Education Minister inaugurates committee to oversee plan for 12 new universities

The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has inaugurated a 17-member committee to drive government’s tertiary education expansion agenda, which includes a plan to establish 12 new public universities by 2030. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony in Accra on Tuesday, Iddrisu said the initiative is meant to address growing demand for higher education and ensure that university training responds directly to the country’s development needs. He noted that Ghana’s gross tertiary enrolment ratio re…