Some civil society organizations (CSOs) have petitioned the Education Committee of Parliament about some challenges confronting education in the country.
This was disclosed by a high-ranking member of Parliament’s Education Committee, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe.
He revealed that the committee is said to meet a group of CSOs over a recent report they released “Memorandum of Issues in the Basic Education Sector.”
Among other things, the report said it could take Ghana 300 years to eradicate schools under trees if the pace at which the issue is being addressed is not changed.
Their report captured that only 17 schools under trees have been removed since this government took over office.
According to the report, the lack of textbooks and exercise books for school children, non-payment of utility bills, lack of incentives for teachers in rural areas, and politicization of the recruitment of teachers, among others.
The Akatsi North lawmaker reactive said
“The Education Committee received a petition from the civil society organizations, and we have scheduled Thursday to meet the petitioners. We will meet them and hear what they have to tell us and know the way forward.”
“These issues they are raising, they are issues we are very much aware of, especially at the basic level. As we speak now, for three years, capitation grants have not reached the schools not to talk about money for the day-to-day running of schools.”
“The allocation made in the budget is woefully inadequate to cater to the challenges confronting the education sector and so when we will sit on the petition and send a report to the Speaker for further action to be taken.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
