GSA rejects claims UK PhD validation exercise imposes new obligations

The Ghana Scholarships Authority (GSA) has categorically rejected claims that its ongoing Oath of Affirmation and Scholarship Validation Exercise for Ghanaian scholarship beneficiaries in the United Kingdom imposes new obligations on them. The Authority maintains that the exercise is lawful and conducted in accordance with the Ghana Scholarships Authority Act, 2025 (Act 1149), and the Oaths Act, 1972 (NRCD 6), in collaboration with the Ghana High Commission in the United Kingdom.

The purpose of the exercise, as stated by the GSA, is to verify scholarship awards, update beneficiary records, and reaffirm commitments associated with government sponsorship. The Authority clarified that the process does not introduce any new conditions or requirements to the scholarship programme, emphasizing that every beneficiary accepted a government scholarship subject to a scholarship bond, which includes an undertaking to return to Ghana within two months of completing the approved programme of study.

The Oath of Affirmation is described as a formal reaffirmation of the commitment beneficiaries had already made under their scholarship bonds, and the GSA dismissed suggestions that the exercise amounts to the retrospective application of new rules.

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