NaCCA Denies Partnering Confucius Institute To Train Teachers In Chinese Language

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has denied reports that it partnered the Confucius Institute at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) to train teachers for the implementation of a Chinese Language Curriculum.

In a press statement issued on September 16, 2026, and signed by its Director-General, Prof. Samuel Ofori Bekoe, NaCCA said media publications and public commentary suggesting such a partnership are inaccurate and do not represent any official action or position of the Council.

"For the avoidance of doubt, NaCCA did not organise, commission, sponsor or authorise the programme at the Confucius Institute, UCC, as an institutional teacher-training programme. Neither did the Council constitute or mandate a delegation to participate in the programme on its behalf," the statement said.

According to NaCCA, officers of the Council who attended the programme did so in their individual capacities as participants or resource persons and not as representatives of the Council acting under institutional authorisation.

"Their participation must therefore not be construed as evidence of an official NaCCA programme, partnership, endorsement or policy decision," it added.

The Council stressed that reports suggesting that "NaCCA and the Confucius Institute trained teachers" create a false impression of institutional involvement and should be corrected, noting that individual participation in an external professional programme does not make it an official activity of the institution where they work.

NaCCA further clarified that the programme does not constitute the introduction or rollout of a new national policy on Chinese language instruction in Ghanaian schools, explaining that national curriculum policy and implementation are undertaken through established statutory, policy and stakeholder consultation processes and formally communicated through appropriate official channels.

It urged the media and the public to distinguish between individual professional participation and institutional authorisation, and between technical or academic engagement and approved national curriculum policy.

The Council has therefore requested media organisations that portrayed the programme as an official NaCCA-Confucius Institute teacher-training initiative to correct the institutional attribution and accurately reflect the capacity in which the officers participated.

"Individual participation does not constitute institutional authorisation, partnership or policy approval," the statement concluded.