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GNAT reaching out to NPP
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has wished out loud that the incoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) government will take a second look at the Ghana Education Service’s (GES) current validation policy for teachers. Similar to most GNAT displeasure surrounding GES policy, complaints with the validation policy focus on what the GNAT deems unfair payment practices (mainly related to the way payments are in arrears).
Rethinking technical education
The Vice-Chancellor of Sunyani Technical University (STU), Kwadwo Adinkra Appiah, blamed a lack of emphasis on technical education as the source for Ghana’s slowing rate of development. As Appiah claimed, citing the German model, technical education holds an important role in national development and tackling unemployment. “If you want to develop a nation, it is based on technical education,” he boldly stated. He continued by explaining the merits of technical education, namely that it educates students in a manner that allows them to enter the workforce more effectively after graduation because it is rooted in practical skills rather than theoretical ones. Appiah also rejected the stereotype that technical education is reserved for students not smart enough to be admitted into a traditional academic university.
Teachers to picket
The Teacher Trainees’ Association of Ghana (TTAG) has threatened to protest at the Ministry of Education (MoE) on Wednesday (12/27) over the government’s alleged unwillingness to pay salaries for newly trained teachers or feeding grants for students of colleges of education. TTAG disregarded NDC campaign claims on the topic as mere “propaganda.” TTAG also encouraged other teacher unions to join their cause.
Also…
Article on the benefits of Mother Tongue bilingual education, and some suggested steps for Ghanaian language policy moving forward.
The GNAT is pleading with politicians to give the GES more autonomy when it comes to education policy.
Nice article about how the proceeds from a book written on a mission trip to Ghana are being used to purchase supplies for a primary school in the small village of Kyerekrom.
Troubling article on the prevalence of student pregnancy at the Tumu Senior High School in the Upper West Region.
Take it for what it is, but a leaked list of Akufo-Addo’s ministers appeared over the weekend. Matthew Opoku-Prempeh was listed as the Minister of Education. We’ll have more on this when (or if) it becomes official.
Op-ed seeking a more centralized education policy.