The “Duapa Challenge ” a social innovation support competition providing seed capital and business support for the early-stage viable social enterprise kicks starts today at the British Council Hall between 9 tertiary Institutions. The competing schools are University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), University of Ghana – Legon, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology … Read more
A former President of the Private Universities Students Association of Ghana (PUSAG), Benjamin Panlogo-Logodam, has asked the National Security to investigate and close down all unaccredited tertiary institutions operating in the country. These institutions, he said, were churning out “half-baked students” who are unable to gain employment after completion; something he observed has contributed to … Read more
Who does not know Central University College (CUC) in Ghana? The school is actually the biggest privately owned tertiary institution in Ghana at the moment, founded by the leader of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Rev. Dr. Mensa Otabil. The institution seized being a college and became a full-fledged university – Central University in 2016, after it was … Read more
Could you believe that there are over 50 unaccredited Universities and tertiary institutions in Ghana? Read on to found out… The operation of illegal educational institutions is really becoming a worrisome global issue in recent times. If you have been a victim of the pains of wasted years in an unaccredited institution or seen someone who … Read more
The University of Professional Studies Accra, popularly known as UPSA is one of the uprising tertiary institutions in Ghana. Located in East Legon, UPSA is a public university that provides both academic and business professional education. Despite the fact that it was established not so long ago, the university is gradually growing to become a … Read more
The Health Tutors Association of Ghana (HETAG) of the Kintampo College of Health in the Brong Ahafo Region is demanding the removal of the school principal, Prof. Adu-Oppong for incompetence and mismanagement of the institution. To demonstrate their anger, the group Monday embarked on a peaceful demonstration, wearing red armbands on the school’s premises. They … Read more
The National Accreditation Board (NAB) has asked persons who have been conferred with honorary doctorate degrees to desist from using the title ‘Dr’, since it is wrong to do so. It further asked all those who have received questionable honorary doctorates from unaccredited institutions to forthwith stop using the title. In an interview with the … Read more
The Council for Independent Universities (CIU) has called for a review of the current affiliation system of young universities imposed by the National Accreditation Board (NAB). Professor Osei K. Darkwa, the Chairman of CIU, said he believed that private universities had reached a stage where they needed a radical departure from the current affiliation system. … Read more
Yesterday’s Parliamentary debate on basic schools with crumbling buildings and the subsequent revelation by the minister of education of a funding gap of $200m to fix the most critical ones, brings to the fore once again, the role of public-private partnerships in delivering quality education for all Ghanaian school children. Education and skills development underpin … Read more
GIMPA – Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, is a public tertiary institution, established with the mandate to train public servants with administrative and professional competence to plan and administer national, regional and local level services. The school was first established as The Institute of Public Administration by the government of Ghana with assistance … Read more
Over 700 students from various Senior High Schools in the Central and Western regions participated in the maiden ‘Open House’ activity of the Nduom School of Business and Technology (NBS&T) at Aboabo near Ayensudo in the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abirem (KEEA) Municipality of the Central Region. The ‘open house’ was organized to unveil the facilities, … Read more
The management and staff of Greenhills School of Health Science (GSHS), a private health training institution in Accra, have paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Education in-charge of Tertiary, Professor Kwesi Yankah in Accra. Led by the founder of GSHS, Rev. Dr. Charles Antwi-Boasiako, management also informed the Minister on how the school … Read more
The management and staff of Greenhills School of Health Science (GSHS), a private health training institution in Accra, have paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Education in-charge of Tertiary, Professor Kwesi Yankah in Accra. Led by the founder of GSHS, Rev. Dr. Charles Antwi-Boasiako, management also informed the Minister on how the school … Read more
File photo: Ghana has launched a campaign against illegal mining activities For some time now in the media is the campaign against illegal mining. Ghanaians are political footballers as they always like to play politics with everything even when the Pontiff of the Catholic Church is involved. However, it is crystal clear that this fight … Read more
Professor Goski Bortiorkor Alabi, Dean, Centre for International Education and Collaboration, University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) has urged vice-chancellors (VCs) of the nation’s universities not to allow any form of intimidation to undermine the quality of higher education. She said VCs had the responsibility to uphold, defend, and protect the values of academic freedom, … Read more
The National Accreditation Board (NAB) is out-performing the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) in the determination of what constitutes relevant programmes or courses and worth teaching in the over 100 tertiary institutions across the country, Professor Goski Alabi has noted. Prof. Goski, Dean of Center for International Education and Collaboration (CIEC) at the University … Read more
AsanSka College of Design and Technology (ACDT), has been inaugurated in Accra to train and ensure employment of artisans skilled in adding value to gold ore and producing other technical products. The College, affiliated to the University of Education, Winneba, is poised to among other things help government revamp the jewelry industry in the country. … Read more
AsanSka College of Design and Technology (ACDT), an avenue to train and sustain highly skilled artisans with the capacity to design and produce quality product in the jewellery industry, has been launched in Accra. Mr Kwabena Asante-Asare, the Founder of ACDT, said the College would be a hub of job creation through training and skilling … Read more
Reverend Father Moses Asaah who is the founder of Regentropfen Education Foundation, a leading nongovernment organisation (NGO) is a man of many parts-an ordained Catholic Priest, a social worker, and a philanthropist. As a Catholic Priest, Rev. Asaah has had the poor and vulnerable people in society at heart. He has been working hard since … Read more
Mr. Yaw Osafo-Maafo, the Senior Minister, has called for Ghanaians to combine their effort to protect the environment and nation’s natural resources. He said everybody should find space to contribute to the fight to stop the alarming land degradation, pollution of water bodies and depletion of the forest through illegal mining and logging. He was … Read more