Takoradi Technical University Students Reject Certificates

Some students of Takoradi Technical University (TTU) have rejected the Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering certificates issued to them by the university upon completion of the programme in in the 2020. They all argued that before they enrolled for the course in the August 2018, the authorities of TTU told them it had not

secured accreditation to independently run the course. Therefore, TTU was running the programme in affiliation with the Cape Coast Technical University (CTU) and the North Carolina Agricultural, Technical State University, USA. However, upon completion of the programme in July 2020 and graduation in October, TTU issued them

the certificates without any reference to CTU and North Carolina Agricultural and the Technical State University. Meanwhile, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of TTU, has rejected the assertions and said that the institution was clothed with the mandate to issue the certificates. Mr Kow Richardson-Nketsiah, the PRO, in a reaction to

the aggrieved students’ concerns, all said although the university was running the programme in affiliation with the Cape Coast Technical University, it also received an accreditation last year to independently run the course. Therefore, the TTU was cloaked with the power to issue the certificates to the students despite being enrolled

before receiving the accreditation. He said the grading system used for assessing the students was also not different from the one used by the CTU. More so, and it was the lecturers of the TTU who taught the students and marked their scripts. He pledged the university’s readiness to engage the aggrieved students for further

discussion. Mr Justice Ato Bentil, the Course Leader for the 2020 batch, said in an interview that the aggrieved students would use every legal means and appropriate avenue to compel the authorities of TTU to issue them the right certificates. He said the grading system and syllabus used during the duration of the course came

from CTU and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University, therefore, they expected the certificates to be issued by those institutions and not TTU. The Course Leader explained that though the aggrieved students had met the Pro-Vice Chancellor of the TTU, Prof Victor Kwaku Bondze Micah, on the issue, nothing concrete came out of the meeting and checks by the media at

National Accreditation Board (NAB) revealed that NAB issued accreditation to the TTU on May 7, 2020, to run the Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering (Production Option). Accreditation certificate number -NAB/1AC/003187 takes effect from May 11, 2020, and also expires on the May 10, 2023. A letter sighted by the media indicated that the TTU terminated its affiliation with the Cape Coast Technical University on the March 2 2021.