The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has recently directed Mr. Edward Dua Agyeman a respected former Auditor-General and public servant to provide evidence supporting his use of the title Professor.
This is not a personal witch-hunt. It is a necessary test case in Ghana's wider effort to ensure that the prestigious academic ranks of Professor and Doctor are not used without merit, clarity, or proper accreditation.
This piece examines the facts that have come to light about Mr. Dua Agyeman's claim and explains why GTECs intervention is justified and needed to protect the integrity of Ghana's academic system.
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In recent statements, Mr. Dua Agyeman publicly asserted: I earned my professorship. Yet when Ghana's chief regulator for higher education asked for documentation to back that claim as required under Ghana's Education Regulatory Bodies Act no clear evidence of an appointment by a recognised university has emerged so far.
According to multiple media reports, including Graphic Online, Mr. Dua Agyeman obtained a PhD in Public Sector Audit and Tax Administration in 2013 from Warnborough College, an institution operating from Canterbury, UK.
Warnborough College is a private, unaccredited provider with a controversial history. The UK Department for Education does not list Warnborough as an accredited university.
Its private accreditation is not equivalent to national recognition.
A search of reputable academic databases reveals no evidence that Mr. Dua Agyeman has published peer-reviewed articles.
The only known work is a policy monograph on Academia.edu, not a peer-reviewed journal article.
The key question GTEC seeks to answer is: which accredited university formally appointed Mr. Dua Agyeman as a professor through a standard promotions process?
No public record indicates that he held a formal teaching or research post at professorial level.
This is why GTECs action is justified and necessary. Ghana must protect the meaning of its academic titles and the credibility of its education system. This is not an attack on any individual but a stand for integrity and global standards.
Let us all support GTEC's mission to uphold what is right and preserve the value of genuine scholarship.
