News:
November 13, 2018
Minority leader in Ghana’s Legislative arm of Government Haruna Iddrusu has expressed grave concern about what he called a ‘loss of focus’ by Ghana’s public universities in the kind of programmes they offer.
Mr Haruna who is the Member of Parliament for the Tamale South constituency emphasised the urgent need to call the universities to order.
According to him each of Ghana’s public universities was established to achieve specific objectives for the national economy but have lost their original objectives for which they were established.
In making a contribution to a statement on the impasse between Authorities and students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), the Minority leader expressed worry why almost all public universities have shifted attention on humanity Courses rather than their core mandate.
He was not happy KNUST for instance which was established to produced more science and technology oriented graduates to help solve national challenges and create the much needed employment is producing more students in the humanity programmes including Business and Human Resource graduates.
Mr Haruna Iddrisu also advocates the urgent need for Parliament to interrogate the books of all public universities to ensure they are accountable and are delivering on their mandate whiles challenging his colleagues to identify and debate based on issues that are national in character devoid of partisanship inclinations.
By christianKpesese/ ghanamps.com