The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has revoked the accreditation for three postgraduate programmes at the Institute of Development and Technology Management (IDTM) located in Cape Coast.
This was after discovering that they were being offered in an unauthorised format, such as on part time and weekend basis.
The affected programmes are PhD, MPhil and MA in Development Studies.
They had originally been approved to run only as regular weekday courses.
However, GTEC in a letter dated September 17, 2025 and addressed to the President of the Institute of Development and Technology Management expressed a concern that the institute had repackaged them as weekend programmes without prior authorisation.
The Commission stressed that accredited academic programmes cannot be altered in mode of delivery without its explicit approval.
In its directive, GTEC ordered the institute to withdraw all admission letters issued under the unauthorised version of the programmes, stop fresh enrolments, and provide evidence of compliance.
It also demanded the submission of a comprehensive teach-out plan to protect students already enrolled, with a deadline of October 17, 2025.
To ensure a smooth transition, the University of Cape Coast (UCC) and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have been asked to oversee the implementation of this teach-out plan.
Both institutions have also been instructed to end any collaborative admissions arrangements with IDTM with immediate effect.
The Commission cautioned that failure to comply with these directives would attract regulatory sanctions. This latest move underscores GTEC’s renewed focus on tightening oversight of tertiary institutions and safeguarding academic standards across Ghana.
