Former Deputy Minister of State at the Presidency, Victoria Bright, has defended the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) in the ongoing debate over academic titles. The former appointee in the Kufuor administration insists the regulator is not witch-hunting anyone. Her comments come in the wake of a high-profile standoff between GTEC and Deputy Minister of […]
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GTEC crackdown on unaccredited institutions: 2 Officials arrested at Nyarkotey College
Personnel from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service in the company of officials of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) last Wednesday picked up two officials from the Nyarkotey College of Holistic Medicine Study Centre in Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region for running unaccredited programmes and operating an unaccredited centre. […]
GTEC begins arrest, prosecution of honorary PhD holders
The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) will start arresting those who insist on using honorary professorship for prosecution this week. It said individuals using those titles based on honour awards violated the Education Regulatory Bodies Act, 2020 (Act 1023), stressing that such acts would be treated as public deception and prosecuted accordingly. “For clarity, the […]
GTEC to invite Hassan Ayariga on legal threats
The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) says it intends to invite Hassan Ayariga for discussion over his threats to take the institution to court for insisting on him to provide proof of an unearned PhD or drop the title Dr. According to GTEC, it was not interested in litigation, disgracing or embarrassing any individual over […]
GTEC orders COA Herbal Centre’s Ato Duncan to stop using ‘Professor’ title
The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has issued a stern warning to Samuel Ato Duncan, CEO of COA Herbal Centre, demanding he immediately cease using the academic title “Professor” after failing to provide proof of his credentials. The regulatory body’s latest letter dated July 17, 2025 follows an initial June 3 directive that went unheeded, […]
GTEC goes paperless today – Prof. Jinapor announces at Perez University College graduation
Effective today, the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) will no longer accept manual applications for programme accreditation for all tertiary institutions in Ghana. The Director-General of GTEC, Professor Ahmed Abdulai Jinapor, who announced this, explained that the decision would help cut down on paperwork, increase efficiency, reduce waiting time for accreditation and most importantly, cut […]
GTEC threatens revocation, legal action against ‘Dr’, ‘Prof’ title abusers
Ghana’s academic landscape is set for a major cleanup, as the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has outlined the next steps in its efforts to curb the widespread misuse of honorary titles. Professor Augustine Ocloo, Deputy Director-General of GTEC, has issued a stern warning, indicating that individuals misrepresenting unearned accolades face not only the revocation […]
GTEC directs universities to cease SHS satellite campus operations
The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has ordered universities to cease operating satellite campuses in senior high schools (SHSs) and on unapproved premises. The Director-General of GTEC, Professor Ahmed Abdulai Jinapor, said the proliferation of satellite campuses of most universities with charters was negatively affecting the growth and development of technical universities. “It is of […]
TEWU Ghana suspends two-week strike
The Tertiary Education Workers Union of Ghana (TEWU-GH) has suspended its two-week strike after engagements with the National Labour Commission, GTEC, and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission. The Union suspended work on February 1 over non-payment of their vehicle maintenance allowances and other conditions of service. It was a back-and-forth between the Union and […]
Halt Medical Physics programme at CK Tedam University – Society for Medical Physics charges GTEC, others
The Ghana Society for Medical Physics (GSMP) has raised concerns and objected to the introduction of a Bachelor of Science (BSc) programme in Medical Physics at the CK Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences (CKT-UTAS). It said Medical Physics, by convention, was run as a postgraduate academic programme globally due to the complex physics […]
Beware of scammers! – GTEC cautions mature students
The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has cautioned the public to be wary of scammers who hide under the cover of entrance examination banners to dupe innocent students. It said those advertisements, among others, usually indicated that the prospective candidates did not need to have a certificate of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination […]