NaCCA Deputy Director-General replies GTEC on ‘invalid SMC Dr’ title and says until a court rules otherwise, he’ll continue to use his title

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Following the directive to Justice Ray Achoanya Ayam, the Acting Deputy Director-General of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) under the Ministry of Education, to stop using an “invalid Dr” title obtained from the Swiss Management Center (SMC) University from Switzerland, he has responded to that directive from the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC).

According to the NaCCA Acting Deputy Director-General, until a court of competent jurisdiction rules otherwise, he is “unable to comply with the Commission’s directive. I [Ayam] shall, in good faith and consistent with NAB’s 2020 affirmation, continue to use the academic title “Dr.”, a title reflecting a validly earned, lawfully conferred, and previously recognised doctoral qualification,” he stated in a letter dated November 11, 2025, in a response to the GTEC directive.

Me & My Jazz with Yomi Sower (Episode 5): God made Jazz: Role of the church in the development of Jazz

On Tuesday evening like every other, I was at church listening to a sermon from my very charismatic Pastor. The comic illustrations he utilised in his sermons and spontaneous bursts into animated singing & dancing were both entertaining and spiritually uplifting. In fact, these evening meetings did more than just […]

November 15, 2025