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So no one in GES is qualified for the position of Director General? Teachers Quize as Nana Addo Appoints New DG

I’ll improve education, teachers welfare – New GES DirectorDr. Eric Nkansah appointed new GES Director-General

Teaching and non-teaching staff of the Ghana Education Service do not seem to have the needed skills and qualifications to merit the post of Director-General.

This assertion has been the conclusion of some staff members of the service after the President appointed a new Director General outside the GES once again.

Has the IGP position been occupied by someone without policing background?

Since when has a teacher or someone without a police background been appointed as IGP?

If No, why do we always sideline all the trained teachers who have risen to the highest rank?

Is it that the teachers in the profession are so bad that nothing good can come from them if they are appointed to the post of a D-G, or they just cannot do the work? If they cannot do the work, why keep them in the profession as teachers? These are just the preamble questions in this article.

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24 Hours After Sacking Prof. Kwesi Amankwa, Nana Addo pointed a new GES Director in the person of Dr. Eric Nkansah outside the many qualified educationist within the service.

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This has got teachers talking. One such post which has gained a lot of traction and reaction on Facebook is this.

“So no one in GES is qualified for the position of director general? Dear teachers and all educational workers in GES, we have no future with GES. I can’t remember the last time an employee of GES was appointed director general of the service.”

“The Director General is a rank under the Ghana education service. It’s just like appointing someone who is not a police officer as IGP.

The education sector will continue to be in shambles. You have appointed someone who has never been a headmaster of an SHS, a district or regional director of education….how will the person work without experience? Shouldn’t the director general be someone who has risen through all the ranks of the service? Oooh poor Ghana.”

So no one in GES is qualified for the position of Director General? Teachers Quize as Nana Addo Appoints New DG

The question is if the Director General of Health s always a health practitioner, why can’t the GES have a trained teacher who has gone through the ranks to be appointed as the D-G of the Ghana Education Service?

Has the IGP position been occupied by someone without policing background? Since when has a teacher or someone without a police background been appointed as IGP?