{"id":357590,"date":"2017-09-28T12:26:32","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T12:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=357590"},"modified":"2017-11-10T11:10:01","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T11:10:01","slug":"gij-sets-october-6-congregation-date-after-two-postponements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/gij-sets-october-6-congregation-date-after-two-postponements\/","title":{"rendered":"GIJ sets October 6 Congregation date after two postponements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Management of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), has scheduled its 11<sup>th<\/sup> Congregation, which was postponed indefinitely due to the absence of a school governing council to Friday 6<sup>th<\/sup> October.<\/p>\n<p>The 11<sup>th<\/sup> congregation, which was earlier slated to take place on September 22<sup>nd<\/sup> under the Ministry of Education\u2019s National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE), was postponed after a new council was formed some days to the planned date.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;oY5tguznxXWS05IgpHfnKBtcYX7azHCw&#8221;]The newly constituted governing council, which was inaugurated by the Ministry of Education, replaces the erstwhile council which exhausted its four years term.<\/p>\n<p>The Registrar of the Institute, Mr. Perry Ofosu, affirmed that with the approval of the governing council, the 11<sup>th<\/sup> Congregation is set to come off come Friday October 6<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u201cbecause the Council was inaugurated very close to the time, it was not prudent to have the congregation\u201d adding that, it is the \u201cCouncil\u2019s responsibility to confer the degrees on the qualified students; and it is the Chairman of Council who does that on behalf of Council.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe newly constituted Council would have to be informed on everything that is being done for them to abreast themselves, and therefore the decision was made that it should be postponed. So academic board later on proposed that the congregation should take place on the 6<sup>th<\/sup> of October and Council approved it; and once the Governing Council has approved, then it means it will take place of the 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we organized the graduate congregation, we sought permission from NCTE, so the NCTE Executive Secretary stood in as a stand in Chairman, as the regulator; and that one was because there was no council in place. But now that a council is in place, council would have to take the responsibility of conferring [the degrees],\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_249360\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-249360\" style=\"width: 692px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/GIJ-Graduation-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-249360\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/GIJ-Graduation-2.jpg\" alt=\"Citi FM honoured the best graduating broadcast journalist at GIJ at last year's Congregation\" width=\"692\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-249360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Citi FM honoured the best graduating broadcast journalist at GIJ at last year&#8217;s Congregation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>GIJ\u2019s Governing Council<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The new council is under the Chairmanship of Professor Kwasi Ansu-Kyeremeh.<\/p>\n<p>Other members of the Council include Dr. Wilberforce S. Dzisah (Rector\/Member), Dr. Mrs. Margaret Amoakohene (Head, School of Communication Studies, Legon), Dr. Kweku Rockson (Ministry of Education Representative), Mr. Akwasi Owusu Agyeman (Media Industry Representative), Ms. Adjoa Yeboah Afari (Alumni Representative), Mr. Edwin Amankwa (Minister\u2019s Nominee), Mrs. Harriet Akua Karikari (Convocation Representative), and Ms. Monica Korkor Bleboo (Minister\u2019s Nominee).<\/p>\n<p>The term of the previous council ended in November 2016. Every tertiary institution operates under a council. The council is referred to as the governing council, and is responsible for determining policies that are implemented by management.<\/p>\n<p>Management will make proposals, but council\u00a0has to approve before implementation; and it includes some expenditure. 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