- Mahama outlined 8 mismanagement results in the education sector during his Ghana at a crossroads-events.
- The Government always looking for an opportunity to blame others, they are never to be blamed.
- Calls on the government to stop blaming others and fix the country.
Former President John Mahama has outlined the challenges that confront Ghana’s education sector as a result of what he termed mismanagement by the Akufo Addo-led government for the past five years.
Speaking during at the Ghana at a crossroads event organized by the NDC, the former president blamed the current challenges in the education sector on Akuffo Addo -Bauwmia led government.
In the education sector, he outlined the following hardships that have been inflicted on the sector by the current administration. He added that the current situation is the result of the cash crunch which has hit the nation as a spillover effect of the mismanagement going on.
a. Capitation grants have been in arrears for nearly a year.
b. Textbooks have not been supplied to basic school pupils for three straight years.
c. At the SHS level, lengthy delays in the release of funds have crippled the Free SHS program compelling key stakeholders like CHASS and GNAT to issue ultimatums to the government.
d. There have been widespread reports of food shortages and nutrition deficient, poor quality food in schools across the country.
e. The academic calendar has become erratic due to the non-availability of funds to run the schools
At the tertiary level,
f. UTAG recently ended a protracted strike action to call on the government to honour its commitment on salary rationalization and better conditions of service. The UTAG strike severely undermined teaching and learning on our various campuses.
g. College of Education students have spent more time at home than in school because of the lack of funds.
h. Trainee allowances have been in arrears for several months amidst threats by school authorities to shift the cost of feeding unto students in the absence of timely release of funds by the government.
i. The government’s mismanagement of the GETFund has not helped matters in the education sector.
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While outlining the 8 mismanagement results in the education sector during his Ghana at a crossroads-events, the former President called on the government to stop looking for an opportunity to blame others, take responsibility, and fix the country.
Source: Ghanaeducation.org