Haruna Iddrisu
Source: Africa Publicity
The Government of Ghana through its Ministry of Education, is taking steps to rename several public universities.
According to the Education Ministry, it will be introducing a new bill in Parliament to rename the C.K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences (CKT-UTAS) and several other public universities across Ghana.
Ghana’s Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, made the disclosure in a speech during the swearing-in ceremony of the Governing Council of CKT-UTAS in Accra.
He said: “We have had extensive consultations with the academic community, traditional rulers, alumni associations, students, and civil society. As a result, the name C.K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences is likely to change—possibly reverting to the original vision.”
According to him, “There will be a general bill to consider the renaming of several public universities that were renamed or established during former President Akufo-Addo’s administration.”
He stated that the President John Dramani Mahama government’s proposal to rename several public universities is not intended to undermine the legacy of individuals after whom these institutions were named.
CKT-UTAS established in 2021 to provide students with practical and technical skills for the global job market, has faced various infrastructure challenges affecting its academic development. Additionally, the university’s name has drawn mixed reactions from the public, with some stakeholders opposing it from the beginning.
According to the Minister, the move to rename the universities forms part of a broader initiative to review and potentially rename several public universities established or renamed during the tenure of former President Nana Akufo-Addo.