A Deputy Ranking Member on the Education Committee of Parliament has asked Ghanaians to reject the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, because he lacks integrity and cannot be trusted.
His remarks were in reference to the position of the government on the implementation of free SHS and what officials told the International Monetary Fund (IMF), contrary to what they told Ghanaians.
He said the Vice President, who was a high-ranking member of the team that negotiated with the IMF, promised to review the policy, but they keep telling Ghanaians that anyone who promised to review the policy was to scrap it.
He was reacting to former President John Dramani Mahama’s assistance to review the policy in his first 100 days.
Addressing representatives from the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT), Mr. Mahama reiterated his pledge to hold a national stakeholders dialogue to solicit input on how best to review the policy and make it better.
In a post on Facebook after the meeting, the former president stated that he will prioritise the revival of abandoned technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and e-blocks “in our education infrastructure drive to decongest schools and improve the quality of education.”
“We also plan to review and improve the implementation of the Free SHS policy, resolve its associated challenges, and mainstream TVET and STEM in all secondary schools.
“These are just a few highlights from the productive dialogue we had. I look forward to further collaboration with teacher unions and other stakeholders to develop effective policies for the education sector.
“Together, we can build a better and more inclusive education system for our children and the future of our nation. Thank you to all the teacher unions who participated and shared their valuable insights.”
Dr. Apaak commended the former president stressing that he has been faithful to the truth and his promise to constitute a national stakeholders forum as a first step towards reviewing the Free Senior High School policy to make it much better.
“The question is, why will DMB and NPP comfortably tell the IMF that they will review and rationalise the Free Senior High School Programme yet tell Ghanaians it doesn’t require a review.”
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Unlike DMB, who is morbidly afraid to tell Ghanaians that the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government told the IMF that government will review and rationalise the Free Senior High School Programme; page 76, paragraph 47 in the first review report, JDM has been faithful to the truth and his promise to constitute a national stakeholders forum as a first step towards reviewing the Free Senior High School Programme to make it better.
Get this, DMB was the highest ranking government official to have participated in the review meeting with the IMF, during which the government told the IMF it would review and rationalise the Free Senior High School Programme. The question is, why will DMB and NPP comfortably tell the IMF that they will review and rationalise the Free Senior High School Programme yet tell Ghanaians it doesn’t require a review.
Reject lies, reject DMB, reject NPP.
By: Rainbowradioonline com/Ghana
