UENR GRADUATES 628 STUDENTS

Addressing the 2nd congregation at the Sunyani campus of the university, the Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, said that government will roll out a number of initiative to address challenges that will arise at the universities and other tertiary institutions from the implementation of the free SHS policy. He said the government would continue to invest in higher education through the provision of infrastructure, laboratory equipment, capacity development, ICT infrastructure, accommodation, among others, to enable the universities to fulfill their mandate“Despite the massive growth witnessed in the tertiary education sector since the 2000s, the gross enrolment ratio in the tertiary education is still low, compared with other African countries”, he said.

He said access to tertiary education in the country, as a measure of gross enrolment ratio was about 12 percent, which translated into the enrolment figures ranging from 280, 000 to 350,000. The Vice-