The Deputy Member on the Education Committee of Parliament Dr. Clement Apaak, has opined that his call for a national dialogue has been vindicated by a series of complaints filed by some headmasters and parents over the free senior school.
Dr. Apaak stated that the ruling government must eat the humble pie and admit to the challenges and seek solutions through the national dialogue.
The legislator says it was obvious that the policy is struggling, and until we hold the dialogue, the issues will continue to stare us in the face.
Some headmasters in some secondary schools have bemoaned the delays in releasing funds for managing secondary schools.
They have complained that the situation is creating inconveniences, thus affecting effective teaching and learning.
Some of them say since March, funds have not been released for our secondary schools.
Some parents have also called on the government to give them quality education even at a cost.
These parents say the quality of education in our secondary schools under free SHS was waning.
The parents say although free education was a laudable idea, free education without quality is a threat.
Other headmasters have on the reason of anonymity said their failure to voice out is for fear of transfer of loss of their jobs.
Reacting to all these concerns, Dr. Apaak advised the government to organize a national dialogue on free SHS to address the challenges.
He said overcrowding, lack of resources for feeding and infrastructure is affecting the quality of education.
He further noted that the government to fix the bureaucratic bottlenecks that cause delays in the release of funds.
He opined that the delay in procurement of funds is responsible for the government’s inability to provide school beds and infrastructure in the Senior High Schools.
He admonished the government to speed up the completion of ongoing projects to bring an end to the double-track system as p[romised.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com
