I think his problem is about the dangers of their substandard work would have on the upcoming Ghanaian learners.
I think his problem is about the dangers of their substandard work would have on the upcoming Ghanaian learners.
Gideon 7 years ago
As a council, when you have an image to protect, you dont allow few people selfish interest in their title and jobs to destroy the whole image that UPSA student tried to build over these years. SMC is acomplete bogus institut ... read full comment
As a council, when you have an image to protect, you dont allow few people selfish interest in their title and jobs to destroy the whole image that UPSA student tried to build over these years. SMC is acomplete bogus institution in switzerland and has never had its national accreditation.SMC is not any reputable school which a sane aspiring acadamia intellectuals will ever want to associate themselves self with. Ministry of education must not allow this to happen in Ghana by allowing those poisoned minds from SMC to come and pollute our young and vibrant students.Instead of upsa doing due dilligence before coming out with any press release,because of lack of real intellectuals,their press release was a pure disgrace to themselves. they do not know the difference between national accreditation and programmatic accreditation.Very big disgrace to upsa.So long as upsa made up its mind to defend the fraud school and its bogus scholars will mean nothing but a heavy down fall and a big disgrace to the entire upsa graduates.Expensive school with fake doctors???? unbelievable. concerned students must start taking legal actions since SMC fake doctorate HAS now really damage their brand.SHAME to upsa council for not employing qualified intellectuals to train their students.Worst of it all is that SMC fake doctarate holder is a pro vice chancellor.VERY VERY VERY RIDICULOUS.SHAME upsa council. infact that council need to be dissolved immediately, because they are doing mother Ghana a very big disservice since the tax payers money is concern because that is what they use to pay their lecturers.Parliament of ghana must sit to recruit real scholars for that school otherwise they must withdraw their act.
Cobbinah 7 years ago
UPSA is a disgrace to academia and Ghana. How could you promote a fake doctorate holder to pro-VC. It is academically impossible to achieve two doctorate degrees a 4 year period. Why couldn't the University council detect thi ... read full comment
UPSA is a disgrace to academia and Ghana. How could you promote a fake doctorate holder to pro-VC. It is academically impossible to achieve two doctorate degrees a 4 year period. Why couldn't the University council detect this anomaly? its a shame
PROF.KPOTOKUI 7 years ago
so you are hired by those fake doctor fools to say all these?no wonder your submission even lack substance.you dont know what quality is, not to talk about excellence.Alabi would have been a smart guy if he did not buy SMC sh ... read full comment
so you are hired by those fake doctor fools to say all these?no wonder your submission even lack substance.you dont know what quality is, not to talk about excellence.Alabi would have been a smart guy if he did not buy SMC shit and even going to the extent of justifying his actions by recruiting the fake guys to train our youths academically through that stupid press release. Now it is going to be fire until the mess is completely cleaned at UPSA. most of the lecturers over there contracts need to be reviewed whilst minister of education sanction qualifications audit for each an every one of them. Ghana love its youth and cannot afford to let its youth been contaminated by those idiots from fake SMC. We are just warming up for the real battle.THEY should act fast if they are intelligent
Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law 7 years ago
And are you also hired to say this? Why would you want to suggest that I am hired to state my opinion?
I was a Teaching Assistant at the University of Cape Coast long before the writer studied there. And what is there at t ... read full comment
And are you also hired to say this? Why would you want to suggest that I am hired to state my opinion?
I was a Teaching Assistant at the University of Cape Coast long before the writer studied there. And what is there at the University of Cape Coast that can compare with even the worst unaccredited university in the US?
And here you are talking about quality of degrees awarded!
Answer.one question for me: Is a degree fake if the university that awarded it is unaccredited?
It requires a leap of faith to go from unaccredited to fake. because those terms are not synonymous.
And therein lies the problem with the false and foolish standard being used here.
And my strong opinion is that to conflate quality with accreditation is an example in the fallacy of false equivalence.
