Globally, research plays a pivotal role in the effective structural transformation of the socio-economic environment. Offinso College of Education (OFCE), being a tertiary institution, therefore has a role to fulfill in this respect. In achieving this, the college continues to build the capacity of its staff members to maximise their research contribution.
As it frequently occurs, the college has once again organised a two-day workshop, 21st- 22nd December 2022 for the academic staff. It was facilitated by Prof. Isaac Boateng, the Dean of Faculty of Business Education (FBE) of the Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development (AAMUSTED) and a council member of the Offinso College of
Education.
Prof. Isaac Boateng, the facilitator
The objective of the workshop was to give participants an opportunity to practise principles of good written communication as they apply to research proposals and to help them gain insight into how peer review decision-making panels assess and evaluate research proposals.
As part of the programme, members were assigned to groups of two, three, or four, and each group was tasked with writing a proposal with the aim of attracting a grant. To do this, they were to choose a research topic that interested them, give a brief background, a statement of the problem, the aims and objectives of the study, an impact statement, methodology, a work schedule, and an ethics and risk assessment.
Participants were very much enthused to have had the privilege of participating in such a workshop organised by the college. Like Napoleon, they called for more.
Reported by: Collins Tetteh Abeni, Assist. Secretary/Assist. PRO
