Empowering Student Leaders
Learn about our mission, vision, and the values that drive us forward as we shape the future of progressive leadership.
Empowering Student Leaders
The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration chapter of the Tertiary Education Institutions Network (TEIN) is the official student wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on campus. GIMPA-TEIN exists to advance the party’s social democratic tradition within the academic community by promoting political education, leadership development, civic responsibility, and disciplined activism grounded in ideas, values, and service.
As a recognized component of the NDC family, GIMPA-TEIN draws its authority, direction, and ethos from the NDC Constitution, party resolutions, and established guidelines governing youth and student participation. The chapter serves as a structured platform through which students are prepared intellectually, ethically, and practically for leadership within the party and the Ghanaian state.
Vision & Mission
To become a leading, intellectually rigorous, and values-driven student political organization that produces disciplined, competent, and ethical leaders committed to the social democratic ideals of the National Democratic Congress and to Ghana’s democratic and developmental progress.
To politically educate, organize, and empower students of GIMPA through structured engagement, leadership training, policy dialogue, and mentorship, in line with the Constitution and objectives of the National Democratic Congress.
Core Values
Social Justice and Equity
Commitment to fairness, inclusion, and equal opportunity for all, particularly the marginalized and vulnerable
Probity and Accountability
Upholding integrity, transparency, and responsible leadership in public and party life.
Democratic Participation
Respect for internal democracy, dialogue, collective decision-making, and constitutionalism.
Service and Sacrifice
Placing national and collective interest above personal gain, in the spirit of public service.
Discipline and Loyalty
Adherence to party rules, structures, and legitimate authority, while constructively advancing party objectives.
Ideological Foundation
GIMPA-TEIN is anchored in the social democratic philosophy of the National Democratic Congress. This tradition emphasizes freedom, justice, equality of opportunity, solidarity, and collective responsibility. It affirms the role of the state in promoting social welfare, reducing inequality, protecting the vulnerable, and ensuring that national resources are managed in the public interest.
Consistent with the NDC’s founding principles, the chapter upholds probity, accountability, inclusiveness, internal democracy, and respect for constitutional governance. Our political engagement is therefore issue-driven, people-centered, and informed by evidence, policy analysis, and national development priorities.
Strategic Objectives
In alignment with NDC youth and organizational guidelines, we pursue these priorities.
Deliver structured programs on NDC ideology, Ghana's political economy, public policy, and governance.
Identify, mentor, and prepare members for leadership roles within TEIN, the party, student governance, and national institutions.
Encourage evidence-based debate, policy analysis, and contributions to party thinking, particularly on youth, education, governance, and development.
Strengthen membership engagement, internal cohesion, and effective communication within the chapter and with the broader party.
Build strong working relationships with party executives, youth and women's wings, and allied democratic institutions.
What We Do
Practical programs that translate our ideals into action.
Discipline, Ethics, and Conduct
GIMPA-TEIN maintains high standards of discipline and ethical conduct consistent with the NDC Constitution. Members and officers are expected to conduct themselves in a manner that protects the image, unity, and credibility of the party.
Acts of misconduct, indiscipline, or actions that undermine party cohesion are addressed through established internal procedures, emphasizing fairness, due process, and corrective discipline.
Relationships & Strategic Outlook
GIMPA-TEIN functions as an integral component of the NDC's youth and student development ecosystem. The chapter works in close collaboration with constituency, regional, and national party structures, contributing to mobilization, policy advocacy, and leadership development. Through this relationship, members gain exposure to practical politics, governance processes, and national service, while the party benefits from informed, trained, and disciplined youth participation.
GIMPA-TEIN's strategic focus is to consolidate its role as a center of intellectual and leadership excellence within the TEIN network. By leveraging GIMPA's academic environment, the chapter seeks to contribute meaningfully to party thinking, policy development, and the long-term renewal of leadership within the NDC.