UCC graduates Ghana's first professor of Religious and Moral Education.
The University of Cape Coast's Department of Arts Education has taken the lead in producing Ghana's first Professor of Religious and Moral Education.
The 5th inaugural lecture in the series of inaugural lectures marking the University of Cape Coast's 60th Anniversary celebration served as a platform to introduce the new RME Professor, Rev. Prof. Seth Asare-Danso.
Rev. Prof. Asare-Danso delivered a professorial lecture titled "Fulfilling the Mission of the Basel Mission for Sustainable Development: The Presbyterian Praxis," focusing on the Basel Mission, the Basel Mission and Sustainable Development, and the Presbyterian Praxis.
During his lecture, Ghana's first RME Professor explained that God, hard work, and determination, as well as the support of his family and friends, helped him achieve this feat.
Rev. Prof. Asare-Danso joined the University in 2001 as an assistant lecturer and began his academic career there. It took him ten years to advance from assistant lecturer to senior lecturer because he needed to consolidate his position during that time.
He stated that "within the ten-year period I had to train as a Minister because I entered the Ministry at a time when the University had put up an advertisement for the recruitment of lecturers." It took one year before I got a response from the University so when the EMS letter came, I was already enrolled at the Trinity Theological Seminary”
“I was advised that I didn’t have a Master’s in Education so I had to enroll in Master’s in Educational Administration at the same time. All these happened within the ten-year period. When I was able to consolidate my position, I became Senior Lecturer 2011, Associate Professor 2015, and full Professor 2018.”
Further to this, he gained admission to pursue M. Phil in African Studies because of his desire to become a lecturer in Ghanaian Language. He also completed his Religion course and that qualified him to become a lecturer in Religious and Moral Education.
Rev. Prof. Asare-Danso has been teaching Religious and Moral Education courses at the Basic level for one year, at the College of Education level for four years, and at the University level for twenty-one years.
He has supervised over 100 undergraduate students to complete their project work, and over 30 postgraduate diplomas in education (PGDE) students to complete their Long Essays successfully. He has also supervised thirty-one M. Phil students and twelve Ph.D. students to complete their thesis successfully and on time.
A former Vice Chancellor of UCC, Prof Domwini Dabire Kuupole, charged Rev. Prof. Asare-Danso to continue mentoring others for Ghana's development while welcoming him into the College of Professors.
According to him, the first RME Professor has reached the pinnacle of his personal development in academia and in his professional career and can now enter society and call himself Obenfo (Professor).
Prof. D.D. Kuupole stated that the university will continue to monitor the RME Professor's academic activities as he mentors others for Ghana's development.
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