Andrews K. Agyemfrah-Tetteh, a member of the Mathematics Society of Ghana has opined that educational reforms should not be the sole decision of politicians, despite their being democratically-elected to represent the people.
According to him, different groups of people view education from diverse points of view and as such, several factors, including culture must be considered during reforms.
Mr. Agyemfrah was speaking during a discussion on ‘The Politics of Our Educational Reforms’ on Lecture Hour, an intellectual and research analysis program on Radio Univers.
In his view, some educational reforms are undertaken merely to score political points to the disadvantage of beneficiaries. He therefore asserted that before any restructuring of the educational system, a forum should be held for all stakeholders and beneficiaries alike, to deliberate and arrive at a satisfactory consensus.
“…there are certain entrenched issues within our body politic and that a few people cannot just decide on it. There should be a forum for all across board to make an input as to the kind of education we need… We cannot talk about education in Ghana without taking into consideration our cultural indices… So at the end of the day, we have something in education that benefits all of us.”
His comments were in tandem with assertions made last July by the former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof. Ernest Aryeetey, during NDK’s 25th Anniversary Lecture and CSR Foundation Launch on the theme ‘The Politics of Educational Reforms In Ghana.’
According to Prof. Aryeetey, a consultative forum (independent of the GES and government) would help reduce the recurrent changes besetting the educational system in Ghana. He said a wider open discussion is needed in the education sector and this should include the private sector whose participation in the tertiary sector is necessary but must be carefully regulated.
In a related development, Mr. Agyemfrah-Tetteh emphasized that the functional side of education should be improved to ensure high quality practical education. Noting that, as much as theory is necessary in education, it is overly-emphasized in Ghana’s educational curricula which is evidently doing the entire nation a disservice.
Agyemfrah-Tetteh, who is also a National Consultant for the Physics Students Assoc. of Ghana, stated that to ensure continuity of top-notch education, stakeholders must ensure that people receive the best education right from the basic level. By so doing, tertiary institutions will produce globally competitive and employable people, and as result, hushing complaints of fallen standards and under-qualified tertiary students.
In lieu of this, he noted that as much as government is constantly constructing schools, equal, if not much attention should be paid in the recruitment of teachers. Because to a larger extent, students are as good as their teachers.
“…there is a lot of overcrowding in our universities because of our population, so we need more universities but it’s the quality of education that should matter. If the foundation at the basic level is not good, it will continue through to the tertiary level. So let’s us improve on the functional side of education. Theory is good, yes. But let us look at what is good and push it. And it should be continuous.”
By: Marie-Franz Fordjoe/Radio Univers 105.7FM
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