The 2021 Auditor-General’s report has revealed that some public universities offered a number of unaccredited courses for the year under review.
It cited the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) as offering 360 programmes, with only 61 having been accredited.
According to the report, 374 academic programmes offered by the University of Ghana are unaccredited.
Of the 374, 14 are Diploma programs, and 80 are undergraduate programmes. Postgraduate programmes are 213 and 67 are PhD programmes.
Some 13 PhD programmes out of the 67 currently offered by the institution are not accredited, according to the audit report.
The affected PhD courses according to Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) include; PhD in Accounting, PhD in African Studies, PhD in Agricultural Extension, PhD in Biomedical Engineering, PhD in Communication Studies.
Others are, PhD in Development Economics, PhD in Development Studies, PhD in Food Science, PhD in Health Policy and Management, PhD in Information Systems, PhD in Marketing, PhD in Material Science and Engineering, and PhD in Soil Science.
“We noted that the University advertised 374 academic programmes on the various web portals that had the accreditation expired or required re-accreditation during the period under review,” portions of the report addressed to the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, indicated.
