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NAB and GJA to collaborate to
weed out mushrooming institutions
Accra, March 26, GNA – The National
Accreditation Board (NAB) on Thursday said it would, under its
mandate collaborate with the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA)
to maintain quality assurance in tertiary institutions running
journalism and media related programmes.
Mr Richard Kwadwo Adjei, Senior Assistant Secretary of the
Board, which is under the Ministry of Education, gave the
assurance at a meeting with the GJA General Secretary, Bright
Blewu, on Tuesday.
The meeting was at the instance of Mr Adjei who said he had
requested it in response to the deep concern expressed by the
Association, over the mushrooming of unaccredited media
institutions in the country at the GJA emergency general meeting
held on March 13, 2009.
The GJA emergency meeting agreed that the Association’s national
secretariat should liaise with its regional branches to compile
the list of institutions running journalism and media-related
programmes in their regions.
This will be forwarded to the NAB for clearance and the police
will be ordered to carry out the closure of all such
institutions without accreditation.
Mr Adjei said by the NAB’s records, there were currently, only
eight such institutions with accreditation.
They are Ghana Institute of Journalism, which offers both a
Diploma and BA in Communication Studies, University of Ghana,
Legon, which runs a Graduate Diploma and MA in Communication
Studies and the National Film and Television Institute, which
runs both diploma and degree courses in various aspects of
cinematography and television production.
The rest are Jayee Institute in Accra, which offers both a
Diploma and a BA Journalism programme, the African University
College of Communication, which also runs both a Diploma and a
BA Journalism programme, University of Education, Winneba, which
offers a BA in Media Studies, the Institute of Business
Management and Journalism, Kumasi, which offers a Diploma in
Journalism programme and the Christian Service University
College in Kumasi, which runs a BA Communication Studies
programme.
Mr Adjei advised media organizations who received requests from
media training institutions for students to do internship to
seek clearance from NAB if they were not sure of the status of
those institutions before granting that request.
The GJA is in the process of compiling the list of media
training institutions in Ghana to be presented to the NAB soon
for action.
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