Pomadze (C/R), Feb. 21, GNA-The National Accreditations Board (NAB), is to close down all unaccredited tertiary institutions operating in the

country. To this end, owners of private tertiary institutions have been advised to ensure that their schools are accredited to avoid any closure. The Senior Assistant Secretary of the NAB, Mr Richard Kwadwo Adjei disclosed this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency after the first matriculation ceremony of the Pan-African Christian University College at Pomadze near Winneba. Mr Adjei said several institutions in the country were operating without meeting the standards of the NAB and warned that the law will be enforced to ensure strict compliance of the regulation. He said there were 78 accredited public tertiary institutions and 48 private tertiary institutions currently operating in the country, according to their records. He advised prospective students wishing to enter into tertiary institutions to first contact the NAB so that they can be guided into the selection of accredited schools. Mr Adjei reminded students and the public that the certificates of such unaccredited institutions are not recognized in terms of job placement and advised students to be wary of such institutions. He said unaccredited institutions are not well-equipped in terms of qualified teachers and basic academic inputs and therefore could not be expected to produce the quality manpower needed for national development. 21 Feb. 09

NSOC 03 Social RedCross Funds Ghana Red Cross Society to embark on fundraising

Ho, Feb. 21, GNA-The Ghana Red Cross Society (GRCS) is to embark on a vigorous fundraising drive as a means of reducing its reliance on foreign donors to support its activities. Professor Stephen Adei, Chairman of the Society gave the hint at a meeting with the Volta Regional Committee of the Society and its staff in Ho on Thursday. Professor Adei, the immediate past Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) said the only area in which

the Society would seek foreign donor support would be in the acquisition of capital items like vehicles. He observed that local fundraising of the Society had been almost non-existent. Prof. Adei said the national headquarters and Greater Accra branches of the Society would raise the bulk of the funds because of the huge potential sources available there. "Every region should have a strategic plan to raise funds", he said. He said the distribution of the funds would not be based on need or how much each region was able to raise but on the amount of effort each area put into the fund raising project. "I have a problem that people think that unless people help them, they are paralyzed. Money is not the constraint but lack of ideas is the constraint", he observed. "The way to become super rich is to use your ideas", he said. Prof. Adei therefore, urged the Regional Secretaries of the Society to share ideas among themselves and identify and establish good working relations with personalities who matter in society to help provide the necessary financial leverage for the Society. "The feeling of we cannot do it is a lie, we can do it,"' he said optimistically. He assured the regional branches of the Society that he would come over

at anytime to help them in their fundraising activities. Responding some members of the Committee observed that Prof. Adei's leadership would bring a great transformation to the profile of the Society as he did for GIMPA because of his ideas and drive.