By Ewurabena Paha
The University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (UTAG) has asked President John Dramani Mahama to relieve the Director-General of GTEC and his deputies in order to restore confidence in the tertiary education sector and reset its regulatory posture.
At a news conference in Accra, UTAG claimed that the manner in which GTEC handled accreditation issues at the University of Cape Coast and other tertiary institutions amounts to clear regulatory overreach and a coercive administrative posture.
UTAG said it will not tolerate this and therefore believes a new GTEC leadership is urgently needed to correct the many wrongs it says have affected the university teaching and learning environment.
The President of UTAG, Prof Vera Fiador, who addressed the media, also took the opportunity to highlight other concerns, including the imposition of prior approval requirements over appointments, post-retirement engagements, and internal administrative positions that fall within the authority of universities.
UTAG said Prof Abdulai Jinapor and his deputies are disrespecting the rules of engagement in the management and execution of accreditation, promotion and appointments within the university space, and must be removed to pave the way for proper procedural actions across universities.
