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Poor pay making it harder for universities to attract PhD holders – UTAG-UG
Dr Harrison said while universities must maintain high standards in recruiting faculty, rigid academic requirements could make it difficult to fill vacancies in specialised disciplines where PhD holders are limited.
Speaking on Accra-based Citi News, Dr Harrison said the remuneration offered to university lecturers was making academic careers unattractive to professionals in specialised and lucrative fields.
UTAG-UG President, Dr Jerry Joe Harrison, said improving the conditions of service for lecturers and strengthening universities' capacity to train their own academics would provide a more sustainable solution to faculty shortages than allowing the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) to take over recruitment.
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