The Chairman of Radford University College in Accra, Nana Kwabena\u00a0 Dwomoh-Sarpong, has urged the government to create the\u00a0 right environment for private universities to thrive.<\/p>\n
For instance, he said, the government ought to stop taxing\u00a0 private universities so that they could have the breathing space to provide the kind of training that would prepare the youth to take up responsible positions after their education.<\/p>\n
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Speaking to the Daily Graphic in Accra yesterday, Nana Dwomoh-Sarpong said, \u201cWhen you tax us, you indirectly tax the students because it will be passed on to them and it makes it difficult for more people to access higher education.\u201d<\/p>\n
He stated that all over the world the best universities\u00a0 were the private ones,\u00a0 \u201cbut unfortunately in this country,\u00a0 people tend to bring the private universities down.\u201d <\/p>\n
According to him, anyone who established a university was not going to make profit, until maybe after 10 years because of the huge costs and tax overloads.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf they\u00a0 are making profit why are they unable to pay their loans?\u201d he questioned. Adding that some of the Institutions had collapsed.<\/p>\n
No competition<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Radford University Chairman pointed out that the private universities were not there to compete with the public universities. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey have been there for a long time and have something we don\u2019t have and we also have something they don\u2019t have,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
However,\u00a0 he emphasised that \u201call of us have the common goal to train our youths to be productive.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stressing on access, Nana Dwomoh-Sarpong said the private institutions had come to play a major role.<\/p>\n
\u201cUntil the private institutions came on board, how many people were getting access to higher education?\u201d he questioned.<\/p>\n
Job creation<\/strong><\/p>\nHe indicated that there were many areas the private universities would train people to enable them to get jobs, citing as\u00a0 an example, his outfit, which undertook undergraduate\u00a0 programme in fashion design.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe problem in this country is that we don\u2019t teach students how to set up their own businesses,\u201d he observed, adding\u00a0 that, that explained why Radford University College paid great attention to entrepreneurship as a course.<\/p>\n
Contrary to claims in certain quarters that the private universities charged high fees , Nana Dwomoh-Sarpong said\u00a0 \u201cwhat we charge is nothing to write home about compared\u00a0 to the public universities.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are charging lower than the fee being paid in public universities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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