GIJ,NAFTI and GIL to merge – Ofori-Atta Reveals

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has disclosed that government has commenced processes to consolidate three public tertiary institutions into a new university, to be known as the National Institute of Communication and Media Arts.
Mr. Ofori-Atta, presenting the 2019 budget statement in Accra, said the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), Ghana Institute of Languages (GIL), and the National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) are to be merged into the single university.
According to the minister, next year the necessary regulatory bill will be put together with stakeholder consultations.
“Mr. Speaker, processes have also commenced to merge the Ghana Institute of Languages, National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) and Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) into the National Institute of Communication and Media Arts. In 2019, the necessary regulatory bill will be put together with stakeholder consultations,” he said.
Mr. Ofori-Atta told Parliament that the move to merge the three institutions forms part of government’s commitment to expand tertiary education opportunities to meet increasing demand and the skill needs of the country.
All three tertiary institutions are under the Ministry of Education, with two of them – GIJ and NAFTI – running degree and post-graduate programmes while GIL runs professional and HND programmes.
Of the three institutions, only GIJ has been granted a Presidential Charter to award its own degrees, diplomas and certificates for programmes accredited by the National Accreditation Board, while NAFTI does so due to its affiliation with the University of Ghana.