Audio By Carbonatix
The University of Ghana has responded to claims that some of its programmes offered have expired.
Pro-Vice Chancellor in charge of the school's Academic and Students Affairs, Prof Gordon Awandare admitted that indeed some of the courses are faced with this challenge, explaining that it was a result of the bureaucratic nature of the process.
However, the institution currently working to ensure that they are renewed in the books of the Ghana Tertiary Commission, he said on JoyNews.
Prof Awandare made these comments on Newsfile on Saturday, September 3, 2022.
The latest report by the Auditor-General revealed that out of 360 programmes run by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), only 61 are accredited. The University of Ghana also has 374 of its programmes unaccredited.
This has cast doubt on the worthiness of the certificates they issue to persons who participate in such programmes.
The Education Regulatory Bodies Act 2020 indicates that no tertiary education institutions shall "operate
or run a programme without accreditation by the Board."

Expressing the school's effort in this regard, he revealed that an Accreditation desk has been created at the office of the registrar to accelerate the move.
Meanwhile, the spokesperson of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr Norris Bekoe wants GTEC to decentralise and digitalise its accreditation process.
Latest Stories
-
He entered at eight. He is now 16: Ghana’s children growing up in prayer camps
20 minutes -
‘Development must not always begin from Accra’ — Anwelle Foundation launched in Jirapa
23 minutes -
PKO trio eye victories at Odwira Festival
3 hours -
346 Ghana Navy recruits pass out after 26 weeks of intensive training
3 hours -
Newsfile to discuss EOCO-MP arrest, drug trafficking, speech arrests and $235m water debt
4 hours -
JoyNews gets results as listeners raise GH¢40,000 to help 17-year-old student with cerebral palsy attend SHS
4 hours -
Vice President calls for stronger local pharmaceutical production to reduce medicine imports
4 hours -
The brewing tension at KNUST; Beware the Ides of October….
5 hours -
Health Ministry moves to integrate traditional medicine into mainstream healthcare
5 hours -
550 pupils in Kintampo South get educational lifeline as ‘Seeds of Hope’ reaches farming communities
5 hours -
Opoku Mensah urges Christian Council, House of Chiefs to speak up on democratic freedoms
6 hours -
Teacher unions’ strike: Minority demands immediate payment of teacher arrears, 20% deprived area allowance
6 hours -
The Accra-Kumasi Expressway: Building it right
6 hours -
Beyond gold exports: Building value and economic resilience from Ghana’s gold
6 hours -
2027 AFCONQ: Ghana under pressure as Gambia beat Somalia 2-1
6 hours