The objectives of the programme are to: a. Conduct research at both the basic and tertiary levels on the problems and issues related to mathematics education, especially on the issues impacting on curriculum development; b. Prepare students with the requisite knowledge in mathematics and the needed skills required for effective teaching, learning and applications; c. Afford students with the requisite skills to reconnoiter strategies, new ideas, and specific tools for teaching mathematics at both the basic and tertiary levels. d. Provide leadership in the continuous improvement of the mathematics curriculum and supervision of the delivery at all levels of the educational system. e. Advance research and scholarship in Mathematics education; f. Enforce excellence in the teaching and learning of Mathematics; g. Exhibit the knowledge of Christ, moral uprightness and a passion to serve humanity. h. Become high caliber professionals and lecturers for departments of mathematics in universities and colleges, departments of mathematics in senior and junior high schools, statistics and mathematics education: • who are capable of conducting research into the teaching and learning of mathematics and statistics at all levels of the educational system including the university; • who are capable of conducting research on the problems and issues related to mathematics education; • who will be providing direct services as employees or consultants to the Ministry of Education, the Ghana Education Service and the West African Examinations Council; • who will be providing leadership in the continuous improvement of the mathematics curriculum and supervision of the delivery of the mathematics at all levels of the educational system;