General News of Saturday, 6 April 2019Source: Starrfmonline.comGyampo bemoans attempts by government to fully control Universities – GyampoProfessor Ransford GyampoProfessor Ransford Gyampo of the University of Ghana, Legon, has accused the Akufo-Addo government of seeking to curtail academic freedom by taking absolute control of public universities in the country. “Just because the government was defeated in its attempt to undermine academic freedom in the KNUST incident, they now want to make a law to ensure that in future, universities are controlled fully by the government. What kind of totalitarian tendency is this?Even the worst dictators in Ghana’s political history had respect for academic freedom. “Those running our educational sector should focus more on the teething challenges at the basic educational sector. “These are the thorny issues that must engage the attention of the educational sector and not the disingenuous attempt to undermine academic freedom.

Source: GhanaWeb April 06, 2019 17:15 UTC