Government plans more public universities, allocates GH¢100m for UMaT Kenyase campus

The government plans to establish more public universities across Ghana, including efforts to support the development of the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) campus at Kenyase. A GH¢100 million allocation is being proposed to support the take-off of the Kenyase campus and lay the foundation for its possible transformation into a fully fledged public university. The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, disclosed this in an interview on Channel One TV on Monday, July 27. He said he had directed the Administrator of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to make provision for the GH¢100 million allocation in the 2027 funding formula to support the UMaT Kenyase campus.

The government is also working towards ensuring that every regional capital has an institution dedicated to higher learning, research, and innovation. A committee, known as the Amoako Nuama Committee, has been tasked with developing recommendations and a roadmap for the establishment of additional public universities. Plans are also being considered to create a dedicated university for teacher education, the proposed National Teacher University, which is expected to bring all 48 public colleges of education under one university structure.