The Member of Parliament for Buem, Mr Henry Kamel Ford, has said the perception that the Polytechnics were second-rate tertiary institutions is wrong. He said the polytechnics are not meant for those who could not make it to the universities. He said on the contrary, polytechnics are specially designed to provide training in applied science and technology that are needed to propel the country's development. Mr Ford was speaking on the topic “contributions of Polytechnics to human resource development” at this year's launch of the Ho Polytechnic Students Representative Council (SRC) and Ghana National Union of Polytechnic Students (GNUPS) week on Monday. Mr Ford said the Polytechnics are also to encourage study in technical subjects at the tertiary level and to provide opportunity for development, research and publication of findings. The MP who is a deputy Ranking Member of the Parliamentary Committee on Communication and also member of the select Committee on Trade and Industry, said graduates of Polytechnics were now contributing their quota to the manpower development of the country. He urged Polytechnic graduates to assert themselves in whichever position they found themselves and not to feel inferior to university graduates. Source: GNA