Tertiary institutions cannot be fully autonomous from government as long as they depend on government funding and tax payers\u2019 money, President John Mahama has said.<\/p>\n
President Mahama however assured that, government’s interference in the affairs of public tertiary institutions would not extend beyond issues of funding to academia.<\/p>\n
Responding to a question on the matter\u00a0at the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation\u2019s (GBC)\u00a0evening encounter\u00a0series for presidential candidates on Wednesday, he explained that the public tertiary institutions could not benefit from government funding and not be accountable.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe that autonomy in intellectual institution or\u00a0academia is important; but in our circumstances, government funds heavily the universities, so definitely you cannot take public funds and say that you don\u2019t want government to interfere.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI won\u2019t come and tell you what to teach the students, I won\u2019t come and interfere in a seminar at the university; but if you take money from\u00a0the tax payers, I want to know how you spent it,\u201d President Mahama said.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, he indicated that “where you have absolute autonomy, it is because universities raise their own money.”<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are entitled to autonomy; but in our circumstances of today, it is a partnership with government and that partnership will continue for some time until we reach some stage where they are able to exist on their own.\u201d<\/p>\n
Using the the\u00a0Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) as an example, President Mahama said, \u201cGIMPA raises its own funds, GIMPA pays its own lecturers, GIMPA has nothing to do with us. Me too I don\u2019t go and interfere, I don\u2019t ask them anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
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By:\u00a0\u00a0 Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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