate effectively. You can articulate your views in a very coherent, convincing and polite manner without necessarily using those harsh words. In any case what is the basis of your judgement. There are many more UG Aluminus far better than you who are not CEOs but that in itself does not mean they lack the skills.
who is this little ayigbe boy? what has he achieved in life? he is making too much noise. the university is trying its best under very trying circumstances. The public universities in every country suffer from similar problems. Make we tink...