The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has instructed the University of Ghana (UG) to adhere strictly to the fees approved by the Ministry of Education for the 2025/2026 academic year, cautioning that non-compliance will attract sanctions. In a statement released on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, the Commission stated that the approved fee structure, which had […]
The University of Ghana has pushed back against the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission’s (GTEC) published fees for the upcoming academic year, stating they contradict agreements reached at a high-level stakeholder meeting chaired by the Deputy Minister of Education. According to GTEC, publicly funded universities cannot review student fees without adhering to proper procedures, including seeking […]
Following the observation by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) that there was an increasing number of public officers presenting unearned academic titles and certificates for appointment, promotion, or certification in the public sector in Ghana in recent times, the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) has been drawn into the campaign to help with investigations to sanitise […]
In response to a Right to Information (RTI) Act request on the academic credentials of Prof Ahmed Jinapor Abdulai, the Director-General of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has complied and responded with full information on when he was promoted to the rank of senior lecturer in 2014 and […]
The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has issued a warning to all heads of tertiary institutions and the public against engaging with 50 foreign tertiary institutions that are not recognised by the Commission due to accreditation and quality assurance breaches. In a statement issued by the Director-General, Prof. Ahmed Jinapor Abdulai, GTEC cautioned that these […]
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), University of Cape Coast (UCC) chapter, has given the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) a strict 48-hour deadline to withdraw its recent sanctions against the university. The ultimatum, issued by UTAG-UCC Secretary Dr Isaac Boabeng, comes in response to GTEC’s decision to suspend all government-related support and services […]
The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) had indicated to Dr Williams Abayaawien Atuilik of Heritage Christian University at Amasaman in Accra that his temporary Visiting Professor appointments by two US universities do not align with the formal academic ranks in Ghana. This follows Dr Atuilik’s initial response to GTEC in a letter dated July 16, […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
