PHILOSOPHY OF THE EVENING SCHOOL
The Institute of Professional Studies (IPS), in the quest to become a centre of academic excellence, has introduced new programmes and varied sessions (morning, evening and weekend) to meet contemporary socio-economic and human resource challenges. This posturing was consequential to it receiving the Presidential Charter in September, 2008 to award degrees, diplomas and certificates.

The Evening School was created in January 2010 to address the peculiar challenges associated with working and acquiring tertiary education concurrently. In this regard, the Evening School is an avenue for potential candidates of the Institute’s programmes who cannot make time for regular hours of lectures to take advantage of this window of opportunity to enhance their skills. This decentralisation is also to enhance effective management of the Institute. 

OBJECTIVE
The objectives of the Evening School are to:

• Offer the existing academic programmes to prospective applicants (particularly workers) who do not find the lecture hours of the morning session convenient.
• Create the needed conducive environment for adult learning.
• Make IPS academic programmes more accessible to a good number of people who normally would not have had the opportunity to enhance their personal skills.

SECRETARIAT STAFF
The Secretariat of the Evening School is managed by the following full time Senior Members.

PROGRAMMES
The IPS Evening School offers the following undergraduate degree and diploma programmes:

• BSc. Marketing Programme
• BSc. Accounting
• BSc. Banking and Finance
• Bachelor of Business Administration
• Diploma in Accounting
• Diploma in Management
• Diploma in Marketing
• Diploma in Public Relations Management.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Click here for details of admission requirements

DURATION OF PROGRAMMES

LECTURE PERIODS
Days: Monday – Friday
Time: 4:00 p.m. – 9:20 p.m.

STRUCTURE OF SEMESTER
The structure of the Evening School is in consonance with the Regular Session; the academic year is divided into two (2) semesters and the duration of each semester, which may vary when necessary, is as follows:
Semester 1: 1st Week in September to 3rd Week in December
Semester 2: 2nd Week in January to 3rd Week in May.

SCHEDULE OF THE SEMESTER COURSES
The semester schedule of the Evening School programmes are based on the existing courses offered at each level on the mainstream undergraduate degree and diploma programmes as follows:
Degree:
Marketing/Business Administration/Accounting /Banking and Finance Programmes
Level         Semester1      Semester 2     Total No. of Courses
200            6 Courses        6 Courses        12 Courses
300            7 Courses        7 Courses        14 Courses                 
400            5 Courses        5 Courses        10 Courses                   
These include Internship and Dissertation writing.

Diploma:
Marketing/Accounting/Management/Public Relations Management Programmes
Level         Semester1      Semester 2     Total No. of Courses
100             7courses         7courses         14courses
200             7courses         7courses         14courses   

These include internship and project work.

LECTURERS
Very qualified lecturers from both the Institute’s mainstream academic staff and part-time lecturers feature on the Evening School programmes.

Contact:
The Dean
Evening School
Institute of Professional Studies
P.O. Box LG 149
Legon, Accra
Tel. +233 302 500 171 / +233 302 500 722 / +233 302 500 723
E-mail: sbofei@ips.edu.gh / sbofei@yahoo.com