The speaker worries about the new bill; pledges to resist attempts to choke academic freedom ▷ Ghana news



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The information available on YEN.com.gh show that a professor of political science from the University of Ghana, Professor Yaw Gyampo, is committed to resisting government attempts to smother academic freedom.

According to him, a bill on public universities is an attempt to give the government control and administration of public universities.

"According to the bill I read, the government seeks to reduce the composition of public university boards from 15 to 9 on average.

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Professor Yaw Gyampo
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With this number, the government wants to appoint more people than other voters, he said.

According to a report by Myjoyonline.com, he went on to say that this initiative was the first step in mortgaging the independence and freedom of academic institutions.

In his view, with a government-controlled council, critics of the government can be treated in any way and would induce a relapse of independent minds into a culture of silence.

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