Don’t compromise quality
A Presidential Advisor, Dr Christina Amoako-Nuamah, has asked managements of private tertiary institutions not to compromise quality in their quest to expand.
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She said most private tertiary institutions viewed the education sector mainly as a business venture instead of public good, adding that “Education should be seen as both a public good, as well as a business venture”.
Dr Amoako-Nuamah, who is also the Council Chairperson of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), was speaking at the fourth graduation of the KAAF University College (KUC) at Buduburam in the Central Region.
More than 200 graduates in the fields of Civil and Geomatic Engineering, Construction Technology, Marketing, Banking and Finance, Accounting, Human Resource Management, and Entrepreneurship were honoured with various certificates.
The Overall Best Award went to a Human Resource Management student, Ms Talithakumi Ibrahim, a Nigerian.
Half-baked graduates
Dr Amoako-Nuamah said compromising the quality of education in the bid to expand would only result in producing half-baked graduates.
“All tertiary institutions will be doing the students, our country and humanity a great disservice by producing half-baked graduates who are of no use to themselves or the country,” she said.
According to Dr Amoako-Nuamah, there was the need for tertiary institutions to forge stronger relations with industry and let that relationship reflect in the curricula, stressing that good quality education curricula offered more than technical skills.
She, therefore, commended the Founder of KUC, Mr Michael Aidoo, for ensuring high standard of education at the institution in tandem with expansion.
KAAF on the move
The Rector of the KUC, Dr Frederick Yaw Addo-Abedi, said since the institution was established, effective measures had been implemented to ensure that graduates from the university obtained the requisite skills that would make them employable.
He said apart from recruiting highly qualified and experienced academics and professionals, the institution had also invested in ensuring that students received practical training in a well-conducive environment.
Dr Addo-Abedi said contrary to the general belief that private tertiary institutions were making large profits, “I can confidently say that most, if not all of them, are only scraping through financially”.