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King Ali Awudu, the president of Ghana’s Coalition of Concerned Teachers(CCT), is requesting that the government enhance the One Student, One Tablet program from senior high schools to basic schools.
He claimed that there hasn’t been much investment in basic schools, which are a crucial part of the educational ladder.
While saying this, he voiced worries that basic education is being neglected in favor of investments in senior high schools by the government.
During a Sunday, April 7, interview with TV3’s Kemmini Amanor, he stated “The government is not pumping so much money as it is being pumped into the senior high schools. When it comes to the SHS, the feeding that is given to them alone surpasses the money that is supposed to be paid to pupils in basic schools per annum. So if you come to SHS the amount of money the government spends on feeding and other perishables per student, per day is just like the money that the government spends per pupil per year in the basic schools.
“Recently, you heard about the government’s wish to establish smart senior high schools and the purchase of some 1.3 million tablets at the cost of about 320 million dollars for SHS students, that is a lot of money and there is nothing wrong with that. The schools must be equipped but in every building the foundation is key. If the pupil is not well brought up at the Kindergarten, not well brought up at the primary, not well brought up the JHS, they will get will get to the SHS deficient. ”
King Ali Awudu went on to voice concern about the problems head teachers have in their area of employment.
He claims that since they are afraid of being fired, headmasters are unwilling to express their annoyance.
“No headteacher can come and sit here and have this conversation with you. He will go and leave, and his letter of dismissal will be waiting for him,” he declared.
“You go to the schools and you are astonished as a Ghanaian, you ask whether this setting is qualified to be a classroom,” he added in reference to the learning environment.
Ali Awudu went on to voice worries about the politicization of Ghana’s education system.
No industry in Ghana, in his opinion, is more heavily involved in politics than the education sector.
This has to end, he said.
“The educational sector is the one that is used for politics the most in this country,” he declared.
He went on to say that headmasters are afraid of being fired, thus they are unable to express the problems they have at work.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
