GTEC has declared 149 Distance Learning Centerd Unaccredited and illegal to to pursue one’s Tertiary Education indicating that certificates earned from these centers are not valid.

In Upper West Region, Several learning Centers were captured including UCC Distance Learning Center at Wa Senior High School, UEW Distance Learning Center at NJA College of Education, UDS Distance Learning Centers and University of Ghana Learning Center as Unaccredited and Illegal.

Unaccredited study centres under University of Cape Coast (UCC)

1. Dreamfield International School, Sunyani
2. Fountainhead University College, Tema
3. Great Victory Academy, Bolgatanga
4. Holy Child College of Education, Takoradi
5. Holy Trinity Lutheran School, Kumasi
6. King Jesus School Annex, Koforidua
7. Kumasi Technical Institute, Kumasi
8. Mawuli School, Ho
9. Tamale College of Education, Tamale
10. Wa Senior High School, Wa
11. Zebilla Senior High School, Zebilla
12. Zenith College, Accra
13. Abetifi College of Education, Abetifi
14. Accra Senior High School, Accra
15. Ada College of Education, Ada
16. Ada Senior High School, Ada
17. Agona Swedru School of Business, Agona
    Swedru
18. Akatsi College of Education, Akatsi
19. Akwamuman Senior High School, Akwamu
20. Apam Senior High School, Apam
21. Atebubu Senior High School, Atebubu
22. Attafuah Sec./Tech. Sch. Akim Oda
23. Begoro Presby Senior High School, Berogo
24. Boa Amponsem Senior High School, Dunkwa
    –on-Offin
25. Bolga Girls Senior High School, Bolgatanga
26. Breman Asikuma Senior High School, Breman
27. Damongo Senior High School, Damongo
28. Dormaa Ahenkro Senior High School, Dorma
    Ahenkro
29. Drobo Senior High Senior, Drobo
30. Dwamena Akenten Senior High Senior, Offinso
31. Enchi Senior High School, Enchi
32. Fiaseman Senor High School, Tarkwa
33. Frafraha Senior High School, Frafraha
34. Gambaga College of Education, Gambaga
35. Ghana Senior High School, Koforidua
36. Hwidiem Senior High School, Hwidiem
37. Ignis School, Nsawam
38. Jasikan College of Education, Jasikan
39. Keta Business School, Keta
40. Kintampo Senior High School, Kintampo
41. Lashibi Community Senior High School, Lashibi
42. Konongo Odumase Senior High School, Konongo
43. Kumasi Senior High Technical School, Patasi
44. Kumasi Technical Institute, Kumasi
45. Lawra Senior High School, Lawra
46. Lutheran School, Kanda
47. Mansoman Senior High School, Mansoman
    Atwere
48. Chemu Senior High School, Chemu
49. Mary Star of the Sea, Kasoa
50. Mmofraturo School, Kumasi
51. Nandom Senior High School, Nandom
52. Ngleshie Amanfrom, Kasoa
53. Nkoranman Senior High School, Seikwa
54. Nkoranza Secondary Technical, Nkoranza
55. River View Nursing and Allied Health College,
    Accra
56. Notre Dame Minor Seminary Senior High School,
    Navrongo
57. Nsawam Prisons
58. Nsein Senior High School, Nsein
59. Obiri Yeboah Senio High School, Foso
60. Obuasi Secondary Technical School, Obuasi
61. Odorgonno Secondary School, Odorgonno
62. Oyoko Methodist Senior High School, Oyoko-
    Koforidua
63. Salaga Senior High School, Salaga
64. Sefwi Debiso Senior High School, Sefwi
    Debiso
65. Sefwi Juaboso Senior High School, Sefwi
    Juaboso
66. Wiawso College of Education, Wiawso
67. Serwaa Nyarko Senior High School, Kumasi
68. SIMMS College, Kumasi
69. Sokode Senior High School, Ho
70. Yilo Krobo SEC. Tech. school, Yilo Krobo
71. St. John’s Senior High School, Sekondi
72. St. Margaret Mary Senior High School, Accra
73. Sunyani Technical University, Sunyani
74. Sunyani Senior High School, Sunyani
75. Swedru Senior High School, Agona Swedru
76. T.I Ahmadiya Senior High School, Kumasi
77. Takoradi Senior High School, Takoradi
78. Tamale College of Education, Tamale
79. Tamale Technical University, Tamale
80. Tema Lutheran School, Tema
81. Tema Senior High School, Tema
82. Tepa Senior High School, Tepa
83. Tumu College of Education, Tumu
84. Twifo Praso Senior High School, Twifo Praso
85. Wa Senior High School, Wa
86. West Africa Senior High School (WASS),
    Adenta
87. Wesley College, Kumasi
88. Bolgatanga Technical Institute, Bolgatanga
89. Lutheran School, Kanda Accra
90. Lutheran School, Madina Accra
91. Wenchi Methodist Senior High School, Wenchi Unaccredited study centres under University of Development Studies (UDS).
92. Tamale (Dungu Campus)
93. Damongo Agriculture College, Damongo
94. Buipe Senior High Technical School, Buipe
95. UDS Daboya Study Centre, Daboya
96. Dagbon State Senior High School, Dagbon
97. Evangelical Presbyterian College of Education,
    Bimbilla
98. Bimbilla Senior High School, Bimbilla
99. UDS Kpassa Study Centre, Kpassa-Oti Region
100. UDS Nkwanta Study Centre, Nkwanta-Oti
     Region