I am a lawyer here in the US and I am ready to debate my point without being bribed to do so by anybody.
My opinion is not for sale.
Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law 7 years ago
The writer calls himself a communication expert without knowledge of the difference between "fake" and "unaccredited".
Now let us set a scenario where a brand new University is working toward accreditation. Meanwhile, it i ... read full comment
The writer calls himself a communication expert without knowledge of the difference between "fake" and "unaccredited".
Now let us set a scenario where a brand new University is working toward accreditation. Meanwhile, it is operating and churning out degrees. Let us say that after three years, the university gets accreditation. Will that fact make those degrees awarded in the first three years fake?
And let us assume that the University loses accreditation. Doesnit transmogrify all its degrees into fake ones?
Fake suggests criminality and deception. I see none here regarding these scholars being vilified.
After all, they never concealed where they got their degrees from. It so happens that they don't meet the abstract standard of this foolish writer.
THE REAL C.Y. ANDY-K 7 years ago
SAS, You are the only one being foolish here. Did you read the full Report of the Writers? Then you'd know that the PhDs and degrees awarded were fakes! What is not officially recognised as genuine is a fake, like when someon ... read full comment
SAS, You are the only one being foolish here. Did you read the full Report of the Writers? Then you'd know that the PhDs and degrees awarded were fakes! What is not officially recognised as genuine is a fake, like when someone with money printing experience print his own notes in his backyard.
In fact, some of the awarding institutions don't even exist, like the A-Bucket something, something of Canterbury which awarded the PhD to that impostor of an Awoamefia of Anlo, ex-Commissioner of Police Patrick Agboba Mahama enlisted into the Council of State.
What are you defending at all? The lawlessness and crookedness which have crept into our academia too?
If you are not accredited, then the certificates you issued are dudes and not valid; simple as that, no matter how good your course content is. And here we have some of the fraudulent institutions involved not even offering any courses at all. They flagrantly even advertise on Ghanaweb!
Abstract standards indeed! Which ones do you have, Defender of Fraudulent People?
Andy-K
Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law 7 years ago
I am always of the opinion that your logic is like electricity which comes on and off Andy.
If you want to raise a specific issue about anybody's qualification, raise it, and don't mo You are fast evolving into a geriatric ... read full comment
I am always of the opinion that your logic is like electricity which comes on and off Andy.
If you want to raise a specific issue about anybody's qualification, raise it, and don't mo You are fast evolving into a geriatric fool rph it in general accusations.
If the university does not exist, then of course, its certificate will be fake. But if it actually exists and runs courses for its students, the fact that it is not accredited will not mean that its certificates are dude/fake. This logic is quite elementary when we even consider the gross disparities in standards of accreditation.
And to say that once a university is not accredited, its certificates are fake no matter its course content impinges on the overall question of quality in education.
I have already stated that our highest accredited university is not worth a prison camp here in the USA. And why must you sweat the fact that accreditation as a standard is mere abstraction.
Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law 7 years ago
If the writer is insisting on standards and quality, he will know how to proceed. But mischief, like stupidity, blinds everybody.
The whole question of who qualifies as Ph. D material is never resolved by the moot issue o ... read full comment
If the writer is insisting on standards and quality, he will know how to proceed. But mischief, like stupidity, blinds everybody.
The whole question of who qualifies as Ph. D material is never resolved by the moot issue of accreditation/unaccreditation.
But it could be resolved by rigorous tests of capacity/competence. If you want to know what a person claims to know, put him in a mill of tests to prove it. Don't ask whether his or her Ph.D comes from an accredited university; because that is indeed meaningless as proof of anything: of quality, knowledge and ability. Period.
That is why in producing their research study, those two scholars have engaged in an exercise in futility. They achieve nothing in the quest for national progress.
KB, London 7 years ago
The writers are showing gross ignorance with respect to SMC University as a private institution of higher education registered in Switzerland. They need to go study the structure of Swiss Education and stop the nonsense.
