Professor Adei Stirs debate; Do not let teachers become VCs | Education

The post of vice-chancellor at public universities should not be reserved for academics, said the chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Professor Stephen Adei.

Instead, he calls for it to be open to people with proven creativity and leadership skills to lead and transform universities.

Professor Adei, former rector of the Institute of Management and Public Administration of Ghana (GIMPA), described the current practice according to which the post is limited to teachers is erroneous and argued that the higher education was an important industry and that institutions innovative and entrepreneurial mindset to manage them.

"The university is a very big industry. The University of Ghana, for example, is probably the largest Ghanaian institution with about 3,000 workers and about 40,000 students.

You can not give it to a teacher because he has written many articles, "he said.

"That does not mean that the teacher can not be a good leader, but being a teacher does not qualify you for being an academic leader.

We need quality leaders to transform our universities, "he added.

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Graduation ceremony

Professor Adei delivered a speech at the graduation ceremony of the Master of Business Administration (EMBA) and Master of Applied Research (MABR) at the Nobel International Business School (NiBS) in Accra last Saturday.

Eighteen students, who were the first group to undertake the EMBA program, and 13 others, who were the fourth group to continue the MABR program, graduated at the event.

Professor Adei said that if the government sought to transform higher education by adopting the public universities bill, it was necessary to pay critical attention to private universities.

He observed that the country's top private universities were facing "formidable challenges", including their inability to attract the required number of students, finding the right number of teachers and mobilizing resources to support a quality education.

"Many colleges are caught in a vicious circle: they have to charge a modest fee ranging from 4,000 to 6,000 GH ¢, while the actual cost per student is at least 20,000 GH ¢. However, they can not increase their fees because the public considers that the lower fees charged by public colleges are the reference.

"My wish is that there is a progressive law that encourages and supports private higher education to contribute effectively to the development of human resources in the country," he said.

Being innovative

NiBS founder, president and executive dean, Professor Kwaku Atuahene-Gima, urged graduates to embrace innovation and apply lessons learned from their fields of study to the workplace in order to contribute to the country's development.

He proposed that tertiary-level education not be limited to PhDs, but that experienced industry players be allowed to pbad on knowledge to bridge the gap between L & # 39; Industry and academia.

"Why should a subject taught at the university be designed and taught only by teachers?

If we involve people and change the traditional model by involving industry players in both teaching and evaluation, the right kind of people will be development.