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General News of Monday, 8 April 2019
Source: starrfm.com.gh
2019-04-08
A cross-section of the minority in Parliament
The Minority in Parliament has urged lecturers of the various public universities to rise up against the Public Universities Bill aimed at diffusing their autonomy.
According to the Minority, the Public Universities Bill is an attempt to kill academic freedom at various public universities.
Some of the proposals in the Bill grant; (a) the President's power to dissolve the university Council; b) Allow the university Council to make appointments to the Council at each cycle.
The minority has described the proposals as worrisome. According to them, the bill, which is yet to be ugly in Parliament, has had serious consequences as far as academic freedom is concerned.
Political Science Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo.
Speaking to Starr News Spokesperson Minority on Education Peter Nortsu Gyampo against the draft bill
"We expect the university to also make their voice clear, so they'll have the wisdom to bear the right thing … .If they [majority] "I have to answer the question," said Mr. Nortsu told Starr News, "Ibrahim Alhasan.
He added that lecturers must strongly oppose the bill adding that there is nothing good in the Public Universities Bill.
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