101. UDS Chinderi Study Centre, Oti Region
102. UDS Kpandai Study Centre
103. UDS Jirapa Study Centre, Jirapa
104. UDS Wa Study Centre, Wa
105. Sawla Girls Vocational Institute, Sawla
106. UDS Wenchi Study Centre
107. UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA (UEW)
     No. Unaccredited study centres
108. Accra Academy Senior High School, Accra
109. Accra College of Education, Accra
110. St. John’s Grammar School, Accra
111. Wesley Girls High School, Accra
112. AAMUSTED Kumasi
113. AAMUSTED, Mampong
114. Islamic Senior High School, Kumasi
115. Fr. Murphy Senior High School, Obuasi
116. Ejisuman Senior High School, Ejisuman
117. UDS Walewale Study Centre
118. UDS Nankpanduri Study Centre
119. UDS Bawku Study Centre, Bawku
120. UDS Navrongo Study Centre, Navrongo
121. UDS Sandema Study Centre, Sandema
122. UDS Salaga Study Centre, Salaga
123. Offinso College of Education, Offinso
124. Jaachie Pramso Senior High School, Jaachie
     Pramso
125. Kofi Adjei Senior High School, Fawode
126. Twene Amanfo Senior High School, Sunyani
127. Dormaa Ahenkro Senior High School,
     Dormaa Ahenkro
128. St. Joseph College of Education, Bechem
129. Atebubu College of Education, Atebubu
130. UEW Campus, Techiman
131. Ferone College of Education, Kasoa
132. Cape Coast Technical Institute, Cape Caost
133. Foso College of Education, Assin Foso
134. Koforidua Technical Institute, Koforidua
135. Nkawkaw Senior High School, Nkawkaw
136. Asamankese Senior High School, Asamankese
137. Akro Senior High School, Odumase Krobo
138. Tema Presby Senior High School, Tema
139. Ghana Armed Forces, Teshie Military Academy-
     Accra
140. Bagabaga College of Education, Tamale
     Consequently, GTEC strongly urges parents, guardians, and prospective students to avoid enrolling in programmes offered at these unaccredited study centres.
     GTEC will not recognise academic credentials awarded to students who enrolled with the UCC, UDS or UEW for the 2024/2025 academic year and studied at these
     unaccredited centres.
     The public is hereby advised to take note of this important information.
     DIRECTOR GENERAL
     UNACCREDITED STUDY CENTRES
141. Northern School of Business, Tamale
142. Yendi Senior High School, Yendi
143. Dambai College of Education, Dambai
144. St. John Boasco College of Education, Navrongo
145. Gbewaa College of Education, Pusiga
146. N.J. Ahmadiyya College of Education, Wa
147. Ho Technical University, Ho
148. St. Francis College of Education, Hohoe
149. Three Town Senior High School, Denu
150. Sogakope Senior High School, Sogakope
151. Fijai Senior High School, Sekondi
152. Tarkwa Senior High School, Tarkwa
153. Manye Academy, Axim
154. Sefwi Wiawso Senior High Technical School,
     Sefwi Wiawso
155. Enchi College of Education, Enchi
156. BIA Senior High Technical School, Sefwi
     Debiso
157. UEW Ajumako Campus
158. Kpando Senior High School, Kpando
159. Nalerigu Senior High School, Nalerigu
160. Damongo Senior High School, Damongo
161. St. Martins Senior High School, Nsawam

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has announced a temporary freeze on the processing of applications for Institutional Registration, a move aimed at reviewing and refining existing standards to align with emerging trends and best practices within the tertiary education sector.

In a public notice issued on Friday, April 17, 2026, GTEC informed prospective applicants and all relevant stakeholders that the suspension forms part of ongoing quality assurance and regulatory enhancement efforts.

The Commission indicated that during the period of suspension, institutions or applicants intending to establish tertiary institutions in Ghana through the Institutional Registration route are advised to pursue the Institutional Accreditation pathway as the appropriate route for establishment and operation.

Existing accredited institutions unaffected
GTEC clarified that the directive does not apply to institutions that have already been duly accredited under the Institutional Registration framework. Such institutions shall continue to operate in accordance with the terms and conditions of their existing accreditation.

While the Commission did not specify the duration of the suspension, the move signals a significant regulatory shift aimed at strengthening the quality and integrity of tertiary education in Ghana.

The freeze comes just days after GTEC published a sweeping list of 62 unrecognised institutions, warning the public against fake certificates and unaccredited degrees. Together, the two announcements suggest a coordinated effort by the Commission to clamp down on substandard and fraudulent tertiary education providers.