‘Public, private tertiary institutions need partnership’

The Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Central University College, Dr Joyce Rosalind Aryee, has called for a strong partnership between public and private tertiary institutions in support of the country’s development.

She said such a partnership was very important, especially in the face of present situations where public institutions, faced with infrastructural challenges, were unable to absorb the growing number of students who applied for admissions.

“There is the need for private tertiary education to fill the gap in a good partnership, to move the nation forward,” she stated, and called for the regular review of curricular to reflect modern trends “to develop the best human resource for the job market”.

Dr Aryee was speaking as the guest of honour at the fourth congregation of the Data Link Institute in Tema on Thursday.

The ceremony, held on the theme, “The Role of Private Tertiary Education in the Socio-economic Development of Ghana,” saw 424 students, made up of 216 females and 208 males, conferred with degrees in BSc. Business Administration (Accounting Option), BSc. Business Administration (Banking & Finance Option), BSc. Business Administration (Human Resource Management Option) and BSc. Business Administration (Marketing Option).

Dr Aryee said although higher education was expensive, there was still the need to help brilliant, needy students who could not pay for their education, and added that it was also important that the government work out schemes to assist those students with loans.

The Founder and Chancellor of the school, Mr Ernest Ansah, who congratulated the graduates, said the ceremony marked the beginning of a new era requiring them to make a difference with the knowledge and skills they had acquired.

The President of the school, Prof. Victor Patrick Yao Gadzekpo, said the school started its academic year in August 2013, with the admission of 259 students (162 males and 97 females) to the institution’s Business School and School of Computer Sciences.

“It is our aim as an institute to create an opportunity for everyone to acquire a university degree no matter his or her religion, race, colour or age,” he said, adding that the school was accredited by the National Accreditation Board (NAB) and affiliated to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).


By Lydia Essel-Mensah, Accra
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