Ghana’s Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has called for a coordinated effort from governments and education authorities in Africa to tackle the common challenges in education delivery.
He emphasised the common challenges faced in education administration and management across continents, emphasising the need for a united and spirited approach to tackle these issues.
He made the remarks when the Minister for Primary, Secondary, and Technical Education of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tony Mwaba Kazadi, paid a courtesy call on him in Accra.
The Minister noted that with a pan-African approach, a lot can be achieved in the removal of bottlenecks confronting efficient teaching, learning, and research on the continent.
He added that the government of Ghana is taking the bull by the horns in ensuring that no child of school-going age is deprived of education, but issues of quality, innovation, and technological advancement are not overlooked.
The Minister from the Republic of Congo is leading a Congolese government delegation on a working visit to Ghana to study some ongoing reforms and strategies in Ghana’s education space.
He praised Ghana for its efforts in ensuring access, equity, and quality in education, highlighting its leadership in the continent’s education transformation and inspiring its recent efforts to align with the global quest for technology-driven education.
He further expressed interest in Ghana’s integration of technology into education, highlighting the ongoing project to transform educational facilities into smart schools.
“We are in Ghana for a noble reason; Ghana inspires us in the DRC with your school feeding programme. Our President has decided to introduce same in our country to keep our students in school. Our President and Prime Minister have also decided to introduce free education in high schools and because Ghana is already implementing same, we decided to come here to learn the lessons”, he told the press.
“The quality of education we give to our children today, has to be relevant to tomorrow’s technological advancements. That is why our government asked us to come to Ghana to learn about technology solutions you are deploying in your schools and universities to make teaching and learning top notch, like the Ghana Smart Schools Project being executed by a company called K A Technology”.
‘We have realized that the challenges are the same; therefore the solutions can be the same, we must not sit in our different countries looking for solutions when we could explore what has worked for our counterparts on the continent”, he said
While in Ghana, Mr. Kazadi and his delegation will tour some educational facilities and other ICT infrastructures and hold discussions with persons within the education sector.
He has since visited Accra Girls and Achimota Schools in Accra, where he met with students who benefited from President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo’s 1 Student – 1 Tablet programme, which was launched last month.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
