{"id":606165,"date":"2019-04-08T21:16:13","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T21:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday,  8 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citinewsroom.com<\/p>\n2019-04-08\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/431731"},"modified":"2019-04-08T21:16:13","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T21:16:13","slug":"well-kick-against-portions-of-bill-threatening-university-autonomy-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/08\/well-kick-against-portions-of-bill-threatening-university-autonomy-mp\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019ll kick against portions of Bill \u2018threatening\u2019 university autonomy \u2013 MP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday,  8 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citinewsroom.com<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-08<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/43173133.295.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Nortsu Kotoe\" title=\"Peter Nortsu Kotoe\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ranking member on Education Committee of Parliament, Peter Nortsu<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Following reports of controversial clauses in the newly drafted Public Universities Bill, a ranking member on Education Committee of Parliament, Peter Nortsu has said the committee will kick against sections of the policy that affect the autonomy of universities.<\/p>\n<p>Among other things, the draft Bill, which has been sighted by Citi News, gives the President the power to dissolve and reconstitute the governing council of a public university in cases of emergencies.<\/p>\n<p>The President is also given the power to appoint an interim council to operate for a stated period.<\/p>\n<p>Per the draft, a University council shall consist of nine persons including a chairperson nominated by the President.<\/p>\n<p>But responding to the reports emanating from the Bill, Mr. Nortsu said it is in Ghana\u2019s interest to safeguard the semi-autonomous status of universities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it is so, it is an attempt by the government to control the management of public universities which is not the best. It is going to take away that autonomy or freedom from the universities, so the universities are going to be managed like Senior High Schools.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The MP said the already existing supervision through governing councils was enough for the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you take that freedom from them, you are not helping them. We don\u2019t have the resources as a nation to control every aspect of the public sector.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy don\u2019t you allow them to manage their own affairs and then if you have any problem that the government with the minister of education can come in and probably put the corrective measures in place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Education Committee will make a recommendation when the Bill comes before it and Mr. Nortsu assured that \u201cwhen it comes in its entirety, we will look at it and where it aims at making government control the universities, we will kick against it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Monday, 8 April 2019 Source: citinewsroom.com 2019-04-08 Ranking member on Education Committee of Parliament, Peter Nortsu Following reports of controversial clauses in the newly drafted Public Universities Bill, a ranking member on Education Committee of Parliament, Peter Nortsu has said the committee will kick against sections of the policy that affect the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":606166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-606165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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