Some university graduates to be blacklisted for gov’t jobs – GTEC
The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) says it would submit the list of unaccredited programmes and institutions to all government agencies so that they would not employ university graduates who had a certificate for a programme that was not accredited.
The Deputy Director-General of GTEC, Prof Ahmed Abdulai Jinapor in an interview with Daily Graphic advised the public to always visit the commission’s website to ensure they do not accept to pursue programmes that had not been accredited.
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“We are going to put a moratorium on acceptance of new applications until all the accreditation environment is sanitised, and the caveat is that not all institutions are culpable,” the GTEC Director-General told Graphic newspaper.
The Professor said some of such universities had been invited for a discussion after Ghana Tertiaty Education Commission under the auspices of the Ministry of Education met with its council to discuss the proposal to that effect.
The Tertiary Commissions Director-General said his outfit was making a strong case for individuals who sought employment in the public sector, in particular, to provide evidence that their certificates were evaluated by GTEC.
“You will agree with me that there is a proliferation of fake certificates by virtue of computerisation and digitalisation; people are able to generate certificates.
So, it is not just about checking the authenticity and validity of such certificates; it is also a means of telling the general public that this particular certificate, even though it emanated from a university, that certificate, by the training offered to that particular person, is not fit for purpose,” he explained.
His comment comes after the the Kumasi Technical University (KsTU) formerly known as Kumasi Polytechnic was cited in the 2021 Auditor General’s Report as running 32 programmes not accredited by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission.
They include five Master of Technology programmes, nine Bachelor of Technology programmes, 17 Higher National Diploma (HND) programmes and one Diploma programme.
The more than 30 unaccredited programmes came to light when the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament began its sitting to consider the 2021 academic year Auditor General’s Report referred to the committee.
The PAC said institutions running unaccredited programmes was an issue that affected students negatively when they later applied to pursue higher programmes at other universities.