The President of the Presbyterian University College Ghana (PUCG) in Abetifi has encouraged various heads and management of both public and private universities to embrace the new educational reforms for tertiary educational institutions in the country.
Government of Ghana and the Ministry of Education is set to roll out a number of initiatives aimed at improving and reforming tertiary education and institutions in the country to make them more relevant.
Key among the initiatives is the Tertiary Education Bill currently before Parliament which seeks to streamline the governance and management of the tertiary education in Ghana, and the Centralized Application
and Placement System (CAPS) which will create a single platform for students to select and apply for admission into their preferred university without going to buy different forms for all universities.
Speaking at the 13th Congregation of the Presbyterian University College, the President of the University, Rev. Prof. Adow .F. Obeng who indicated that his University is positioning itself to face the challenges and take advantage of the reforms called on other universities to embrace the new reforms.
“With the new system, a potential student will only have to buy a voucher, go onto the platform and select three universities and nine programs that he or she would like to study in terms of preference so the universities will have to use their internal systems to admit students into the appropriate programmes. The students also have the option to accept or reject the university and programmes offered them.”
He added that: “It is in the supreme interest of private universities to be on the CAPS platform. PUCG has decided to be on that platform and we are currently working hard to improve our ICT infrastructure and redesigning our admission forms and processes so that we can be on the system when it is finally rolled out. This will further enhance the visibility of the university and I will urge all other universities especially the private ones to also take advantage of this new reform in the tertiary education sector.”