The Ho Polytechnic has secured accreditation to run Master of Technology (MTech) programmes in Agricultural Engineering.

The Polytechnic has five Faculties; Engineering, Applied Science and Technology, Business and Management Studies, Art and Design and Liberal Arts giving effect to Schedule C of its current Statutes which spelt out the structure of Faculties it must establish.

At its 16th congregation on Saturday, February 27, 2016, during which 888 students graduated in various degree and Higher National Diploma (HND) programmes, Professor Emmanuel Kojo Sakyi said "Currently, National Accreditation Board is still working with the Faculty of Engineering for us to be given the go-ahead to pursue another MTech Programme in Electrical and Refrigeration Engineering."

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According to him, "Career and Technical workforce education have also been integrated into majority our programmes."

He explained that the MTech programmes in Agricultural Engineering was part of its drive to transform technical and vocational education to reflect modern trends and make graduates more capable of handling latter-day challenges with technical tasks.

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Professor Sakyi said the school is yet to secure another accreditation for Production Engineering.