Africa-Press – Ghana. The National Sports College, Winneba, has trained 85 sports enthusiasts in Sports Management and Administration to boost the country’s sports human resources.
Held at the Winneba campus of the college, the certificate course brought together participants from diverse backgrounds, including coaches, administrators, lawyers, doctors, referees, and retired referees.
Dr. Austin Luguterah, Director of Sports at the University of Ghana, who was one of the facilitators emphasized the importance of the course, saying, “the sports management administration course is a professional course designed for sports practitioners.
“We try to blend theory and practical knowledge and let them understand all. We all agree that this is the way to go.”
He added, “So sometimes we are trying to get people out of their old ways to the ways that are recognized worldwide, we want to go off the old ways to a way especially that is backed by research.”
Prof. Daniel Apaak, Associate Professor at the University of Cape Coast, who also facilitated the course added, “It’s been very insightful, educative. We are very hopeful that our participants are going to leave here with some new ways of doing things that will help improve our sports management and administration.”
On his part, Mr Bawah Fuseini, the Director of the college thanked the participants for joining the course and also commended the facilitators for their dedication to equip and boost the sports ecosystem.
He expressed his satisfaction with the program’s success and mentioned that the college will soon roll out an intermediate course.
Some participants expressed their excitement about the programme and called on the government to resource the college for them to work on their mandate.
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