The Effects of COVID-19 on Tertiary Institutions in Ghana: The Case of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA)

Kingsley Senyo Agomor; Redeemer Krah; Asante William; Linda Jones

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The Effects of COVID-19 on Tertiary Institutions in Ghana: The Case of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA)

Kingsley Senyo Agomor, Redeemer Krah, Asante William, Linda Jones

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The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic posed a serious threat to tertiary institutions in many countries including Ghana. Tertiary institutions in Ghana had to cooperate and adhere to and execute the measures announced by the government as the institutions migrate teaching from the physical classroom to online platforms. This study examines how Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) as a public university responded to the COVID-19 pandemic to remain a financially self-sustaining public university in Ghana and Africa. It seeks to analyze the emerging evidence of the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on higher education from two angles; the effect on student learning and the effect on the management of tertiary education in Ghana. It assesses the policy responses of COVID-19 pandemic on GIMPA as a tertiary Institution and their key client who are students, identified and examined the challenges in managing the COVID-19 pandemic; and provided alternative measures to enhance management of crisis in tertiary institution using GIMPA as a case study. The study employed qualitative research design and obtained primary data through semi-structured 25 purposively selected interviews and observation. The analysis of data was guided by transformative learning theory. The study identified three broad categories of effect on the institution and the staff. These included institutional and governance effects, economic and financial effects and social and inter-relational effects. In the case of the students, they were affected in various ways covering learning, social interaction, physical health and exercise, mental health, transition to online platforms, limited access to internet and finances. The study recommended that GIMPA should invest against any future pandemic and introduce students to e-learning platforms to supplement classroom teaching and learning.

Published in	Higher Education Research (Volume 8, Issue 3) This article belongs to the Special Issue COVID-19 and Transformations in Higher Education Teaching, Learning and Research and Administration Systems
DOI	10.11648/j.her.20230803.11
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COVID-19, Effects, GIMPA, Management, Pandemic, Student Learning and Performance

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Kingsley Senyo Agomor

School of Public Service and Governance (SPSG), Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Accra, Ghana
Redeemer Krah

Department of Accounting, University of Professional Studies, Accra, Ghana
Asante William

Department of Public Policy and Management, SD Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies, Wa, Ghana
Linda Jones

Law School, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Accra, Ghana

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