The Concerned Alumni of the Cape Coast Technical University have said that the absence of a governing council at the school is affecting monitoring and supervision of academic and administrative activities.
In 2017, government inaugurated the governing council of six technical universities (Accra, Kumasi, Ho, Takoradi, Sunyani and Koforidua) after the conversion polytechnics in the country.
This left the Cape Coast Technical University without a governing council – the official body mandated to run the day to day activities of the school.
But leader of the group, Daniel Abawana explained that the Technical University Amendment Act 2018 act 974, 27 states that only the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) can put in place a council.
He added that the situation is adversely affecting teaching and learning.
“If there is a council in place, monitoring and supervision in terms of academic and administration can be done effectively to bring excellence in the school that will affect the students positively. Recruitment of lecturers and administrative workers is on hold. We need more lecturers in the classroom. If the council is in place, they will see to it that, more lecturers are recruited.”
Illegal Interim Management
Meanwhile, the concerned alumni are outraged by an Interim Management Committee (IMC) temporarily set up to oversee the administration of the school.
According to their leader, the IMC was illegally constituted hence, government must step in to avert any legal tussle.
“Currently there is an IMC whose mandate is limited is in place. The IMC has recently appointed a committee to draft statutes for the running of the technical university which to us is unlawful. We are calling on government through the ministry of education and the National Council and Tertiary Education not to back this illegality because we do not want to find ourselves in court litigating over such a simple issue.”
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By: citinewsroom.com | Ghana