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VCs Risk 20 Years’ Imprisonment Over Unapproved Courses It is now an offence, with severe penalties, for a tertiary institution to advertise or run a programme for which it has no accreditation. This follows the coming into force of the Education Regulatory Body Act, 2020 (Act 1023). The penalties include either paying a fine of not more than GH¢240,000 or the vice-chancellor (VC)/rector of the institution concerned going to prison for up to 20 years or both. The Commissioner of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), Professor Mohammed Salifu, made this known in an interview with the Daily Graphic. New act…