NAB apologises to Bechem Business College
THE National Accreditation Board (NAB) has apologised to the Bechem Business College for adding its name to a list of 51 tertiary institutions not accredited by the board.
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In a letter signed by the Executive Secretary of NAB, Mr Kwame Dattey, and addressed to the Principal of the school, dated September 28, 2015, it said: “Our checks have revealed that your institution (Bechem Business College) does not operate as a tertiary institution. Having been thus convinced, we regret any inconvenience our publication may have caused your institution.The name of your institution has, therefore, been deleted from the list of unaccredited institutions,” the letter concluded.
It would be recalled that on Thursday, July 9, 2015, the NAB posted a list of 51 unaccredited institutions on its website and made available to the media, which was subsequently published in the local media, including the Daily Graphic, on July 10, 2015.
The release, which included Bechem Business College in the list, said among others that “such institutions do not have the mandate to award or issue academic or professional certificates, neither the institutions nor their programmes are accredited by the board.”
The truth
The Principal of the school, Mr Kwame Obeng-Fosu, called at the offices of the Daily Graphic to make available a copy of the letter from the NAB.
Mr Obeng-Fosu, who included a rejoinder to the Daily Graphic, said: “We wish to state that Bechem Business College (BEBUSCO) was wrongly mentioned as a tertiary institution.”
The letter explained that the school was registered as a second cycle institution with the Ghana Education Service (GES) in the 1972.
Mr Obeng-Fosu further said the school wrote to the NAB and the board, in response expressed its regret to BEBUSCO for any inconvenience caused by the said publication.
Impact on the school
He said the publication caused a great stir among the students, who were then taking their end-of-term examinations.
“Some even interpreted the college not having accreditation to mean that the college was not credible.”
“Since its reopening on Friday, August 25, 2015, the college that could boast over 800 students now has less than 50 students.”
“We, therefore, request your esteemed newspaper to give our side of the story the equal and popular publicity which was given to the NAB,” the letter said.