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Weekly reminder that Ghana’s education system needs work
Professor Goski Alabi, the Dean of the Center for International Education and Collaboration at the University of Professional Studies in Accra, is the latest to argue that Ghana under-delivers when it comes to education. Alabi suggests that the problem starts with an outdated curriculum, and that a system of quality assurance would be a step in the right direction. “As a quality management professional, I believe in continual improvement and so I would say that yes, there is some room for improvement and that is what we should be looking for… Improvement in the way we design our curriculum, our instructional methodology and, simply put, the way we teach.” Goski claimed that the education system has lost sight of its primary mission: the system now seems to be one of certification rather than education. Notably missing from Alabi’s critique was a solution. She mentioned increased measures of accountability and a renewed allegiance to quality control—both of which would be welcomed—but she, like many who have made similar speeches before her, did not provide much in the way of specifics. Details matter, and it is in the national interest for those leveling criticism to start laying out plans.
Prempeh appoints GES and GIMPA governing councils
The Minister of Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, appointed the new governing councils of the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). The GES will be chaired by Michael Nsowa, and the GIMPA will be led by Kofi Darko Asante. Prempeh wasted no time on ceremonies, immediately charging the new GES council to look into allegations of circuit supervisors leveraging their power to extort payments from teachers seeking promotions or post changes. “I charge you council members to take this matter up as soon as possible and ensure that the practice is stamped out in order to preserve the integrity of the GES and the government payroll system,” Prempeh said (the recent promotion-related abuses have since been traced to the Tema Metropolitan GES office). Prempeh expressed intentions to seriously combat teacher absenteeism and to demand accountability for school performance at the local level.
Also…
An education-focused not-for-profit, The Sabre Charitable Trust, supports an end of the rote learning era.
Over 800 GES staff have taken the necessary steps to get their dates of birth corrected in the GES system… and the GES has responded by putting all requests on hold.
UNESCO report finds that the number of students attending university in Ghana has grown substantially over the last decade.
Harnessing Youth Talents for Rural Development (HAYTAFORD) implores the media to do more to promotion of quality education in Ghana.
Ghana will host the 14th General Conference and Golden Jubilee Celebration, an annual Association of African Universities (AAU) conference.
Airtel Ghana donates educational supplies to students of the Tanoso SDA Cluster of Schools in the Brong Ahafo Region and the Sokoban Methodist School in the Ashanti Region.
Kojo Antwi, the popular Ghanaian musician, laments that the education system does not properly encourage partriotism.
A choir made up of Pathway students in Ghana will be livestreamed at a BYU-Idaho Devotional on Tuesday (4/25).