The writers are showing gross ignorance with respect to SMC University as a private institution of higher education registered in Switzerland. They need to go study the structure of Swiss Education and stop the nonsense.
THE REAL C.Y. ANDY-K 7 years ago
SAS, I have no problem whatsoever with my logic - it's flawless. After all, I had had two years of education at the university level in Logic, as part of my minor at Legon,i.e., Philosophy. That's why I can say for certain ho ... read full comment
SAS, I have no problem whatsoever with my logic - it's flawless. After all, I had had two years of education at the university level in Logic, as part of my minor at Legon,i.e., Philosophy. That's why I can say for certain how gross your reasoning is in supporting this aberration.
Standards and quality, methinks, are maintained through the accreditation process. Aren't they? Of course, those levels vary greatly from country to country and was part of the approval (godkjenning) nightmare foreign students (and even Norwegian students who studied in most prestigious univs abroad) faced in the 1980s. As one time President of the Foreign Students Union in Trondheim, encompassing the then two universities and a Business College since then amalgamated into NTNU, I was closely involved with the process of seeking a solution. I was one time with the Dean in charge when a Norwegian student of Psychology who came to join the Univ came to see him. After he left, he told me his problem was one of the electives he took in the UK was in "Dog Psychology"! Apparently, this was an in thing in the UK, considering the way they used to train their bulldogs to bite, etc. As to be expected, the Norwegian univ authorities had no clue what it was all about and were reluctant to award him at least a part semester's credits (vekttall) for that. As for us from Africa, since the Norwegian 1st degree was 4 years and we had 3 years BAs, one must compulsorily put in another year before proceeding to their MPhil, which they claimed was higher than the MA from abroad. Yes, amidst the claim that the "pensum" (reading list) we used were outdated in the early 1960s, so you have to do another semester to brush up in the field you want to do your MPhil in. Phew! Bangladeshi MA holders were equated to our A'Level, to their chagrin.
You can't use these material facts that courses offered by unapproved institutions should be recognised bcos they were properly thought, for instance. Or, those "schls," some with only Internet presence, came from advanced countries with better standards than ours. That's sanctioning lawlessness. We'd soon have quacks all over the place practising medicine, law, accountancy, etc., even if some of them were brilliant at what they do. There must be some level of control in every society and in education, this is ensured by approving schools/institutions of higher learning after supervision following laid down standards. Of course, our standards may be much lower than say the US, UK... but they ensure that we are recognised as having attained a certain level others can deal with.
Your remarks showed clearly that you haven't read the complete article of the writers. They clearly spelt out how PhDs are obtained, besides other degrees; and it is not by accreditation alone, as you tried to insinuate. And they said clearly the type of acquired PhD and degrees they are against and we must all be against - the ones from unapproved Institutions and diploma mills which are just selling degrees and PhDs. They WEREN'T just concerned about PhDs. I am sure if they had heard of even O'Ls being bought (it's actually happening) or conferred on people, they'd have included that in their write-up.
I know you had come under a lot of flank for appending a PhD to your name by virtue of that dr juris course. But, this doesn't mean you should take this personal and try to argue in favour of charlatans buying degrees and PhDs from Internet portals and dodgy White scammers!
Andy-K
Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law 7 years ago
I never attached a Ph.D to my name at any time. And why should I? I always attach a J.D though of which I am very proud.
I hold a doctoral degree in jurisprudence (J.D.), and people argued here that because others (like Ob ... read full comment
I never attached a Ph.D to my name at any time. And why should I? I always attach a J.D though of which I am very proud.
I hold a doctoral degree in jurisprudence (J.D.), and people argued here that because others (like Obama for example) do not use the honorific title of Doctor, therefore I am not entitled to it. They went on to argue that I spent only three years to acquire the J.D.. forgetting that I did ninety-two credit hours for it, more than most Ph.D's.
As you may have observed, the writer talks of years and forgets that years don't matter but the credit hours actually studied do matter.
