In 2016, the government announced the conversion of all polytechnics in the country to technical universities in order to deal with challenges facing technical education in the country. The conversion also served as a blueprint to address academic progression as most graduates of polytechnics after their Higher National Diploma (HND) went back to the traditional universities to pursue top-up programmes in order to obtain bachelor degrees. However, the conversion was met with anxiety and fears that the change of polytechnics to technical universities might not yield the desired outcome. The vice-chancellors (VC) of three of the technical universities spoke highly of the conversion, describing the decision as a step in a good direction. Those who spoke to the Daily Graphic were the VC of the Takoradi Technical University (TTU), Professor John Frank Eshun, the VC of the Bolgatanga Technical University (BTU), Professor Samuel Erasmus Alnaa, and the VC of the Accra Technical Universit...