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The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) says it is rolling out an Accreditation Management Information System to fast-track the process of acquiring accreditation for various tertiary education programmes and courses, Professor Ahmed Jinapor Abdulai, the Director General of the GTEC, has said.
As a digital platform, he explained that the system would further ease the ‘accreditation environment’ by taking away the ‘paperwork’ in accessing accreditation for various academic programmes.
Prof. Abdulai was speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on the sidelines of the 49th Delegates Congress of the Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG), underway in Sunyani.
“We are making sure that the accreditation environment is eased and eased with the wheels of technology so that applicants can sit in the comfort of their homes to apply for programmes and through it we can also access such programmes,” he stated.
The two-day congress, being attended by the Vice Chancellors of the various technical universities and some tutors is on the theme, “Technical university governance: Strengthening partnerships for institutional growth”.
Describing the information management system as important and critical ingredients in the nation’s accreditation architecture, Prof. Abdulai said he was highly optimistic that with efficiency in the accreditation process, the quality of education provided especially technical education “will be one that inured to the development aspirations of the country”.
Earlier, Prof. Uriah S. Tetteh, the President of TUTAG, indicated that governance and resource allocation remained critical and central, as TUs in the country strove to fulfil their mandate of equipping graduates with practical and innovative skills.
He said effective governance requires inclusivity, transparency, and collaboration among all stakeholders, including management, unions, faculty, and students.
“However, in many TUs we witness strained relationships between unions and management, often arising from disagreements over the allocation of scarce resources, remuneration, and institutional priorities,” Prof. Tetteh stated, saying those disagreements, if not addressed could erode trust and disrupt institutional missions.
As stakeholders in TUs governance, the TUTAG President said the association recognised the necessity of fostering collaborations between the government, unions, management, and the private sector to maximise the available scarce resources.
—GNA
