{"id":79631,"date":"2015-01-06T10:09:28","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T10:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=79631"},"modified":"2015-01-06T10:10:14","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T10:10:14","slug":"converting-polytechnics-into-universities-govt-to-engage-stakeholders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=79631","title":{"rendered":"Converting Polytechnics into Universities: Gov&#8217;t to engage stakeholders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President John Dramani Mahama will \u00a0chair a stakeholder forum aimed at working out modalities to convert Polytechnics into Technical Universities today.<\/p>\n<p>The forum which is under the theme \u201cRepositioning technical education as a driver of economic transformation and national development\u201d will assemble top academicians and educationalists across the country to devise measures to ensure the conversion.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;g5m9w8q8dyjTNhdwF2hUBk6hKv3nbG09&#8243;]The conversion of polytechnic into technical universities was one of the manifesto promises of the Mahama administration ahead of the 2012 elections.<\/p>\n<p>This is aimed at creating more opportunities for students desirous of acquiring higher academic laurels and repositioning polytechnics as strategic institutions for the training of highly skilled human resource.<\/p>\n<p>The rationale behind the conversion was to also achieve parity of esteem with the universities without departing from the practical-oriented philosophy of polytechnic education and training.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54426\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54426\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/prof-naana-agyemang-620x400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54426\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/prof-naana-agyemang-620x400.jpg\" alt=\"Minister of Education, Prof Naana Agyeman\" width=\"620\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/prof-naana-agyemang-620x400.jpg 620w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/prof-naana-agyemang-620x400-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minister of Education, Prof Naana Agyeman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Former Secretary General of the Commonwealth Association of Polytechnics in Africa and former Rector of Ho Polytechnic, Dr George Afeti,in July 2014 said government <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/07\/14\/polytechnics-to-become-universities-in-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>would soon place a bill<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>on the conversion of polytechnics into technical universities before Parliament to give the\u00a0legal backing\u00a0 for\u00a0the take-off.<\/p>\n<p>He said converted polytechnics are not to become \u201ctraditional\u201d universities with similar mandates or duplicate the courses and programmes that the universities are offering.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Challenges hindering conversion\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In November 2014, Ghana\u2019s Education Minister Professor Jane Naan Opoku Agyemang revealed that \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/10\/12\/potag-strike-hindering-conversion-of-polytechnics-to-universities-minister\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>some challenges were hindering<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>the conversion of respective polytechnics into universities.<\/p>\n<p>She said a three-week strike by Polytechnic teachers Association of Ghana(POTAG) has hindered plans to convert the institutions into technical universities by 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Naana also revealed that put-off development partners working with government to achieve the feat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President John Dramani Mahama will \u00a0chair a stakeholder forum aimed at working out modalities to convert Polytechnics into Technical Universities today. 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