Legal practitioner Martin Kpebu, counsel for the Swiss Management Centre (SMC) University Alumni Association (Ghana Chapter), has once again challenged the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) over what he describes as the unlawful derecognition of SMC University degrees.
This follows his petition to the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) on behalf of the SMC University Alumni Association (Ghana Chapter), urging the Commission’s Governing Board to intervene in what he describes as the “illegal derecognition” of degrees awarded by SMC University (Switzerland).
Speaking in an interview on the Channel One Newsroom on Thursday, November 6, Kpebu said SMC University was formally accredited in 2012 and again in 2015, granting it the legal authority to operate in Ghana and confer recognised degrees.
“Once it was duly accredited, it was given the capacity and the licence to operate legally in Ghana. The products, that is, students, have every right to have their certificates recognized for the degrees they pursued,” he stated.
He argued that GTEC has no legal mandate to unilaterally withdraw recognition from degrees already awarded.
“It is not our law that GTEC can come and seek to derecognise. Article 107 of our Constitution frowns on such conduct. Also, Article 23 on administrative justice requires administrative bodies to be fair in their dealings,” Kpebu added.
Source: Citi newsroom