If you spend say 10 years on your Ph.D because you were drinking palm wine, your Ph.D will not be any more valuable than the person that acquired 90 credit hours in two years of vigorous study.
Now, if you do not have this argument up your sleeve, what else do you have in your head?
Their paper does not even discuss professional doctorates; it only talks of Ph.D's and Honorary Doctorates. And how authoritative can they be for this basic omission?
And how dare you suppose that I did not read their document?
I have even discussed it fully in an article!
But their syllogistic thesis is that:
All Ph.D's acquired in unaccredited universities are fake.
A class of people acquired their Ph.D's in certain unaccredited institutions.
Therefore, their Ph.D's are fake.
They have stated the case in exactly the same nonsensical terms in which you put it in your previous post: That no matter the quality of a university's curriculum, if they are not accredited, then their degrees are fake.
So the question arises as to what accreditation means in our own context. When viewed using our universities, you will find that the whole idea of accreditation is useless because we cannot even meet the basic international standards applied in the schools where some of these citizens got their credentials. So upon what moral basis do we malign them?
You have put out verbiage that does not show a lot of commonsense in your conclusions although you accurately describe the disparities in credentialing all over the world. And if you know the problem, why can't you advocate for our own unique ways in which we can also test those with claims of foreign degrees. Why should we perfunctorily sweep all of their degrees under the carpet and call them fake? Do you understand the meaning of "fake"?
My accomplishments are sufficient for me; and I don't need anybody's approbation for my own self confidence. This thing has nothing to do with me as a person because nothing they say apply to me in any way. It has to do with sense and nonsense which I am always eager to parse.
Willie 7 years ago
Some of us cannot help wondering that your line of argument emanates from personal motives.
You put up a long argument on honorary degrees to this article. I think ghanaweb has removed that article and its comments. The p ... read full comment
Some of us cannot help wondering that your line of argument emanates from personal motives.
You put up a long argument on honorary degrees to this article. I think ghanaweb has removed that article and its comments. The present article is not about honorary degrees.
Those who said on this forum that you shouldn't be using "Dr" have never questioned the authenticity of the degree you actually have. They know that because they know you went to well known accredited law school. They do not have to know the actual course content of your studies or even the title of your final paper or thesis or whatever. It is enough for them to know that you went to an institution that will ensure that the standard is of a certain minimum.
It will be difficult to actually test the knowledge of all degree holders to see what they actually know. That is why the accreditation board should give us a blanket test.
SAS, if you had known your Texas institute was unaccredited, would you have pursued your JD degree there? I doubt that even if you had heard some of the best professors in the area were working there.
There may be some shortcomings in Tsikata's "research" but don't throw away the bath water with the baby in it. You know our country is full of charlatans parading as what they are not. We must fish some of these out in our state universities. That is the only way some of our universities can come up to the standard of the prison universities in the USA.
I fully endorse the work of Tsikata and Dotse. They should continue to hit them hard. They may be able to blow some of the chaff from the wheat.
Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law 7 years ago
Brother, you should reconsider your own argument in the face of mine and determine who is throwing the baby with the bath water. Prosper and Dotse are doing just that.
I get your position that standards are important; but ... read full comment
Brother, you should reconsider your own argument in the face of mine and determine who is throwing the baby with the bath water. Prosper and Dotse are doing just that.
I get your position that standards are important; but I am saying that we should avoid sweeping statements based on erroneous logic.
I think that if you carefully read my argument, you will know where I am coming from:
Unaccreditation is not the same as fake.
And accreditation is merely construed in strict geographical context.
In view of this, performance, capacity, ability should determine rank and appointments. How we get there need not come from what I suggest here. But at least we can begin the debate.
