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Open letter to the minister of education

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  • Pumpuni 8 years ago

    "(7) No credible University in North American or Europe will accept unaccredited (or accredited) online PhD degree holder to teach."
    A noteworthy article but unfortunately, item number 7 is a fallacy when it comes to USA. Ac ...
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  • Sam Keteke 8 years ago

    a degree from Nicaragua? why not Togo or the Congo? I enjoyed the Sakawa part of the article loads. Does publishing an article on Ghanaweb qualify as a peer-reviewed article?

  • POWER 8 years ago

    Sam, you make me laugh...:))

  • Kofi 8 years ago

    It does not qualify as a peer-reviewed articles.

  • Kofi 8 years ago

    Can you tell us which University in the United States has an online PhD as faculty member? I'm waiting for your response. This is absolutely not true. I challenge you to mention the University.

  • Pumpuni 8 years ago

    The US is not like Ghana which has one Accreditation Board. Universities in the US do not have to yield to hiring standards set by the Dept. of Education. If you need an example simply go online.

  • Kofi 8 years ago

    You have not answered my question. Yes, the US has many accreditation bodies but faculty in North America has similar entry requirements. Just mention one university an online degree holder is a faculty member.

  • Kofi 8 years ago

    Let me add that even in some US universities, you need post-doc. before you are offered faculty position.

  • Pumpuni 8 years ago

    You keep setting your own standards and expect every nation to follow, right? Do your research and find out the meaning of accreditation in the US before making blanket statements about US Higher Education Institutions.

  • Falcon 8 years ago

    Old ladies get nervous when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb!!

  • Pumpuni 8 years ago

    I have degrees and they are from a Regionally Accredited US Higher Educational Institution. I attended classes on campus (in a traditional classroom setting) with class population of not more than 17 students per class. My pr ...
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  • A. Kobla Dotse 8 years ago

    Pumpuni can mention his degree in his write up but cannot mention the school where he got it from in the US and whether it is online?

    And is Pumpuni a lecturer/professor?

  • Pumpuni 8 years ago

    And what do you have? Mention yours. You just displayed your ignorance of University Administration and what it entails. I said I sat in a traditional classroom with other students. How does that translate to an online degree ...
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  • A. Kobla Dotse 8 years ago

    Pumpuni,

    Here you are:

    1. B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry - KNUST, Ghana.
    2. M.Sc. Chemical Research - King's College London, University of London, UK
    3. M.S. Organic Synthesis - University of British Columbia, Canada
    4. Ph.D ...
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  • A. Kobla Dotse 8 years ago

    The last one was at Georgia Institute of Technology - USA

  • Pumpuni 8 years ago

    Congratulations. But you need to be educated on accreditation and online issues. Are you satisfied with our "pass no way" problem?

  • Kofi 8 years ago

    Kobla Dotse, we have to sustain the momentum in order to flush out these criminals from our education system.

  • Kofi 8 years ago

    So you got your degree from a reputable university. Can you tell us what makes your university reputable? That is the issue; this SMC is not accredited and therefore a bogus institution designed to dupe criminals from the glo ...
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  • Kofi 8 years ago

    Some of you think those commenting on this key issue are just school drop-outs in Ghana. Don't profess to know more about accreditation in the US. Do you know where I am? US never jokes with quality.

  • Don 8 years ago

    https://www.waldenu.edu/about/who-we-are/alumni

  • NkHosi Butros 7 years ago

    UCN is accredited by the Government of Nicaragua so the writer needs to check his facts before publishing this defamatory article.

  • Badu Mens 8 years ago

    Are there any standards stipulated in any government in Ghana? Ghanaian universities still recruit lecturers based on who knows whose father, mother, sisters. Go to IPS and see how Joshua Alabi recruited his own wife to head ...
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  • POWER 8 years ago

    Very unfortunate indeed! We are destroying the only remaining treasure: education! UPS must be seriously investigated! The minister must act now!!

