Government to Affiliate new Schools With Best Ones to Boost Education Standards

Education Minister, Dr. Osei Yaw Adutwum has stated new plans to affiliate newly established schools with existing best ones to ensure an evened out quality of education across the country.

Government to Affiliate new Schools With Best Ones to Boost Education Standards

The new strategy aims to expedite the progress of freshly established second-cycle institutions to fast rise to become top-performing schools.

This will reduce the overwhelming inclination towards schools perceived as top-performing and the neglect of other equally good schools in the country.

Many ‘Grade A’ second-cycle schools, often in the urban areas, get overwhelming enrollment because of strong perception and recognition as having better education standards.

But it is very different in rural and newly-established schools where poor attendance rates are recorded.

In perspective on this, new reforms that will allow for high-performing schools to mentor new government schools are being proposed by the Minister of Education, Dr. Osei Adutwum.

Information, expertise and resources to are common things the schools will be sharing in order to elevate and even out the standards of education in all corners of the country.

“We want to make sure they don’t stay there for more than 59 years before they become top-performing schools like Opoku Ware or Wesley Girls. Parents want the best for their wards so they will choose the best. These efforts make sure that there are many top schools available to choose from,” he said.

The Minister for Education was speaking at a stakeholder dialog with Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) across the country on government’s investments made into the education sector, including Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education. Aimed at enlightening MMDCEs on the ministry’s innovative policies implemented to further develop Ghana’s education system.

Dr Yaw Adutwum said the stakeholder dialog will allow grassroots leaders to appreciate and share new sector developments in their jurisdictions.

“It’s important to bring the leaders in our districts and municipality to dialog so that if there is something we should correct, we do it and have a better system,” he said.

Some MMDCEs lauded the Minister on the sector’s new paradigm shift.

“Dr Adutwum has changed the face of TVET to a more attractive course of study. This puts him high as a viable candidate to go boot-for-boot with NDC’s vice presidential candidate.

“Looking at the investment and direction of the system has made it clear that we are on the path to a robust system,” they said.

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This seeks to improve the overall education quality in the country and allow newly established schools develop better.