According to The Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS) “there is the perceived agenda to alienate private schools within the Pre-tertiary sector.
This perception was manifestly evident when the Director-General of Ghana Education Service (GES) granted an interview to Asempa FM, “Eko Sii Sen” show on Tuesday, the 5th of April, 2022.” The press statement indicated.
Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS) in a press release today 14th April 2022 said there is an agenda by the government to alienate private schools from the country’s education system.
According to the leadership of GNAPS, the call for 80 to 90 percent placement to be reserved for ‘cyto’ students, so that all others can come
into the grade ‘A’ schools through entrance examinations, not WAEC”
The Private Schools have argued that such moves are not only discriminatory but are also aimed at alienating private schools from the pre-tertiary education sector of the country.
It further argued that the various steps and policies by the GES are contrary to the constitution of Ghana which states in Article 25b of the
that “secondary education in its different forms, including technical and vocational education, shall be made generally available and accessible to all by every appropriate means and in particular, by the progressive introduction of free education”.
The private schools led by the Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS) believe that attempts by the GES to favour BECE graduates from the public schools when it comes to accessing Free SHS is destroying private schools.
According to the (GNAPS), the GES currently looks more like Public Education Service (PES) by its conduct instead of beings the original national Ghana Education Service (GES) which is by law expected to treat all students fairly.
It called for the role of the GES to be properly re-defined so that no private school will provide them with data. (GNAPS) has also called for the SHS computerized system to be handled by a neutral body to ensure fairness. Probably the National Schools Inspectorate Authority (NaSIA) can
assume responsibility for the schools’ computerized placement system where all public and private schools can be fairly represented and treated.
It further called for the victimization of private BECE candidates in Ghana to be halted and questioned if the public schools are not performing well enough for which reason GES is putting policies in place to discriminate against private schools.
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“Ghanaian children, who gain access to the schools on basis of the merit of a competitive examination must not be discriminated against” GNAPS stated in its press statement.