Towards a Perception of Computing Related Programmes offered by Public Tertiary Institutions in Ghana

Abstract

As a result of the rapid proliferation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) requirements and needs of industries and societies in both developing and developed countries, it is very important for organizations to acquire the requisite ICT manpower to substantiate such transformations. Therefore, in a developing country such as Ghana, most public and private tertiary institutions run computing related programmes in order to train both local and foreign individualsin disciplines/areas such as Computer Science (CS), ICT, IT Computer Engineering (CE) and Software Engineering (SE). Sometimes these computing related programmes are used interchangeably and confusingly as if they are synonyms, but that should not the case. From a Ghanaian perception, this paper focuses on outlining the major differences and similarities between such computing related programmes with a reflection on which public tertiary institutions in Ghana currently run them in accordance to the ICT needs and requirements of industries and societies.