{"id":104719,"date":"2025-11-30T14:05:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T14:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=104719"},"modified":"2025-11-30T14:05:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T14:05:18","slug":"governments-high-level-intervention-shaping-ghanas-tertiary-educational-terrain-vice-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=104719","title":{"rendered":"Government\u2019s high level intervention shaping Ghana\u2019s tertiary educational terrain \u2013 Vice President\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, the Vice President, has said the government is reshaping Ghana\u2019s tertiary education through the introduction of high-level interventions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She mentioned the \u201cNo Fees Stress\u201d policy, an intervention that removes financial barriers for first-year students in public tertiary institutions, which took effect in the 2025\/2026 academic year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Prof Opoku-Agyemang was speaking at the 59th<\/sup> Congregation of Post-graduate students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The programme, attended by Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, and the Chancellor of KNUST, conferred Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) certificates on 221 post-graduate students in recognition of their hard work in conducting tangible research.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Prof Opoku-Agyemang also spoke about the introduction of the Free Tertiary Education for Persons with Disability in October this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She noted that the intervention widened access to higher education for persons with disabilities who gained admission to accredited public institutions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This, according to the Vice President, was a clear act of justice by the Government to students with disabilities in the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She said both interventions have been designed to ensure efficiency and transparency, giving all persons equal access according to their needs to be admitted to state-accredited tertiary institutions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an equity-driven intervention, designed to ensure that admissions to our tertiary institutions are determined as much as possible by merit and also by aspiration,\u201d Prof Opoku-Agyemang said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Additionally, the interventions broadened opportunities and strengthened the long-term development of the country\u2019s human capital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She emphasised that scholarships must be connected to impacts and not limited to lecture theatres and the laboratories.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Prof Opoku-Agyemang commended the post-graduates for their achievements and charged them to fulfil in their small way the responsibilities that accompanied their certificates.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She stressed that Ghana and the African Continent needed leadership rooted in resourcefulness, data, ethics and public value.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The abilities of the post-graduates to think clearly and act responsibly, she said, would be tested whether they remained in academia, join public service or launch a business.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She, therefore, encouraged them not to forget the contributions made by their families, communities and the nation to see to their success and embrace academic humility in their service delivery.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cDo not forget that your families, communities and nation have not invested in your education for your benefit alone. Remember them and maintain your academic humility,\u201d she advised.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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