March 2018
Free HIV Testing Session
The HIV/AIDs Unit of The University of Education, Winneba in collaboration with the Municipal AIDs Unit, Winneba is organizing a free Testing Session for persons who would want to know their HIV status.

22ND CONGREGATION 2ND SESSION, APRIL 2018
2017 Graduands of the University of Education, Winneba and the general public are hereby informed that the 2nd Session of the 22nd Congregation for the award of Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates will be held as follows:
FRIDAY, 20TH APRIL, 2018
Winneba Campus
Venue: Jophus Anamuah-Mensah Conference Centre
Time: 8.30 am

Invitation to K-TALK
The University of Education, Winneba in collaboration with John A. Kufuor Foundation invites the University Community to K-Talk, a lecture series aimed at bringing successful and distinguished resource persons from diverse disciplines and fields to inspire the sense of leadership in students. It is a strategic undertaking by the Kufuor Scholars to extend impacts of their leadership training to young people in educational institutions of higher learning.

Higher Education Conference in Ghana
Vice Chancellors Ghana invites all and sundry to the Higher Education Conference in Ghana. The Conference is on the theme “Funding Public Universities in Africa – the New Paradigm”. The Conference is scheduled as follows:
Date: Thursday, 5th – Friday, 6th April, 2018
Venue: ISSER Conference Hall, University of Ghana, Legon
The Special Guest of Honour is H. E. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo
Speakers:

CoLANGE Celebrates Maiden Cultural Week
The month of March is observed as the month to promote Ghanaian cultures and products. In this regard, the College of Languages Education (CoLANGE) celebrated its maiden cultural week from 12th – 16th March, 2018 at Ajumako.

EASTER CONCERT - 2018
The Department of Music Education Presents "OLIVET TO CALVARY", an annual Easter Concert full of good music and powerful inspirations to usher us to the celebration of the death and resurrection of our Lord Saviour Jesus Christ. This is happening on Tuesday the 27th of March, 2018 at 6:30pm at the Amu Theatre, Central Campus. Follow our Facebook page via www.facebook.com/uewmusicdepartmentofficialpage or call 0242242880 / 0244525556 for more information.

Application for Fellowship Programme
Applications are invited from qualified PhD candidates for three to four-month fellowship tenable at the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.
- Eligibility
Applicants must:
- Be academic staff of UEW, and must have been confirmed
- Be on a doctoral programme in UEW in any area relating to Education
- Be in the second or third year in the 2017/18 academic year.
- Have successfully gone through proposal defence.

Easter Concert - 2018
The Department of Music Education presents the Annual Easter Concert dubbed "Olivet to Calvary". This is happening at the Amu Theatre, Central Campus on Tuesday 27th March, 2018 at 6:30p.m.
“Sustaining Muni Lagoon and Winneba” – A Collaboration between UEW and University of Virginia, USA
A four-day seminar, has been organized at the University of Education, Winneba, from Monday 5th March, 2018 to Thursday 8th March, 2018 under the aegis of the Centre for International Programmes (CIP). The seminar was co-sponsored by UEW and University of Virginia located in the City of Charlottesville, under the theme “Sustaining Muni Lagoon and Winneba”. The seminar was about a project on tapping the economic potentials of Muni Lagoon, including ecotourism in Winneba.

Hundreds Throng COLTEK to Mourn Prof. Okai at One-week Observance
The Kumasi Campus of the University of Education Winneba (UEW) was a beehive of mourners and sympathisers as hundreds swarmed the place from all walks of life to partake in the One-Week Observance of the passing of Late Prof. (Ing.) Reynolds Okai on March 18, 2018.

School of Creative Arts Embarks on an Outreach Programme
On Thursday, March 15, 2018, a four-member team of lecturers from the Department of Graphic Design, Department of Art Education, and Fashion and Textiles Education Unit in the School of Creative Arts, University of Education, Winneba visited Potsin T.I. Ahmadiyya Senior High School in the Central Region of Ghana to interact with staff and students of the Visual Art Department.

IN THE BAG OF A WOMAN-A STAGE PLAY
In the world of the guiltless, everyone is guilty. Mrs Dampson bumps into her husband having an affair with a prostitute in their matrimonial home. How does she react? Does she also have some secrets under her sleeves?
Playwright: Oswald George Okaitei
Director: Leonora Adjin-Tettey
Dates:
Thursday, 22nd March 2018
Friday, 23rd March, 2018
Saturday, 24th March, 2018
Time: 7pm each day
Venue: Amu Theatre, Central Campus

Sympathisers Pay Glowing Tribute to Late Prof. Okai
It has been a case of overwhelming outpouring of sympathies to the University of Education Winneba (UEW) and the family of the Late Prof. Reynolds Okai since news broke on February 18, 2018 about the death of the late Professor. Records at the Kumasi Campus of University, where the late Professor was Principal, are indicating umpteenth visit of individuals and institutions that are paying glowing tribute to the memory of the late Professor. Their descriptions of the demised Professor mainly trumpeted his attributes of affability, gentility, industry and religiosity.

All Set for One-Week Observance of Death of Prof. Okai
All is set for what is expected to be a fitting One-Week Observance of the passing of Principal of the College of Technology Education, Kumasi (COLTEK) Prof. (Ing.) Reynolds Okai. In the last few days, every Tom, Dick and Harry at COLTEK has been busy doing one activity or the other, all in preparation for the One-Week Observance (typically an Asante customary rite) scheduled for Sunday March 18, 2018 at the ceremonial grounds at COLTEK.

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Invitation to a Workshop
The Performing Arts Teachers Association of Ghana (PATAG) invites all teachers and interested parties with specific interests in subjects like Drama, Music, Visual Arts, English Literature and Social Studies to a one-day workshop under the topic, ‘The New Curriculum Framework for the Review of Pre-Tertiary Education in Ghana’.
There would be briefing on the whole concept of the review of the National Educational Curriculum Framework for Pre-Tertiary Education in Ghana.
Date : Wednesday, 21st March, 2018

Prof. F. K. Sarfo appointed as Acting Principal of COLTEK
Following the death of Prof. (Ing.) Reynolds Okai, Principal of the College of Technology Education, Kumasi, UEW, Associate Prof. Frederick K. Sarfo has been appointed as the Acting Principal of the College.
The appointment takes immediate effect.

Prof. J. Kagya-Agyemang appointed as Acting Pro-Vice-Chancellor
The Management of the University of Education, Winneba finds it necessary and expedient to have an officer in the University appointed to occupy, in an acting position, the office of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor.

STUDENTS’ CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARITHMETIC MEAN AND THE STANDARD DEVIATION: A CASE STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA
INTRODUCTION
- In Ghana, statistics is taught as a topic under mathematics as Collecting and Handling Data at the basic level until the SHS.
And it is the aim of every introductory statistics course to train students to be efficient
users, consumers and communicators of statistics (Qian, 2011).
