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VARSITIES FLOUTING THE LAW?
GHANAIAN TIMES – MONDAY, 21ST MARCH, 2005
Education minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has criticized the nation’s public universities for introducing new programmes without consulting the National Accreditation Board (NAB) for approval. Speaking at the 35th congregation of the University of Cape Coast at the weekend, the minister said all the public universities are guilty of the offence.
The public universities are University of Ghana, University of Cape Coast, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, University of Education, Winneba, University for Development Studies and University of Mines and Technology.
He urged the universities to comply with the law, which stipulates that they should seek clearance from the NAB before mounting new courses. “I appeal to the public universities and the National Accreditation Board to consult each other to ensure that all new programmes of universities which have not been accredited as demanded by law go through the process of accreditation as a matter of urgency” the minister said.
Quoting from the NAB law of 1993 Mr Osafo-Maafo said there is no section of the laws establishing public universities that allows the universities or their academic boards to accredit themselves and their programmes. On infrastructural expansion, minister gave the assurance that the Government would continue to invest in the development of university education.
Mr Osafo-Maafo also advised management of public universities to pay attention to the provision of facilities that would ensure a certain minimum standard of comfort for students on campuses.
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