The Chartered Institute of Human Resource Management, Ghana (CIHRM) held its 15th Conferral and 19th Graduation ceremony in Accra to strengthen the country’s pool of certified HR professionals.
The event conferred chartered status on 25 members and graduated 279 associate members to support the Institute’s efforts to raise HR standards nationwide.
The ceremony was part of its plan to expand the number of qualified practitioners to meet growing organisational needs across the public and private sectors.
The ceremony took place last Friday.
Rising membership
In his welcome address, the CEO of CIHRM, Dr Francis Eduku, said the new inductees had completed the required academic and professional stages to earn their positions in the Institute.
“Today, we were conferring a Chartered Human Resource Management Practitioner status on 25 students who completed the Level Four programme, and 279 Level Three students who passed their exams also joined our Institute as Associate Members,” he said.
He explained that the new admissions increased the number of Chartered HR Practitioners from 399 in 2024 to 452 in 2025, while Associate Members rose from 2,237 in 2024 to 2,686 in 2025.
He said the Institute was focused on building a strong pipeline of competent HR personnel to support national development.Strategic partnerships
Dr Eduku said CIHRM had entered regional and global partnerships to expose members to modern HR knowledge and tools. He noted the Institute’s partnership with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) in the United States, which gave CIHRM members access to HR toolkits, templates and research materials at discounted rates.
“Whereas HR professionals who were not members of our Institute paid $118 annually for SHRM global membership, CIHRM members paid only $10, saving $108,” he said.
He added that members also secured a three–year subscription for $30 instead of US$354 for non-members.
He urged members to take advantage of the offer before it expired on January 31, 2026. He said the deal was designed to make international-standard HR resources more accessible.
Call for disciplineThe President of CIHRM, Mrs Florence Hutchful, called on HR practitioners to lead by example and address lateness in the workplace. She said the disregard for time was affecting productivity and needed national attention.
“Lack of order, and in particular, the widespread disregard for time, resulted in chronic lateness. It is the next major challenge we must confront as a nation,” she said.
She encouraged the new members to cultivate the habit of punctuality, explaining that it built credibility and trust in organisations.
She said consistency in simple practices, such as being on time, could improve organisational culture.
Adapting to change
The Guest Speaker, Vice-Chairperson of the Public Service Commission, Dr Irene Stella Agyenim-Boateng, said the HR profession was changing rapidly and required practitioners who understood modern workplace realities.
