See the five unaccredited courses offered at Cape Coast Technical University in AG’s Report

Some five courses offered by the Cape Coast Technical University were not accredited by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission as of 31 December 2021.

The courses are; Bachelor of Technology (Construction Technology & Management), Bachelor of Technology (Top-UP) Building Technology), Higher National Diploma (Building Technology), Higher National Diploma (Fashion Design & Textile Studies) and Higher National Diploma (Civil Engineering).

This was contained in the 2021 report of the auditor general on the public accounts of Ghana- technical universities for the year ended 31 December 2021.

According to the report, for Bachelor of Technology (Construction Technology & Management), the “University had not obtained accreditation but the programme had been started and the students were in their first semester of the second year.”

Three of the courses; Bachelor of Technology (Top-UP) Building Technology), Higher National Diploma (Building Technology), Higher National Diploma (Fashion Design & Textile Studies) were running with expired accreditations since 2020. While the remaining Higher National Diploma (Civil Engineering) was running with an expired accreditation since August 2021.

The infractions contravene section 36 of the Education Regulatory Bodies Act 2020 (Act 1023) which states that “a person who runs or advertise a tertiary education programme that is not accredited commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than ten thousand penalty units or a term of imprisonment of not less than fifteen years and not more than twenty years or both.”

Meanwhile the AG’s report indicated that Management of the school has assured that the processes for reaccreditation has long been completed and it is only waiting for the issuance of certificates by GTEC.