Stimulate Research -Tettey-Enyo

28-07-09
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THE Minister of Education, Mr Alex Tettey-Enyo, has charged the councils of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) and the Institute of Professional Studies (IPS) to stimulate research activities.
That, he said, was to ensure that they became more relevant and competitive within the international academic community.
Mr Tettey-Enyo made the call at the inauguration of the councils of the GIJ and IPS in Accra yesterday.
The GIJ board is chaired by Alhaji A.B.A. Fuseini, the Night Editor of the Daily Graphic, while that of the IPS is chaired by Mr Justice Nii Aryeetey, the Registrar of the Methodist University College.
Mr Tettey-Enyo said although the tertiary educational system had made some significant strides, it was still confronted with a number of challenges, including limited access, inequity, issues of quality, relevance, management and governance.
In terms of access, he said, there was the tendency for students of second-cycle institutions to look up mainly to the universities for tertiary education.
“Both the GIJ and the IPS are now attracting students with very good grades from second-cycle institutions. I would like to urge you to continue this positive trend,” he said.
Mr Tettey-Enyo said in exercising the responsibility of appointing rectors, a council should ensure that the chief executive of the institution was one who would not only offer vision and academic leadership but also maintain harmonious human and industrial relations within the institution.
He said although the GIJ and the IPS enjoyed a substantial degree of autonomy, it did not imply a lack of accountability, adding that the respective acts under which the institutions operated set the various measures of accountability.
He said as a member of a council, one derived his/her source of authority from the instrument of appointment and the act and statutes of the institution and, therefore, urged members of both councils to familiarise themselves with them.
The other members of the GIJ council are Mr David Newton, Rector; Mr Ransford Tetteh, President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GIJ); Mr K.A. Batse, acting Vice-Rector of the GIJ; Mr Ebo Afful, lecturer, GIJ; Mr Ofoe Diogo, media practitioner; Mrs Helen Annan, Mr Richard Quashigah, lecturer, IPS, and Mr Paul Kofi Krampah, the Head of the Public Relations Unit of the Ministry of Education.
The members of the IPS board are Prof Joshua Alabi, the Rector; Mr Harrison Abutiate, Mr Pius Kweku Addae, Mr Kaleem Sulemana Adam, Puotiere Ken Yelibo and Peace Adzadi.
The others are Prof Osborne Jackson, Dr Anthony Ahiawodze, Mr James Abban, Mr Nkrumah Ekow Felix, Ms Augustine Kessie, Ms Helen Boafo and Mr Paul Effah.
Mr Justice Aryeetey, on behalf of the council members, thanked President J.E.A. Millis for giving them the opportunity to serve their country.