The Upper West Tertiary Awards (UWTA) is the highest level of Award Scheme granted to all Upper West region Tertiary Institutions, as a form of recognition of their works and efforts to the development of the region and Ghana.
It is to Award students whose lives have changed their society positively, through their contribution(s) in the area of their work even though they are students.
The Award Scheme provides a platform to celebrate students with great achievements, an innovative and dynamic framework for the exchange of ideas in developing knowledge, connecting institutions, and students, equipping students with skills of picking up leadership roles, inspiring and empowering them to affect the economic development and bring social change.
Upper West Tertiary Awards (UWTA) brings together Tertiary Institutions, Tertiary Students, Government Officials, Non-Governmental Organizations, Business Entities, Public Figures, Influential People, and the General Public.
This year happens to be the 1st Edition of the Biggest Students Festival!!!
Our Vision
To lead the charge for a visionary change in student development and sociocultural well being of the youth.
Our Mission
To build a transformative and innovative community for youth and social-cultural development. To empower and enhance the health and well-being of the people.
Our Values
We are awarding deserving students whose initiatives impact our society and country positively.
Upper West Tertiary Awards Objectives
Upper West Tertiary Awards is to award students whose lives changed their society through their contribution in the area of their work even though they are students.
- To understand why the students lose their way and self-awareness is needed to avoid derailment.
- To equip the students with leadership principles, values, and ethical boundaries that will enable them to handle pressures when severely challenged.
- To find strategies to eliminate extreme, uphold human rights, and safeguard a sustainable community and human dignity for the poor and vulnerable population.
- To use this Awards platform to talk to them to take leadership positions right from school or community or parliament or hold international roles to boost the current quota.
- To use this year’s Awards Festival to educate the students on “Students, Know your worth”
- To explore the understanding of entrepreneurship and identify factors and resources which help undertake initiatives and entrepreneurial activities by students.
- To understand what is motivating them, both extrinsically and intrinsically, and to find leadership paths that will enable them to utilize their motivated capabilities.
Upper West Tertiary Awards Expected Outcome
By the end of the Awards, we would have created a strong generation breed of informed and competent tertiary students ready to take action for their rightful placement, as well as encouraged them to engage in the activities of comprehensive, direct, and context-specific, strategies to empower the youth and leave a legacy.
It is expected that the students would have been; been equipped with skills that empower them in their career development paths.
Been inspired and empowered to be entrepreneurs to raise their income level which would affect Economic development and bring social change.
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