[ 2015-01-25 ]

Pentecost uni allays fears of students over accreditation debacle
The Pentecost University College Graduate School
has said all its programmes and courses have been
duly accredited by the National Accreditation
Board (NAB) contrary to claims that they have
not.

The School’s Vice Rector and Dean, however, told
Journalists at a press conference Friday January
23, 2015 that the process of accrediting its
Communications Studies Programme was still
incomplete, albeit almost done with.

Professor Bosiako Omane-Antwi said the BA
Communication programme is duly accredited by NAB
reference Certificate No. NAB/PAC/000474 dated
July 01, 2011.

His clarification follows a suit filed against the
school by eleven aggrieved students who claim the
University has denied them the privilege of
graduating with reason that the BA Communication
programme they undertook was not accredited.

According to him, the graduation of the
disgruntled students and the issuance of
certificates to them from the University of Ghana
– the mentor school of the Pentecost University
– is not in danger.

The students sued the University at the Human
Rights Division of the Accra High Court over the
matter.

They are praying the Court to have the school pay
them GH¢3,300,000 in general damages and
GH¢16,802 for each affected student in special
damages.

Below is the full statement of the Pentecost
University College:

STATEMENT – RE- PENTECOST UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
ASSURES STUDENTS & THE PUBLIC OF ACCREDITATION OF
ITS PROGRAMMES FROM NATIONAL ACCREDITATION BOARD

Ladies and Gentlemen of the media,

I want to, on behalf of the Council, Management,
Staff and Students of the Pentecost University
College, welcome you to our Graduate School. The
issues on the table, we wished would have been
other than what the current one is. However, we
are compelled to invite you at a very short notice
to create opportunity for us to respond to some
issues that have been making the rounds on your
various platforms in respect of the fate of some
eleven (11) students, who took a programme in BA
Communication Studies and were due to be graduated
at the end of the 2013/2014 Academic year.

Ladies and Gentlemen, in respect of the news
making rounds, we want to state, devoid of any
equivocation that the Pentecost University College
is duly accredited by the National Accreditation
Board and fully affiliated to the University of
Ghana and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science
and Technology. The BA Communication programme is
duly accredited by NAB reference Certificate No.
NAB/PAC/000474 dated July 01, 2011. We have made
copies of the Accreditation Certificates available
for your perusal.

There are a host of processes that affiliate
Universities go through to obtain programme
affiliation from mentor universities for the
various courses run. This process was commenced in
2011 after receiving accreditation from NAB which
is still ongoing and would be completed shortly.

We at the Pentecost University College expected
that the process would be completed in due time
for our dear students to graduate with their
colleagues, who recently graduated. Unfortunately,
the process could not be completed on time.
However, we are in constant touch with our mentor
institution,University of Ghana,to complete the
process soonest so that students can duly
graduate. The graduation of students and the
issuance of certificate to them from the
University of Ghana is not in danger.

We must admit that the development is unpleasant
to our students, their parents and guardians as
well as the various stakeholders of our
University. Nonetheless, we should please
appreciate the fact that programme affiliation
process takes time to complete.

It is not uncommon to meet such challenges in the
affiliation process. We want to assure the general
public that this issue is being addressed with all
the seriousness it deserves and soon our students
will be duly graduated as earlier stated.

Let me take this opportunity to assure all herein
gathered and the general public that the Pentecost
University College will never take any action in
respect of defrauding innocent members of the
public. We remain committed to our core values and
vision to empower our students to serve their
generation and posterity with integrity and the
fear of God.

As a faith-based university enjoying the
sponsorship, strong support and goodwill of the
Church of Pentecost International, we have the
duty and responsibility to protect the integrity
and the good name of the Church of Pentecost.

Accordingly, our actions are guided by the strong
tenets of the Church and the teachings of our Lord
Jesus Christ.

Once again, we would like to reiterate our
position that Pentecost University College had the
accreditation of National Accreditation Board to
run Bachelor of Arts (BA) Communication programme.
Truly, it is only the graduation of the students
which has delayed by virtue of the non-completion
of the programme affiliation and that graduation
of the said students was not in question or in
danger so the students have not lost the years of
study and their money.

This statement is issued to clarify the
unfortunate misinformation on the status of BA
Communication programme run in Pentecost
University College.

May the Lord our God approve our plans as a nation
and bless our efforts, yes, bless our efforts,
Amen (Psalm 90 v 17)
Thank you.


Signed: PROF. KWAME BOASIAKO OMANE-ANTWI
VICE RECTOR & DEAN, PENTECOST UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
GRADUATE SCHOOL

Source - Pentecost University College

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