New guidelines for accreditation of universities
The National Accreditation Board (NAB) and the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) have drawn-up a new guideline for the accreditation of new universities in Ghana.
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The new guideline states that new universities must give priority to science and technology in line with the government’s determination to implement and enforce the 60-40 policy guideline.
The 60-40 policy guideline gives priority to Science, Mathematics and Engineering programmes in the tertiary institutions.
The Deputy Minister in charge of tertiary Education, Mr Samuel Okudjeto Ablakwa, said this at the ninth congregation ceremony of the Accra Institute of Technology (AIT) in Accra.
The occasion also witnessed the graduation ceremony of the first batch of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programme. In all, 240 bachelor’s degree holders received certificates for completion of programmes.
Government determined
Mr Ablakwa said in the past few years, the government had invested heavily in the educational sector.
According to him, the investments were geared towards raising the standard of education to make it more vibrant in producing quality graduates.
Mr Ablakwa said the government was ready to partner any private individual or company to ensure that the country’s educational sector became one of the best globally.
AIT on the move
The President of AIT, Professor Clement Dzidonu, said “AIT becomes the first private university in Ghana to successfully offer, run and graduate students on an internationally benchmarked PhD degree programme.
“This is no small achievement if put within the context of the fact that the PhD per capita of Ghana is just 2.72 per million population; given the fact that over 250 PhD students are now enrolled at AIT, the university has become one of the leading post graduate research institutions on the continent.
“AIT will be graduating more PhDs in Business Administration, Engineering, and Information Technology before the close of the year,” he said.
Prof. Dzidonu said AIT’s focus on technology was so immense that most of its programmes had technology components.
He gave examples in the area of the Business Administration programmes with combined options such as Marketing and Information Technology; Human Resource and Information Technology, and Entrepreneurship and Information Technology among others.
