NEW JUABEN OMANHENE HOSTS PRIAVATE UNIVERISTY HEADS (Page 20)

Story: A. Kofoya-Tetteh, Koforidua

THE Omanhene of New Juaben, Daasebre (Professor) Oti Boateng, has asked the Conference of Heads of Private Universities in Ghana (CHPUG), an association of private universities in the country, to ensure conformity of academic programmes in tertiary institutions under its umbrella.
This, he said, would enable such tertiary institutions to produce the required professionals for the development of the country.
Daasebre (Professor) Oti Boateng said this when he hosted members of the association to a luncheon at his Koforidua palace last Thursday.
The heads of the private universities were in the Eastern Regional capital for their usual quarterly meeting and also to plan for the association's annual conference scheduled to take place in Accra on March 14.
At the meeting, the newly-elected treasurer of CHPUG, Mr Peter Ackah, formally took over from his predecessor, Mr Kwame Antwi-Boasiako.
According to Daasebre (Professor) Oti Boateng, although private universities were already producing good professionals and complementing government efforts of providing tertiary education in the country, it would be ideal if the CHPUG could come out with standardised academic programmes that would conform to all its member-institutions.
"Your role is vital because you have made it possible for all those who could not enter the public universities but you must come out with standardised academic programmes that will conform to the institutions under your umbrella," the New Juaben Omanhene stated.
He asked the CHPUG to continue to dialogue with the Accreditation Board of tertiary institutions to ensure good standards of academic programmes in their institutions.
The Chairman of CHPUG, who is also the President of the All Nations University, Rev (Dr) Samuel Donkor, gave the assurance that private universities would continue to produce good professionals for the country.
Rev (Dr) Donkor, who described Daasebre (Professor) Oti Boateng, as a traditional ruler who cherished education, thanked him for hosting the group.