Former Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has described some university courses in Ghana as useless as they do not adequately prepare students for the job market.
Dr Adutwum raised concerns about the relevance of certain university programmes in Ghana.
The former Education Minister criticised the BA in Education (Non-Teaching) programme at the University of Ghana, arguing that graduates often struggle to find employment after completing national service.
Speaking recently on the Konnected Minds podcast, Dr Adutwum stated, “There are some courses that are being offered. When I was the minister, I challenged universities about that. And I spoke about how we don’t need anybody to offer courses called Development Studies, and it was being offered at UDS”.
“The Vice-Chancellor called me the day after and said, ‘Minister, because of the comment that you made, a student has just come to check out of Development Studies. And I said, ‘ It’s good for him. You know, and I know that course is not taking the student anywhere.
He further added, “You go to the University of Ghana, and they have a course in education that they call BA in Education Non-Teaching. They come and do their national service, and after national service, they are frustrated because nobody is hiring them”.
Dr Adutwum further described such programmes as leading to what he called a “university degree to nowhere”.
He added that the trend raises broader concerns about graduate unemployment in the country.
Some Ghanaians reacting to the video stated, “If you watch the entire episode you’d understand more …you can’t just pick things out of context and start dragging people on social media ..the man is knowledgeable and that’s a fact …he may have not been able to do more as a minister buh he’s tried ..”
“And for 8 years you did nothing about it. Masa give us a break”, a netizen added.
One X user added, “Corporal punishment was taken out of our schools, and he’s proud of the resultant consequences, I guess”.
In related news, Sammi Awuku, the Member of Parliament for Akuapem North, has launched a scathing attack on the John Mahama government’s handling of youth unemployment.
The Akuapem North MP described the current economic situation as an “Indomie 1:3:3 economy”
According to Sammi Awuku, the Youth unemployment crisis is a National Security Concern and goes beyond an ‘Indomie 1 3 3’.
The Member of Parliament for Akuapem North argued that even the government’s 24-hour Secretariat does not operate a 24-hour shift.
He highlighted that there is a growing trend among the youths were they they are now looking forward to applying for another course to obtain another degree without any clear employment opportunities after school.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament on the rising unemployment situation in the country on Thursday, June 11, 2026, Sammi Awuku stated, “Mr Speaker, the situation we face today go beyond somebody proposing an indomie 1 3 3 economy situation. The situation we face today is that young people are not asking for pity.
In our various constituencies today, maybe my colleague will try to shy away from that problem; there’s a growing trend where young people, after acquiring a degree, because there are no jobs, they are now looking forward to applying for another course to obtain another degree. They keep filing these certificates with a job deferred for a date that they cannot even tell,” he added.
The MP added, “We were in this Chamber when the NDC themselves brought this 24-hour economy thing before our very august House. We are almost into 24 months since they got into this government. And today, if you go to even the 24-hour economy secretariat, they themselves do not practise that 24-hour economy that they are talking about”.
“Isn’t it strange that, Mr Speaker, we have a government today that will tell you that we are launching a 1 million coders programme. Almost 18 months or more into the attainment, they have not even been able to onboard even 100,000 out of the 1 million.
“Go to the Ministry for Youth Development. Even that Ministry itself is underfunded. They themselves need a rescue and a bailout,” he claimed.
Sammi Awuku further added, “Our colleagues should not reduce this unemployment situation… It is a national security matter. Because if the young people in our various constituencies cannot see any end in sight, the politicians become a target for the opposition,” he said.
“Under the Big Push programme, this year, they said they were going to employ about 900,000 young people. We are in June. They haven’t been able to employ 10,000 out of it,” he alleged.
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🚨 Former Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has identified some useless courses being taught in Ghanaian universities.👀 pic.twitter.com/vhIeegmOsX
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