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14-645: Pusiga is a town in the Upper East Region of Ghana . Pusiga was previously located within the eastern part of the Bawku Municipal District. On 28 June 2012, the district was split in 3. The eastern portion became the Pusiga district . It was at this stage that Pusiga became the district capital. The district assembly is thus located in Pusiga. The Ghana - Togo border is about 1.6km to

28-505: A 2.8 percentage point reduction in the rural share of the population between 1984 and 2000 and a further 5.3 percent reduction between 2000 and 2010. With only 21 per cent of the population living in urban areas, the region is the least urbanized in Ghana. In fact, together with Upper West , they are the two regions with a less than 20 per cent urban population . Ghanaian citizen by birth, childhood or parenthood constitute 92.5 percent of

42-504: A district chief executive. The region plays host to many festivals throughout the year, most of which are either to bring a good planting season or celebrate the harvest. The center of population of the Upper East Region is located in its capital of Bolgatanga . The population is primarily rural (79%) and scattered in dispersed settlements. The rural population was 87.1 percent in 1984 and 84.3% in 2000. There was, thus,

56-706: A few Regional highways such as the R113, R114, R116 and R181, serve the region. The N10 originates from Yemoransa in the Central Region and connects through Kumasi in the Ashanti Region and terminates at Paga in the Upper East Region. The national capital of Accra is also connected to the region by the N2 which terminates in Kulungugu in the Upper East Region. Both these national routes are connected by

70-519: Is a public tertiary institution in the Upper East Region of Ghana, West Africa. It is gradually increasing its courses and facilities following the achievement of university status. It was converted into a Technical University during the administration of the former president of Ghana , John Dramani Mahama . The institution was established in 1999 but started rolling out its academic programs in September 2003 as Bolgatanga Polytechnic. Currently,

84-479: Is located in the north-eastern corner of Ghana and bordered by Burkina Faso to the north and Togo to the east. It lies between longitude 0° and 1° West, and latitudes 10° 30′N and 11°N. The region shares boundaries with Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, Upper West Region to the west, and the Northern Region to the south. The Upper East Region is divided into 15 districts, each headed by

98-877: Is the niche area of the university, situated in a dryland region with extensive cropping and livestock herding, relatively close to Togo and Burkina Faso. The university has built industrial partnerships with the Ministry of Agriculture, the Savanah Agriculture Research Institute (SARI), and the Skills Development Fund (SDF) to improve agriculture in the savannah region of Ghana. Master's degrees in Ecological Agriculture and Agricultural Engineering are planned. The Bolgatanga Technical University has associations with other schools and institutions. These include

112-471: The N11 which links the regional capital of Bolgatanga to Bimpiela, also in the region. The political administration of the region is through the local government system. Under this administration system, the region is divided into 15 MMDA's (made up of 0 Metropolitan, 4 Municipal and 15 Ordinary Assemblies). Each District, Municipal or Metropolitan Assembly, is administered by a Chief Executive, who represents

126-573: The University of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso , closer than Ghana's capital Accra, for English Language immersion training for francophone students, and industrial placements. The University of Maryland , Eastern Shore , USA collaborates on curriculum assessment and international best practice and standards for the hospitality and tourism curricula. There is some exchange of students and staff for research and training. Another association

140-558: The central government but deriving authority from an Assembly headed by a presiding member elected from among the members themselves. The current list is as follows: Tertiary Institutions 1). Bolgatanga Technical University 2). St. John Bosco's College of Education 3). Gbewaa College of Education , Pusiga 4). C.K.Tedam University of Technology &r Applied Sciences. https://www.modernghana.com/author/AbongoMashoodAjene Bolgatanga Technical University The Bolgatanga Technical University BTU, (formally Bolgatanga Polytechnic)

154-541: The northeast. Kulungugu is located to the north west. To the west is Bawku , capital of the Bawku Municipal District . 90 km to the west is Bolgatanga , the regional capital. It is believed that the founder of the Mole-Dagbon people , Naa Gbewaa settled at Pusiga and died during the 13th century. There is a shrine dedicated to him at Pusiga. Upper East Region The Upper East Region

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168-632: The population of the Upper East region. Naturalized Ghanaian citizen constitute 5.3 percent. Upper East Region has a total population of 1,301,221 in the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service indicate that the Upper East Region representing 4.2 percent of Ghana’s population. The region shows a total of 631,963 males and 669,963 representing 48.5 and 51.5 percentages respectively Three national highways – N2 , N10 , and N11 – and

182-653: The university has two campuses, with the main operations at Sumbrungu on the Bolgatanga – Navrongo highway, opened in 2007. Bolgatanga is the capital of the Upper East Region of Ghana and has a population of under 70,000 people. The university began as a School in Bukere, a suburb of Bolgatanga. The pioneer staff worked from there until the Sumbrungu campus was finished. Bukere currently has an Evening School where both tertiary and non-tertiary programs are run. The school

196-783: Was founded in 1999 under PNDC Law 321(1992) which was amended in 2007 with an Act of Parliament (Act 745). It was converted into a Technical University in April, 2020, by the Technical Universities amendment Act 2020 (Act 1016). Academic programmes began in September 2003 in Bukere. Over the years, the School and then University has grown in terms of infrastructure, staff numbers and their qualifications, academic programmes and student numbers. The university runs over twenty-five different tertiary programmes at BTech, HND and Diploma level in three Schools; Ecological Agriculture

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