The former Rector of Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Stephen Adei has questioned the allocation of only two slots to private tertiary institutions on the National Accreditations Board, describing it as absurd. Prof. Adei believes that given the number of private institutions and their contribution to education in the country, there should be more than two representatives on the 13-member board. He called for more dynamism in the education sector to help the nation achieve its development agenda for future generations. Prof Adei noted in an interview with Adom News on Tuesday that most major decisions are taken without the contribution of the major private schools, arguing that if Ghana should achieve the enviable transformations of other countries in Asia and Europe, more needs to be done than what pertains in the education sector where according to him, there is very little ‘thinking outside the box’. Professor Stephen Adei appealed to the government to intervene in the sector to salvage the situation. The former GIMPA Rector over the weekend described the NAB Chairman, Prof. D.A. Acheampong as not fit to occupy the position, saying he (Prof. Acheampong) had been employing outdated approaches in running affairs in the country’s educational system. He accused the Board of doing little to help private universities and thereby making it difficult for them to overcome the challenges and offer quality training to students. The Executive Secretary of the NAB, Mr Kwame Dattey who spoke on behalf of his boss denied Prof. Adei’s accusations, challenging him to provide basis for his effusion. He said the two representatives from the private tertiary institutions on the Board speak on behalf of private universities. He therefore discounted Prof. Adei’s assertion that the NAB is deliberately frustrating private tertiary institutions. The Public Relations Officer of the National Accreditation Board, Mr. Richard Adjei also said the board reduced the number of the representatives of both private and public universities to cut cost and not as a deliberate action against private universities. Story by Abednego Asante/Adom News