The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTLC) says it is rolling-out an Accreditation Management Information System fast-track the process ef acquiring accreditation for various tertiary education programmes and courses. Professor Ahmed Jinapor Abdulai, the Director General of the GTEC has said.

As a digital platform, be explained that the system would further case the accreditation environment by taking away the 'paper work" in accessing accreditation for various academic programmes.

Prof Abdulai was speaking in an interview with Sompa FM on the side-lines of the 49th Delegates Congress of the Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG), underway in Sunyani.

"We are making sure that the accreditation environment is eased and eased with the wheels of technology so that applicants can sit in the comfort of their homes to apply for programmes and through we can also access such programmes", he stated.

The two-day congress, being attended by the Vice Chancellors of the various Technical Universities and some tutors is on the theme "Technical university governance: Strengthening partnerships for institutional growth".

Describing the information management system as important and critical ingredients in the nation's accreditation architecture, Prof Abdulai said he was highly optimistic that with efficiency in the accreditation process, the quality of education provided especially technical education "will be one that inured to the development aspirations of the country".

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