Felix Gyamfi, the Director-General of the National Service Authority (NSA), has announced that the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has identified 50 unaccredited universities that were previously allowed to participate in the national service program. He highlighted that 18 of these universities had expired accreditations but were still permitted to allow their students to engage in national service. Gyamfi shared this information during an interview on TV3’s Hot Issues on Sunday, June 15, 2025.
These universities, he said per the law will not be allowed for national service. “Already, the GTEC approval process has mentioned or identified about 50 schools that will not be allowed to do national service. “The reason is that their accreditation has expired. For about 18 of them, they have never had accreditation at all but in the past, they were doing national service,” he revealed. Mr. Gyamfi noted that the Authority has instituted transparent measures to prevent corruption activities at the NSA following the infamous ‘Ghost names’ scandal.
As part of these measures, he explained that moving forward, GTEC will have the authority to approve and verify both public and private accredited universities before their graduates can be accepted for national service. He emphasised that universities not approved by GTEC will not be eligible for national service.
“From now on, we are going to be very transparent about this. In the past, GTEC was not involved in approving the list of universities. I have provided GTEC with every list of schools received, including private institutions. If GTEC determines that a university is not on its list of accredited institutions, neither the school nor its graduates will be allowed to participate in national service. I will make the list available in the coming days,” he stated.
By: Raphael Ghartey
