Minister For Education Sets Record Straight On Educational Achievements

John Mahama recently asked the Education Minister to delegate authority if he is unable to help students in low-performing schools improve.

Mahama believes, closing such schools is not only unacceptable but also demonstrates gross incompetence on the Minister’s part, emphasizing that it is the Minister’s responsibility to ensure that all schools have the necessary resources to improve academically.

He maintained that the gains made in the sector since the NPP government took office have been incomparable.

So, if anyone wants to engage me as Minister of Education, I don’t have any record of my own

According to the Minister, a school with a consistent zero to ten per cent pass rate should develop intervention programs to ensure that the majority of their students are able to continue their education rather than becoming a liability to their parents and society due to their inability to pass their exam.

However, the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), for example, has taken on the Education Minister, claiming that the move is misguided.

For these schools that he is talking about, those who go there have poor grades, you put all these in one place and expect the heads to do magic