Technical Universities Act, 2016 (as amended) 🇬🇭

Ghana

Amendments

2018-08-30Technical Universities (Amendment) Act, 2018

2020-04-30Technical Universities (Amendment) Act, 2020

Preface

1. Establishment of Technical Universities

2. Requirements for the establishment of a Technical University

3. Aims of a Technical University

4. Powers of a Technical University

5. Council of a Technical University

6. Functions of a Council

7. Establishment of committees

8. Tenure of office of members of the Council

9. Meetings of the Council

10. Disclosure of interest

11. Allowances

12. General Powers of the Council

13. Principal Officers of a Technical University

14. Chancellor of a Technical University

15. Vacancy in office of the Chancellor

16. Vice-Chancellor of a Technical University

17. Pro Vice-Chancellor of a technical university

18. Academic Board of a Technical University

19. Functions of the Academic Board

20. Composition of the Academic Board

21. Registrar of a Technical University

22. Director of Finance

23. Appointment of other staff of a Technical University

24. Internal organisation of a Technical University

25. Student governance

26. Statutes of a Technical University

27. Procedure for enacting Statutes of a Technical University

27A. Scheme of Service

28. Procedure for conduct of business of a Technical University

29. Convocation

30. Congregation

31. Property and contracts of a Technical University

32. Funds of a Technical University

33. Internal Audit Unit

34. Accounts and audit

35. Annual report and other reports

36. Exemption from taxes, duties and other charges

37. Anti-discrimination

38. Matriculation

39. Dispute settlement

40. Regulations

41. Interpretation

42. Transitional provisions

FIRST SCHEDULE

SECOND SCHEDULE

1. Institutional requirements

2. Academic staff requirement

3. Collaboration with industry

THlRD SCHEDULE

Republic of Ghana

The nine hundred and twenty-second

Act

of the parliament of the republic of ghana

entitled

Technical Universities Act, 2016 (as amended)

Published by Government Gazette on 31 August 2016
Assented to on 31 August 2016
Commenced on 31 August 2016

[Amended by Technical Universities (Amendment) Act, 2018 (Act 974 of 2018) on 30 August 2018]
[Amended by Technical Universities (Amendment) Act, 2020 (Act 1016 of 2020) on 30 April 2020]

An Act to provide for the establishment of Technical Universities; to provide for the conversion of polytechnics to Technical Universities and to provide for related matters.PASSED by Parliament and assented to by the President: