National Democratic Congress [NDC] Member of Parliament [MP] for Lower Manya Constituency in the Eastern Region, Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi says the country’s educational system will face serious problems in future if we keep politicizing educational issues.
“Education in Ghana has been over politicized to the extent that politicians in power want to find a nice way of fixing their party men in school positions whiles in power. This is wrong and should never be encouraged,” he lamented.
Commenting about the recent anarchy at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology [KNUST], the MP called on politicians to be very circumspect about educational matters as it is the greatest tool of development for any state.
Speaking as a panelist on UTV’s ‘Adekye Nsroma’ programme, Terlabi said the President acted wrongly by asking the Vice Chancellor to step aside pending the investigation and creation of an Interim council to resolve the issue at hand.
“NPP should stay out of academic institutions for they have their own mandate to manage themselves,” he angrily said.
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KNUST SAGA CLEARLY REVEALS HOW FUNNY MANY GHANAIANS COULD BECOME. IT SAD THAT MANY GHANAIANS PAY ATTENTION TO SIDE ISSUES THAN SUBSTANTIVE MATTERS. THEY ACT AND EXPRESS THEIR EMOTIONS TO WRONG PERSONS, WRONG PLACES AND THE WRONG TIME. THE GOVERNMENT ACTED PROMPTLY TO STOP THE RAMPAGE OF THE KNUST STUDENTS. ALL THE SO CALLED STAKE HOLDERS, FOLDED THEIR ARMS TO LOOK ON HELPLESSLY WHEN THEY WERE NEEDED MOST TO STOP THE SENSELESS ACT. THE EMERGENCY DECISIONS, THOUGH NOT ENTIRELY PERFECT, WAS NECESSARY TO STOP THE CHAOS. JUST AFTER THAT EVERY TOM, HARRY AND ***barred word*** IN GHANA BECAME LAWYERS AND PROMOTERS OF LEGALITY TO CONDEMN THE SAVING INTERVENTION OF GOVERNMENT. THIS IS UNGRATEFULNESS AND HYPOCRISY. NO MATTER ONE MIGHT JUDGE, THE GOVERNMENT SHOWED LEADERSHIP TO TAKE A PRECISE PRAGMATIC STEPS TO CONTROL SITUATION AND BROUGHT ORDER. INDEED IT IS THE ORDER CREATED BY GOVERNMENT THAT HAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALL OTHERS TO EXPRESS WHAT HAS NOW BECOME THEIR RIGHT AS STAKE HOLDERS HENCE THE THE DEMAND OF ALL, RECKLESS STUDENTS, DESPOTIC MANAGEMENTS, DISPASSIONATE EDUCATORS AND HYPOCRITICAL ONLOOKERS TO BECOME ADVOCATES OF THE RULE OF LAW AND INDICATORS FOR ILLEGALITY. IT INGRATITUDE TO APPRECIATE THE THE BOLD AND PRECISE STEPS THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS PLAYED TO CHANGE THE DYNAMICS OF THE IMPASSE. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THE RIGHT FOCUS TO ADDRESS THE CAUSES AND THE EXTENT OF THE RAMPAGE TO EXPOSE AND REPAIR THE WEAKNESS EXHIBITED BY THE SO CALLED STAKEHOLDERS TO AVOID ANY FURTHER INNACTION TO MAINTAIN A SERENE AND CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE UNIVERSITY.
too much, education is not supposed to be politicized at all. After these politicians have destroyed our education, they steal our money and send their children abroad to educate them.