University, in Valdosta USA, has provided a list of
unaccredited tertiary institutions and names of prominent Ghanaians who got
their doctorate degrees from these schools.
The report has said that these are not accredited and
therefore are not recognized.
Dr P. Armah, the Executive Director for VIAM Africa Center
for Education and Social Policy, in an exclusive interview said, “it is as a result of a failure
of institutional arrangement to address it and largely so because the national
accreditation board has the mandate to regulate and supervise the quality of
our education and also the granting of and revocation of accreditation to
higher educational institutions. I would largely say that they should properly
monitor and regulate the activities of universities that award such
certifications to people.”
He further said “there
are some requirements from an institution before they can award degrees and
that accreditation must come from an accreditation body to an institution.”
An investigative report published by Dr Prosper Yao Tsikata
and Dr A. Kobla Dotse titled, The Accreditation Challenges in Transnational
Educational Ecology: The Ghanaian Experience has listed out names of those who
got this awards.
Here are the individuals who have purportedly gotten degrees
from questionable universities in the U.S:
Dr. Hassan Ayariga- Atlantic International University,
Hawaii (Not Accredited by OPE, listed as unaccredited by the National
Accreditation Board, Faced Consumer Protection law suit for being
unaccredited.), Dr. Sherry Ayittey, Dr. Kofi Portuphy, Dr. Gilbert Abeiku
Aggrey, Dr. Gifty Anti, Dr. Bernard Otabil, Dr. John Kudalor (IGP), Dr. Kwasi
Appiah- Dayspring Christian University and Affiliates (Discredited by NAB on
September 18, 2014).
Other names in the Valdosta State University's report
include:
Aquinas Tawiah Quansah (B.A.) – Almeda College/University ( Unaccredited by the
OPE, Boast Council for Distance Education, Interfaith Education Ministry &
Association for Online Academic Excellence accreditations, Folded up), Dzifa
Aku Ativor (BS.c. & M.A.) –
American Century University (Unaccredited by the OPE, Classified diploma mill
[Foreign Credits International Experts, 2013]).
Hamidu Abdul-Lateef
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