The maiden Summer School organised by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), in collaboration with stakeholders in the tertiary education sector has commenced.
The two-day summer school under the theme: “Towards effective governance and quality management in Tertiary Education Institutions”, among many others, was to provide the platform for all members gathered to share ideas, probe into existing practices and profess solutions for the perfection of tertiary educational delivery in the country.
Opening the conference on Monday in Kumasi, the Director General of GTEC, Prof. Ahmed Abdulai Jinapor, stated that players within the tertiary educational space have no option but to get it right because for him, getting it wrong might have dire consequences for the human resource positioning of the nation.
He indicated that the 10 top Speakers have been carefully selected to speak on very relevant topics which would go a long way to transform the tertiary education space.
Prof Jinapor charged the participants to make inputs by sharing their experiences with others so the nation will benefit from their knowledge and skills for the transformation of the tertiary education sector which trains majority of the nation’s manpower for the job market.
Prof. Goska Alabi, President of Laweh Open University, said there was a need for the tertiary institutions to take a critical look at the courses they offered and their relevance to the current needs of the job market.
This, she explained, could be done by researching into the current needs of employers and not just offering courses because students were interested in offering their courses.
She stated that as educators, there was a need for them to look at how to help in the promotion of society by thinking about how to make people happy with the courses they offered to students.
The Vice Chancellor of KNUST, Prof. Mrs Rita Akosua Dickson, in her welcome address praised GTEC for the conference, which would go a long way to promote development at the tertiary education institutions.
She assured GTEC of their readiness to host them again anytime they wish, for the good of the education sector and the people of Ghana.
In attendance were participants from Colleges of Education, Traditional Universities, Technical Universities, Private operators in the tertiary education space and the GTEC among others.
Also present were Colleges of Agriculture, as well as Nursing and Midwifery training institutions.
The participants numbering about 500 expressed their profound gratitude and appreciation to GTEC for the innovative initiative.
By Felix Baidoo
