Government says it won’t interfere in public universities

The government of Ghana has stated that it will not interfere with the governance and operations of public universities in order to enhance academic freedom on campuses. That, it said, would ensure the smooth functioning of governing councils and managements of public universities, reports Gilbert Mawuli Agbey for Graphic Online.

The Vice-President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, said the government placed a high premium on academic freedom, for which reason it was committed to empowering university councils and managements to perform their statutory duties without undue political interference.

She stressed that the ministry would intervene on account of compliance but not interfere unduly with legitimate processes and operations of public universities, adding that “government’s non-interference policy means that universities will continue to be held to high standards”.
Full report on the Graphic Online site