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General News of Sunday, July 28, 2019
Source: citinewsroom.com
2019-07-28
Minister of State for Higher Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah
Professor Kwesi Yankah, Minister of State for Higher Education, said the new policy document on higher education was aimed at removing all the obstacles that prevent candidates from gaining access to institutions of higher education.
According to him, the requirement of a pbad mark in some basic subjects before being admitted will belong to the past.
Speaking at the 11th congregation ceremony of the University of Accra Professional Studies (UPSA), Professor Yankah said the government wanted to give qualified Ghanaians access to a footing of equality in higher education in the country.
"In simple terms, the government is seeking to remove bottlenecks in admissions processes and simply unfair and discriminatory policies towards the majority of students from homes and schools. less equipped, where it is more common to require credits to be granted. it is expected that a single pbad for a given subject will be a margin of maneuver in accordance with this new policy that will be deployed. "
"The obtaining of the D7 in some major subjects will be clarified to give hope to some candidates in the humanities, for example, who may have pbaded the mathematics without obtaining credits, but see themselves always refuse access to the university even in courses where mathematics do not resist, "he noted.
The government presents a new bill on universities to ensure the good management of public universities.
But stakeholders, including the Ghana University Teachers' Association (UTAG), have criticized some aspects of the bill.
Academics and opposition members have expressed concerns about some sections of the bill.
Among the clauses that caused them trouble, the President of Ghana will appoint five members out of the nine members who will form the university council, as well as the president of the council.
Broadly Consult the Universities Bill to Ensure Peace on Campus – Otumfuo to gov't
But Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II urged the government to conduct extensive consultations before introducing the university bill in parliament.
Otumfuo Osei Tutu, who is also Chancellor of the University of Science and Technology of Kwame Nkrumah (KNUST), said the expanded consultations and the integration of the views of all stakeholders in the draft of The law would guarantee peace and tranquility on the various university campuses of the country.
"The public's interest in the bill should provide a strong incentive for the government to take into account the divergent views expressed by key stakeholders such as the Vice Chancellors of Ghana, the Association of Ghana University professors and Convocation members at all public universities, "he said.
The bill also gives effect to the university council to control the finances of the university and determine the allocation of funds.
At a graduation ceremony at the University of Professional Studies, President Akufo-Addo recently described the people who had expressed a different view and challenged the clauses of the bill as being "doers" wrong "and" hypocrites ".
In response, UTAG expressed dissatisfaction with the comments and said that it would continue to protest clauses deemed inappropriate to ensure its resolution prior to the introduction of the bill in Parliament.
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