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A former Director of the Ghana School of Law (GSL), Mr Kwaku Ansa-Asare, has called for the discontinuance of the consideration and passage of the Public University Bill currently before Parliament forthwith, in the national interest.
“It seems to me that the Executive and the Legislature are bent on passing it into law, despite the vehement protestations by many well-meaning Ghanaians,” he said.
In a statement on the issue of the Public University Bill, a copy of which was sent to the Daily Graphic, the former Director of the GSL called on both the Executive and the Legislative arms of government to reflect before embarking on such a risky venture to pass the Public University Bill into law.
The Director-General of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), Prof. Mohammed Salifu, has explained that the introduction of the Public University Bill is to address the wide variation and sometimes conflicting provisions in the isolated pieces of legislation establishing public universities.
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‘Universities are losing grants and accreditation’
Universities in Telangana are without vice-chancellors for the last 18 months while thousands of vacancies are combinedly damaging the image of the varsities while academics are severely hit due to the indifferent attitude of the Telangana government, charged speakers at a roundtable.
The meeting, organised by the Osmania University Teachers Association (OUTA), was attended by N. Ramchander Rao, MLC from BJP, Dasoju Sravan Kumar, AICC spokesperson, Prof. B. Bucha Reddy, former chairman, Federation of University Teachers Association, Prof. D. Manohar Rao, chairman, Telangana State Retired Teachers Association, Prof. G. Laxman, Prof. Battu Satyanarayana, former president, OUTA., among others expressed their concern over the pathetic situation in universities.
Covid19: Stagger reopening of schools to accomodate all students – TUTAG LISTEN
JAN 2, 2021
The Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) has suggested the reopening of schools be staggered so tertiary institutions can contain the large number of SHS graduates scheduled to enter university.
According to the National President of TUTAG, Dr. Michael Brigandi, this way, the school facilities can support the large number of students expected.
“I will suggest that, if the admissions are actually high, in terms of numbers, the reopening should be staggered as they did for first years but if the tertiary institutions are able to absorb the numbers, it will be good for everyone to come, but our facilities need to meet the large numbers that we are expecting.”