- Courtesy of the Directorate of International Relations and Advancement (DIRA) led by #Developer Prof. Courage Saba, we bring you this week’s uds@30 Alumni Profile
- Profiled today is Ms. Francisca Atuluk
- Enjoy the read below as scripted by the DIRA.
Developer of the week by DIRA
- UDS@30 ALUMNI PROFILING SERIES
- The Developer of the Week
- Name: Ms. Francisca Atuluk
- Programme of study at UDS: BSc. Agriculture Technology
- Campus: Nyankpala
- Current status: Deputy Director, Human Resource Management ,Ministry of Youth and Sports
“UDS is a place I would never forget due to the kind of educational training I received, the mode of teaching which includes both practical and theory, the courses we treated and most importantly the 3rd trimester field programme which exposed me to community problems and how to develop immediate solutions for them.”
Ms. Francisca Atuluk
Congratulations Ms. Francisca Atuluk!!!
Please read her profile below.
Ms. Francisca Atuluk was part of the 2001 batch of students admitted to UDS , Nyankpala campus. She is a focused and result oriented development worker with expertise on Gender and Development issues, Accounting as well as Agricultural Technology. At UDS she held various positions as one of the out–spoken females on campus. These include Chairperson, Publicity and Academic Committee, 2003-2004, Treasurer, Builsa Students Union, 2003 -2005, Women’s Commissioner, National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) ,2004 – 2005.
The experiences gained from UDS in terms of academics and leadership gained her the Overall Best Student; Academic Excellence Award, Master‘s Program at Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea. 2013 under KOICA Scholarship Program. She was also elected as the President to lead multicultural group of students from 21 different countries in Ewha at Graduate School of International Studies, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea, 2012.
Her outstanding performance at the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection from 2008 to 2019 saw her participating in several local and international programmes, which got her a Letter of Appreciation from JICA for outstanding performance at a training program in Japan, 2014. Ceremony. She also has another Master degree in Business Administration from GIMPA, 2015 among other She is currently at the Ministry of Youth and Sports as the Deputy Director, Human Resource Management and holds several leadership positions. She was judged the Best Performing Staff for the year 2021 for her outstanding Leadership at the Ministry of Youth and Sports by the Head of Civil Service at the 2022 Civil Service Award.
•2016: Post Graduate Diploma in Public Administration, GIMPA, Ghana.
•2012-2015: Masters in Business Administration, Ghana Institute of Management & Public Administration (GIMPA), Accounting & Taxation option, Ghana.
•2012-2013: Master’s Degree in International Studies (Development Cooperation), Ewha Womans University, South Korea.
•2011: Post Graduate Certificate in Public Administration, GIMPA,Ghana.
•2001- 2005: BSc. Agriculture Technology (Major, Agriculture Economics and Extension) University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana
•1997-1999: SSSCE, Accra Girls’ Secondary School (Science), Accra, Ghana.
“I owe all these achievements to the training I acquired from UDS and the relationships I built. Thank you UDS”