  • Ben Amartey 8 years ago

    Where in America have you found "accredited online" degree holders teaching. Name one university you know. You think America is like Ghana where anything goes? Nope, standards are jealously guided or protected for education i ...
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  • Osei 8 years ago

    All what you have said is true and more.Not only has it become fashionable to use the title Dr because this days, because it is cheap to buy the qualification not only from dude institutions, but from the mushroomed theologic ...
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  • Albert 8 years ago

    Where are your ethics in writing such an article to mislead people?
    Your data on the 1-2 years for an SMC doctorate degree is far from the truth. I've met and personally known a few of the graduates who took 4-6 years to fi ...
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  • Kofi 8 years ago

    Mr. Albert, let's not condone rot in the system. Is the SMC an accredited institution in its home country, Switzerland? Just check and see. Let's protect our educational system from foreign charlatans who may take advantage o ...
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  • Osam Ahmed 8 years ago

    Is This Institution accredited in their home country or not? If they are not accredited in their home country how come they are offering PhD degrees? Or have they been accredited by the Ghana Accreditation Board although not ...
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  • Kofi 8 years ago

    Osam, that is my point. This institution has no business awarding PhDs. They are not accredited in Switzerland. We have a dumb National Accreditation Board. I wouldn't vouch for any online PhD. PhDs should be done in residenc ...
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  • BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8 years ago

    Snake

  • POWER 8 years ago

    I bet you are one of the fake certificate holders!! Nation wreckers!! Check from UPS, some are getting the fake doctoral certificate in 9 months!

  • A. Kobla Dotse 8 years ago

    Folks,

    Why should any Ghanaian be surprised at this gaffe? The worst is yet to come! Let me give you a classic case of why optimism and Ghana cannot appear in the same sentence these days:

    A gentleman in one of Ghana†...
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  • BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8 years ago

    Even Vice Chancellors!

  • Osam Ahmed 8 years ago

    I have checked the Swiss accredited institutions of higher learning, anyone can check for him or herself of contact the Swiss Embassy in Ghana. The so called SMC in NOT accredited in Switzeland.

  • Cheaters 8 years ago

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  • A. Kobla Dotse 8 years ago

    Folks,

    That is correct!

    Why should any Ghanaian be surprised at this gaffe? The worst is yet to come! Let me give you a classic case of why optimism and Ghana cannot appear in the same sentence these days:

    A gentlema ...
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  • Albert 8 years ago

    Really?You may want to check the facts before making judgments. Who throwing false data out there. I'm a friend of this individual and know very well that he got his MBA in 2003! He also finished his DBA in 5 years.

  • Ken Mensah 8 years ago

    Strange discussions. Understanding accreditation process will help. All the factors taken into consideration before granting accreditation are in the bosom of NAB if NAB grants accreditation why will you call those certificat ...
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  • Ghana First 8 years ago

    Ken, please check from the list of accredited institutions in Switzerland. SMC is not one of them. Where on earth is a doctorate degree done in 9 months??SMC is a fraud and its certificate is bogus!!

  • Kofi 8 years ago

    Ken, the issue is 'why is SMC not accredited by the Swiss Higher Education Department which is responsible for accreditation in Switzerland"? It is simple, an institution has no business applying for accreditation in Ghana wh ...
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  • George 8 years ago

    Hmmmmm. Who will save this country. I congratulate the author of this article but there is one thing I can assure him, his recommendations would reach no where in this country of our where the center cannot hold. The most tro ...
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  • kwame 7 years ago

    Swiss Management University (SMCU) has private University status in Switzerland. Since it is a private institution of higher education, it is authorized to confer university degrees. SMCU University is accredited by the Europ ...
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  • Emmanuel Akotia Ekuful 6 years ago

    Universidad Central de Nicaragua (Central university of Nicaragua)is an accredited university in Nicaragua with a strong medical and business faculties. Their graduatess are working in US, Europe and Australia. The university ...
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