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High enrolment contributes to falling standards

The Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood, has attributed the falling standard of tertiary education in the country to the insatiable desire of the universities to increase enrolment.

The result, she said, had led to the continuous turnout of poorly prepared graduates into a highly competitive job market with few opportunities for them to take up.

At the 14th congregation of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) in Accra last Saturday, Mrs Wood stressed  the need for a national development plan for universities to be able to produce graduates who have the skills  to fill the skills gaps  so the country could execute its development strategy.

Graduation

At the ceremony, which was held at the Greenhill Campus at Achimota in Accra, over 3,000 students were awarded various degrees and diplomas.

Students who excelled in their respective courses were honoured with cash rewards and other items.

National development plan 

Mrs Wood observed that in order to enhance the economic development of Ghana, there was the need to link tertiary education to all aspects of business, public policy and governance.

“Using the example of legal education and its impact on social development throughout the ages, curricula in Ghana should include training on how to set up appropriate legal mechanism to prompt the restructuring of the economy,” she said.

According to Mrs Wood, educational courses needed to teach and reflect the relevance of economic, political, financial and social foundation of national development strategy so that graduates would be equipped to meet the development needs of Ghana.

She, therefore, underscored the essence of public-private partnership (PPP) as a major step in addressing the challenges that hindered the delivery of quality education in the country.

GIMPA’s contribution to national growth

In his welcome address, the Rector of GIMPA, Mr Franklyn Manu, said over the past years, the institution had contributed massively to the economic development of Ghana in terms of bringing out efficient graduates into the job market.

He touched on some of the major expansion and infrastructural development at GIMPA, saying the institution had been able to establish three campuses in Tema, Takoradi and Kumasi in addition to the main campus in Accra.

“Our biggest infrastructural development this year is the ongoing installation of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to help us integrate and support an effective system for managing student affairs, finances and other operations,” Mr Manu said.

New programmes

He said GIMPA would soon introduce advanced courses, including Ph.D in Business Administration and Law, as well as international executive MBA.

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