Education Minister proposes common books for all African children

Minister of Education Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has called on the African Union Commission for Education, Science, Technology and Innovation to publish common books in different languages for all African children.

The common books, the Education Minister said should tell the African story to African children and equip the African children with unique ideas and skill sets to make them work very hard towards attaining their goals as Africans.

Dr Adutwum’s proposal when the African Union Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof Mohammed Belhocine, led a four-member delegation to pay a courtesy call on him in Accra on Monday.

The team was in the country to participate in the maiden African Skills Week, a crucial event for driving policy reforms and creating opportunities for young people across Africa held on October 15, 2024 and hosted by Ghana.

The Education Minister assured the African Union of Ghana’s readiness to support any African country that was prepared to emulate the education reforms in the country to transform its education system.

On the part of The African Union Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Prof Mohammed Belhocine announced that the only means by which the African Continent could develop was by promoting TVET among its youth.

He explained that for African countries to industrialize as well as the youth to get jobs or create their own job require that African countries should strive to focus on the development of TVET in their countries to train the critical manpower needs of the countries.

Prof. Belhocine announced this when he led a four-member delegation to pay a courtesy call on the Minister for Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum in Accra on Monday.

He praised Dr Adutwum for his vision and innovation he has brought into the nation’s education space which transformed the nation very fast and hoped that other African countries could emulate such developments.

The commissioner lamented the low support for the TVET sector among some African countries leading to slow development of such countries and called for all nations to have a second look at promoting the development of TVET in their countries.

The Commissioner appealed to the Minister for Education to attend an upcoming conference in November this year to discuss TVET education and other developments in the continent’s education situation.