The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has educated journalists and media practitioners on its mandate and operations under the Education Regulatory Bodies Act, 2020 (Act 1023).
GTEC is a merger of the erstwhile National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) and National Accreditation Board (NAB) and is also made up of 264 Tertiary Educational Institutions, with 175 public and 93 private.
Speaking at the seminar in Accra yesterday, under the theme, “Media Sensitisation on the Mandate and Operations of GTEC”, the Director General of GTEC, Mr Mohammed Salifu, said there is the need to sensitise the media to help maintain the eternal vigilance and hold their Tertiary Education Landscape(TELs) accountable.
According to him, the policy document guiding the activities of the Commission is under Act 1023.
Mr Salifu further told the journalists that the mandate of GTEC is to regulate Tertiary Education in all its forms, with a view to achieving certain objectives, which include effective and efficient management.
On the mandate of the Commission, the Director General stated that his outfit establishes and develops TELs, budgets and many more, adding that it also plans system relative to needs of the development and also implements norms and standards and other necessary duties.
The Chairman of GTEC, Mr. Kwame Boafo Arthur, in his address emphasised on the importance of the media in carrying the mandate and operations of his outfit, as it plays a vital role in Ghana. “The media plays a vital role in Ghana’s development, that is why it is critical that they have a full understanding of the commission to enhance its performance of agenda setting as far as Tertiary Education is concerned,” he stated.
He also noted that his outfit partners with the media to create awareness of the level of standards and quality assessments in Tertiary Education and also to come up with strategies on how best the Commission, in collaboration with the media can improve Tertiary Education.
“We must also make sure all institutions conform to rules and regulations that will help in enhancing the standards of various Institutions,” he added.
