Government plans to reverse public university name changes

The Mahama government is preparing to introduce a new bill in parliament to rename the CK Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences (CKT-UTAS) and several other public universities across the country, writes Leticia Osei for CNR.

Minister for Education Haruna Iddrisu made the announcement during the swearing-in ceremony of the governing council of CKT-UTAS in Accra. 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.

He added that this move 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.
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