The government will establish six new universities in the country by the end of this year, the Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has said. They are the University of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Akrodie in the Ahafo Region; the University of Engineering and Agricultural Science at Bunso in the Eastern Region; the University of Health, Agriculture and Life Sciences at Kintampo in the Bono East Region; the University of Mampong in the Ashanti Region; the Local Governance and Leadership University in Accra, and the University for Sports Development. The move, the minister said, was to increase gross tertiary enrolment ratio of the country.
In a presentation in Accra yesterday on the State of Education in the country, Dr Adutwum said there was a bold attempt by the government that by 2030, the country should be able to hit 40 per cent gross tertiary enrolment ratio. The forum for the presentation was attended by a number of personalities, including heads of agencies under the Ministry of Education, heads of schools, directors of education, representatives of the country’s development partners and civil society organisations.
Delivering what he described as an evidence-based presentation at the Accra International Conference Centre, Dr. Adutwum said, among other things, the state of education was now stronger than what the government met seven years ago. He added that the education sector had seen massive investment in infrastructure expansion, access and quality.
The Minister of Education said the construction of some of the universities had been completed and that the bills were in Parliament, and that the Parliamentary Select Committee on Education was going to be working on them “so that we can get the act that would establish them”. In the area of technical, vocational, education and training (TVET), for instance, he said there had been great transformation with the provision of equipment to training institutions.
