Scheme of Service (SoST)

Scheme of Service (SoST)

PROGRAMME BRIEF

Programme	Target Group	No. of Years in the LGS	Duration	Tuition cost
1.Certificate	Career Beginners	1-4 years	Six (6) Weeks	GHC 4,000.00
2.Graduate   Professional Diploma	Middle Management Professionals	5-8 years	Six (6) Weeks	GHC 4,000.00
3.Senior Management	Senior Management Professionals	9-12 years	Two (2) Weeks	GHC 2,500.00
4.Executive Certificate	Executives	13-16 years	Two (2) Weeks	GHC 2,500.00
5.Refresher	Senior Executives	Above 16 years	One (1) Week	GHC 1,500.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

          Programmes and Specialisation Areas

  The programmes and areas of specialisation available for the respective professional clusters below:

I. Certificate Programmes

 1.Public Policy and Management (PPM)

 2.Human Resource Management (HRM)

3.Planning for Local Level Development (PLD)

4.Public Financial Management (PFM)

5.Local Infrastructure Planning and Management (IPM)

6.Social Policy Design, Planning and Development (SPD)

7.Environmental Health, Water and Sanitation (EHS)

8.Management Information Systems (MIS)

II. Post Graduate Professional Diploma Programmes

1. Local Government and Public Policy (LGPP)
2. Local Finance and Fiscal Decentralisation (LFFD)
3. Leadership and Management(L&M)
4. Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
5. Local Economic Development (LED)
6. Social Protection (SP)
7. Public Health and Population Studies (PHPS)

III. Senior Management Programmes

1. Public Policy and Management (PPM)
2. Human Resource Management (HRM)
3. Planning for Local Development (PLD)
4. Public Financial Management (PFM)
5. Environmental Health, Water and Sanitation (EHS)
6. Social Policy Design, Planning and Development (SPD)
7. Local Infrastructure Planning and Management (IPM)
8. Public Procurement and Value for Money Analysis (PVM)

IV. Executive Courses

1. Managing Assemblies as Corporate Businesses
2. Democratic Developmental Local Governance
3. Local Economic Development
4. Public Relations, Publicity and Media Engagements
5. Fiscal Decentralisation and Local Finance
6. Citizens Participation and Inclusive Governance
7. Climate Adaptation and Local Resilience
8. Conflict, Rule of Law and Local Security
9. Gender Responsive Governance
10.  Inclusive Service Delivery and Localising the SDGs
11.  Water and Sanitation Governance

Campuses and Centres                   Quarterly Programme Schedules / Periods

• Accra Campus                                Q1. Sessions: January-March   
• Tamale Campus                              Q2. Sessions: April-June
• Regional Training Centres               Q3. Sessions: July-September

Q4. Sessions: October-December