Authorities in Ghana have closed down 149 unaccredited distance learning institutions.
The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) which shut down the insurance, said they were operating without authorization and accreditation.
Prof. Ahmed Jinapor Abdulai, the Director-General of GTEC, made this known in a speech at a two-day capacity-building workshop on Ghana’s Open and Distance Learning (ODL) policy implementation strategies on Tuesday, September 9, 2025.
He disclosed that most of the affected institutions were operating from second-cycle schools already struggling with the double-track educational system.
He says “As we speak, the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission has flagged down about 149 distance learning centres. These centres are unfit for purpose. They are being run in churches, public works departments, and even electricity company offices. We cannot allow this to happen.”
He says such practices undermine the essence of distance education.
According to him, “Ghana has been working hard to promote tertiary education, but unfortunately, distance education seems to be replaced by distancing education.”
He added that “replicating traditional classrooms in scattered locations across the country cannot be deemed distance education.”
Source:Africa Publicity