The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is vehemently opposing the appointment of former Koforidua Technical University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Smile Gavua Dzisi, as Deputy Director-General for Management Services at the Ghana Education Service (GES).
According to the association, Prof. Gavua Dzisi is not suited for the role despite her credentials.
Speaking in an interview, NAGRAT’s National President, Angel Carbonu, called on the government to swiftly reverse the decision.
“The person who was removed from that position was a professional teacher who rose to the rank of a regional director and was appointed as director of management services. The Ghana Education Service is not an extension of a political office.
“It is a professional institution. It is within the public services, and we will not tolerate the appointment of somebody who is not a practitioner within the service space.
“We are calling on the government to withdraw the appointment immediately. She is a professor. She operates very well in the university or the technical universities, but certainly not in the Ghana Education Service,” he noted in an interview monitored by The Ghana Report on Citi News.
Profile of Prof. Smile Gavua Dzisi
Smile Dzisi is a renowned academic with over twenty-five years of experience and expertise in university leadership. She is an astute gender consultant of international repute.
She has repeatedly received international awards for her contribution to entrepreneurship and innovation, women empowerment, and the promotion of girls and women’s advancement.
She served as a former Vice-Chancellor for Koforidua Technical University, as well as President of Data Link University College, a premier private university in Tema, Ghana.
She is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the Lead Consultant at Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Gender Consult.
Currently, Professor Dzisi is the chief consultant and chairperson of the preparatory committee leading the establishment of the University College of Health and Technology (UCHaT), a new university in Anfoega, Volta Region of Ghana.
She doubles as the board chair of the National Virtual Internship Programme (NVIP) as well as the board chair of Golden Latex Products Ltd.