The Minister designate for Education Dr. Yaw Adutwum, says Education Regulatory Bodies Act 2020 (Act 10230) passed by Parliament with the Presidential Assent on 21st August 2020 has abolished the affiliation policy for all new private tertiary institutions.
He said private institutions currently affiliated to the traditional universities have been given four to five years to go through the process of being chartered. Responding to a question of what he would do to review the exorbitant fees private universities were paying to mentoring public universities they were affiliated to, Dr. Adutwum assured the committee that he would implement the law when he gets the nod.
The Minister Designate for Education was quizzed on a number of issues relating to education and his stewardship for the last four years as a Deputy Minister of Education.
Dwelling on why he argued against a Private Members Motion that called for government`s support for students of public and private universities in fees payment, the Minister Designate assured the Committee that he would be the last person not to support an effort to bring relief to needy students to pursue tertiary education.