SM 7 years ago
Mr learned man is it because your institution run an online course and so you want to destroy a reputable school and gain entry into Ghanaian Market. May God have mercy on your evil mind: Valdosta State
University offers onl ... read full comment
Mr learned man is it because your institution run an online course and so you want to destroy a reputable school and gain entry into Ghanaian Market. May God have mercy on your evil mind: Valdosta State
University offers online program in Georgia and I think it is a deliberate effort to do that to pave way into their entry in Ghana see this website: https://www.valdosta.edu/academics/online-programs/
Kwesi 7 years ago
And I bet you, the "learned men" did not observe qualitative research procedures, ethical procedures and the adoption of a multiple phenomena in the context of the SMC entity type. And uses this to rationalize his assertion i ... read full comment
And I bet you, the "learned men" did not observe qualitative research procedures, ethical procedures and the adoption of a multiple phenomena in the context of the SMC entity type. And uses this to rationalize his assertion into the Ghana context. This speaks poorly of to their in terms of scientific research. The work will deceive Ghanaians for a longer time.
Where can we get a platform to scholarly debate the work of Dotse & Tsikata (2016). I do not have a doctorate yet but review scholarly work most of the time.
I think his problem is about the dangers of their substandard work would have on the upcoming Ghanaian learners.
As a council, when you have an image to protect, you dont allow few people selfish interest in their title and jobs to destroy the whole image that UPSA student tried to build over these years. SMC is acomplete bogus institut ...
read full comment
UPSA is a disgrace to academia and Ghana. How could you promote a fake doctorate holder to pro-VC. It is academically impossible to achieve two doctorate degrees a 4 year period. Why couldn't the University council detect thi ...
read full comment
so you are hired by those fake doctor fools to say all these?no wonder your submission even lack substance.you dont know what quality is, not to talk about excellence.Alabi would have been a smart guy if he did not buy SMC sh ...
read full comment
And are you also hired to say this? Why would you want to suggest that I am hired to state my opinion?
I was a Teaching Assistant at the University of Cape Coast long before the writer studied there. And what is there at t ...
read full comment
The writer calls himself a communication expert without knowledge of the difference between "fake" and "unaccredited".
Now let us set a scenario where a brand new University is working toward accreditation. Meanwhile, it i ...
read full comment
SAS, You are the only one being foolish here. Did you read the full Report of the Writers? Then you'd know that the PhDs and degrees awarded were fakes! What is not officially recognised as genuine is a fake, like when someon ...
read full comment
I am always of the opinion that your logic is like electricity which comes on and off Andy.
If you want to raise a specific issue about anybody's qualification, raise it, and don't mo You are fast evolving into a geriatric ...
read full comment
If the writer is insisting on standards and quality, he will know how to proceed. But mischief, like stupidity, blinds everybody.
The whole question of who qualifies as Ph. D material is never resolved by the moot issue o ...
read full comment
The writers are showing gross ignorance with respect to SMC University as a private institution of higher education registered in Switzerland. They need to go study the structure of Swiss Education and stop the nonsense.
SAS, I have no problem whatsoever with my logic - it's flawless. After all, I had had two years of education at the university level in Logic, as part of my minor at Legon,i.e., Philosophy. That's why I can say for certain ho ...
read full comment
I never attached a Ph.D to my name at any time. And why should I? I always attach a J.D though of which I am very proud.
I hold a doctoral degree in jurisprudence (J.D.), and people argued here that because others (like Ob ...
read full comment
Some of us cannot help wondering that your line of argument emanates from personal motives.
You put up a long argument on honorary degrees to this article. I think ghanaweb has removed that article and its comments. The p ...
read full comment
Brother, you should reconsider your own argument in the face of mine and determine who is throwing the baby with the bath water. Prosper and Dotse are doing just that.
I get your position that standards are important; but ...
read full comment
Mr learned man is it because your institution run an online course and so you want to destroy a reputable school and gain entry into Ghanaian Market. May God have mercy on your evil mind: Valdosta State
University offers onl ...
read full comment
And I bet you, the "learned men" did not observe qualitative research procedures, ethical procedures and the adoption of a multiple phenomena in the context of the SMC entity type. And uses this to rationalize his assertion i ...
read full comment