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Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has questioned the relevance of some courses run by the universities in the country.
Dr. Adutwum cited the situation as one of the causes of Ghana's high graduate unemployment rate.
He was speaking at the University of Ghana's 74th Annual New Year School.
“So many students have been enrolled in Diploma in Education, they are being trained for jobs that do not exist. Thousands and thousands are graduating for jobs that do not exist,” Dr Adutwum said.
He mentioned some courses in some of the universities in the country to support his assertion.
“One favourite course that I always cite is what is called Sanitation Education but there is no course in Sanitation to be taught.
“Invariably, we have BA in Education and it is supposed to prepare students for non-teaching jobs, what type of non-teaching jobs are you preparing students in BA Education? They don’t exist but the degree programme exist,” he added.
The Education Minister assured that government is collaborating with the universities to correct the imbalance.
“I am fully aware and we are engaging the universities. I think we need to focus on courses that have relevance to that particular student and to the nation,” he said.
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