{"id":735121,"date":"2019-10-31T14:52:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T14:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/31\/private-varsities-want-autonomy\/"},"modified":"2019-10-31T14:52:06","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T14:52:06","slug":"private-varsities-want-autonomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/31\/private-varsities-want-autonomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Private Varsities Want Autonomy &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>A scene during the ceremony<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Private Universities Students Association of Ghana (PUSAG) has called on government to make private universities autonomous.<\/p>\n<p>At the handover ceremony of the newly elected executives of PUSAG, which was under the theme: \u201cAcademic Freedom: Ensuring the Autonomous and Effective Running of Private Universities,\u201d the Minister of State for Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah, gave an assurance that the autonomy issue was being looked at by Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>He said government was determined to take measures to rule out the outmoded affiliation system.<\/p>\n<p>He indicated that government was making plans to remove all barriers that limit the ability of private tertiary institutions to become more effective and also put the private institutions on the same status as the public universities. \u201cThe new policy introduces measures that seek to make the private universities autonomous,\u201d he affirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Later in an interview, Prof. Yankson added that the new policy would award licence to private universities after three years of operation, depending on the number of years the university has been in existence and the facilities they have to operate with if they become autonomous.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLicence will be awarded to private universities that can operate on their own in terms of facilities and professionalism of lecturers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Executive Officer of <em>Joy for Fame<\/em>, John Obiri Yeboah, who was a guest speaker, said the existence of private tertiary institution had helped in the development of the country and promised to support PUSAG to become effective.<\/p>\n<p>The past National President of PUSAG, Charles Opoku, mentioned that private universities cannot continue to have their \u2018competitors\u2019 as their \u2018masters\u2019 and called on government to provide a five-year road map to give autonomy to private universities. He used the opportunity to outline some of the successes of his administration.<\/p>\n<p>The newly elected President of PUSAG, Alswel Annan, called on management of private universities to admit more students.<\/p>\n<p>Nana Dr. Appiagyei Dankawoso I, who chaired the function, advised the newly elected executives to stay focused and not dabble in unnecessary partisan politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t let any politician to use you; never be moved by what you see and hear but by the spirit,\u201d he advised.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Juliana Tamatey<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A scene during the ceremony The Private Universities Students Association of Ghana (PUSAG) has called on government to make private universities autonomous. 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