The government has refuted allegations by the Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) that it was planning to privatize public schools.
It has, therefore, challenged the coalition to substantiate its privatization claim or apologize to Ghanaians for misleading them on a non-existent issue.
It is, recalled that the GNECC in a press conference in Accra by Mr. Kofi Asare, Chairman of the Coalition, on March 4, 2019, kicked against the Ghana Partnership Schools (GPS) Project scheduled for implementation in September.
The network, made up of more than 200 civil society organizations in pre-tertiary education, was of the view that the project was not the best approach to improve learning outcomes in schools.
But speaking to the Ghanaian Times in an interview yesterday, the Director of Communication at the Ministry of Education, Ekow Vincent Assafuah said, the government was only seeking to strengthen partnership with other institutions to deliver quality education.
Among other things, he said that the partnership would curb indiscipline in the education sector and improve supervision.
Mr. Assafuah noted that the government had never contemplated privatization of schools in its 2016 manifesto.
He said that in 2018 when the Ministry met GNECC, the discussion was on partnership and not privatization of schools.
Accordingly, page 108 of the party’s manifesto captures: “we would build an effective partnership with religious bodies, civic organizations and the private sector in the delivery of quality education. These partnerships also include the areas of management supervision and training of teachers in their unit.”
He said the ministry had constantly engaged with stakeholders on the partnership discussion, explaining that the position of the Coalition on the issue was disingenuous.
The Communication Director indicated that the president of GNECC sits on the Ministerial Advisory Board and therefore he has easy access to senior management for cross-checking information that may come his way.
Source: Ghanaian Times
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Lion, please note that the sale of ECG was done in 2015 when your party, the NDC was in Power. So if the sale is wrong then blame of your NDC and John Mahama
YOU ARE NOT WRITTING SENSE. IS IT BECAUSE YOU ARE NDC ? PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY IMBE CILE IN TOWN. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE MENTAL CAPACITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO A TOPIC ON EDUCATION, ITS ALRIGHT. BUT, DO NOT MAKE A FULL OF YOURSELF.
NANA IS SLEEPING ON THE JOB. IF THE SECURITY CAMERAS OR CCTV AT THE FLAG STAFF HOUSE WILL BE ALLOWED FOR PUBLIC VIEWING, ALAS, GHANAIANS WILL SEE HELL GOING ON THERE IN THE FLAG STAFF HOUSE/JUBILEE HOUSE. OSAFO MARFO AND KEN OFORI-ATTA ARE THE ONES GOVERNING OR WORKING AND RAPING THE NATION OF ALL THE RESOURCES. NANA JUST APPEND HIS SIGNATURE ON DOCUMENTS WITHOUT READING THEM HIMSELF. A VERY LAZY PRESIDENT HE IS.
Nana must be told to stop worshipping the white man. God did not only put good resources here, he also put good human beings here on the African continent, the African is rich in melanin and it makes the white man feel insecure that is why they come here to mess everything we have. The white man ain't s... No black man will manufacture HIV just to make money but the white retardss sees nothing wrong with it. Whiles some of them are creating problems here others are over there pretending don't know what their leaders are doing to us. If I ever come to power no motherforker can bring that BS UN or any of their decoys here. The white man ain't s... Africa will thrive without them.
Four hundred years ago Nana Addo would have been a slave trader! If Nana Addo can sell ECG to foreigners for paying him less than $200 million dollars when ECG is worth more than $10 million dollars what else can't he do. The man only thinks about himself and his family. Unpatriotic grandsons of Africa! Unpatriotic leaders. A leader must seek classssss for himself. A leader must not behave like a D that chews every bone that is thrown at him. A leader must sacrifice for his people! Sell sell sell sell sell sell sell is that what you promised the people?