Ghana Tertiary Education Commission

National Accreditation Board, Ghana
Agency overview
Formed1993
Dissolved2020
Superseding agency
JurisdictionRepublic of Ghana
Headquarters
Minister responsible
Parent agency
Ministry of Education (Ghana)
WebsiteOfficial website

The National Accreditation Board (NAB) was a Government of Ghana agency responsible for the regulation, supervision, and accreditation of tertiary institutions in Ghana from 1993 until its dissolution in 2020. It operated as an agency under the Ministry of Education. Under the Education Regulatory Bodies Act, 2020 (Act 1023), the agency was formally dissolved and its functions were merged into the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC).

Establishments

The board was formed in 1993.[1] Its formation was promoted by the 1991 Government white paper on Reforms to the Tertiary Education System of Ghana. The recommendation stated that the Board be formed to:[2]

  • contribute to the furtherance of better management of tertiary education
  • serve as the Quality Assurance body at the tertiary education level.[3]

2020 dissolution and transition to GTEC

In August 2020, the Parliament of Ghana passed the Education Regulatory Bodies Act, 2020 (Act 1023), designed to eliminate administrative overlaps in high-level academic tracking. Under this legal framework, the National Accreditation Board and the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) were formally integrated on 25 November 2020 to establish the unified Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC).[4]

Professor Ahmed Jinapor Abdulai, who served as the foundational Deputy Director-General and later Acting Director-General, oversees operations as the agency's Director-General.[5] Under this leadership, the commission transitioned from legacy paper filings to digital tracking, implementing systems such as the Accreditation Management Information System (AMIS) to process academic validations.[5]

In February 2026, the commission temporarily halted the granting of accreditation to new General Nursing undergraduate pathways, advising institutions to focus on building specialized post-basic nursing programs instead.[6]

Accredited Public and Private Institutions

Public Universities

Private Universities

Fake Credentials

The Ghana Tertiary Commission over the recent years have stood on their grounds exposing Ghanaians with fake certificates or credentials working in various public institutions. With this, University of Environment and Sustainable Development located in Somanya of Eastern Region, one of Ghana's universities was forced to dismiss it's internal auditor for possession of fake credentials.[10] Mr. Emmanuel Opoku Ware was the university's internal auditor whose credentials were found questionable.[10] Mr. Emmanuel Opoku Ware has previously worked at the for 3 years before his credentials were found questionable and later dismissed by GTEC. His expose came after the university council ordered for vetting of credentials of senior staff of the university.[10]

The vetting was conducted in 2024, and during the vetting, another senior staff member by name, Issac Abbam, Director of Physical Development and Estate Management was founded to possess a questionable qualification.[10]

Both of them had their appointments in 2020, during the initial recruitment phase of the university after it had been inaugurated the same year.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "National Accreditation Board of Ghana". unirank.org. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "National Accreditation Board". www.nab.gov.gh. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "About Us". National Accreditation Board Ghana. Archived from the original on 2014-05-30. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
  4. ↑ "Ghana Tertiary Education Commission replaces NCTE, NAB". Daily Graphic. Accra, Ghana. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  5. 1 2 "About - Ghana Tertiary Education Commission". gtec.edu.gh. GTEC. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  6. ↑ "GTEC suspends accreditation of new general nursing programmes". Citi Newsroom. 10 February 2026. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  7. ↑ "Public Universities". National Accreditation Board Ghana. Archived from the original on 2014-05-30. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
  8. ↑ "University of Applied Management, Ghana Campus".
  9. ↑ "Private Tertiary Institutions Offering Degree Prog". National Accreditation Board Ghana. Retrieved 2014-08-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 says, Joe (2025-06-26). "Fake credentials: Ghanaian university forced to dismiss internal auditor, censures facilities manager - The Fourth Estate". Retrieved 2026-07-17.
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