Vice Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Samuel Ofosu Ampofo has condemned the ruling government for introducing the Double Track Senior High School (SHS) System of education.
President Nana Akufo-Addo, over the weekend, reiterated his commitment to implementing the double-track system which will change the traditional three-term timetable of secondary schools.
“The objectives of the double track system are to create room to accommodate the increase in enrolment. Furthermore, it will reduce class sizes, it will increase the contact hours between teachers and students, and increase the number of holidays. All this, ladies and gentlemen, is going to be achieved with the existing infrastructure” he said.
According to the Ministry of Education, the double-track system has become necessary because in the 2018/2019 academic year, the Free SHS will admit about four hundred and seventy-two thousand new students.
The double track system since its first announcement has had its fair share of criticisms as the opposition NDC feels it is the wrong way to go.
But contributing to discussions on PeaceFM's "Kokrokoo" Morning Show, Ofosu Ampofo would rather government invests in infrastructure because the new system is mediocre.
“Double track system is a lazy approach towards the solution of the high number of free senior high school students…” he stated.
Source: Rebecca Addo Tetteh/Peacefmonline.com
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Elder Ofosu Ampofo, kindly share the 'smart approach' that you have to solve the teeming number of JHS graduates who will qualify to continue their SHS education. Please I am waiting for a response from you. AND THEY CALL THEMSELVES ELDERS.
Ofosu Ampofo double intake is better than denying brilliant students access to education. I want to appeal to the current govt to introduce the double intake policy to our universities especially for health and science base courses.Mr Ampofo, are you aware that students with aggregate 6,8,9,10 etc are denied program of their choice due to availability of infrastructure. This is what your party(NDC) bequeathed to the current govt.
I am very sad as a Ghanaian. We cant even unite to educate our children. Everything is politics and insults all objectivity is lost everybody follows their party like blindfolded zombies. Only God can help us. But I wish we will at least unite in just these three areas EDUCATION, HEALTH an INFRASTRUCTURE and trod the same path irrespective of the government in power. God help us
Education is good and I don’t care where and how I get it
THAT MAN HAS AQUIRED NOTORIORITY FOR MAKING UNINTELLIGENT PONTIFICATIONS ON NATIONAL ISSUES LATELY. OFOSU AMPOFO AMPOFU'S OPINIONS ON ISSUES NOW ADAYS ON ISSUES IS ANCHORED ON LAZY THINKING. FOR A WHOLE TEACHER SPEAKING SUCH VOLUMINOUS GABAGE MAKES HIM MORE IRRELEVANT. SOMETIMES I VISUALIZE HIS FACE AND FOUL MOUTH AND WONDER HOW INJURIOUS NDC POLITICS HAS DESTROYED AND CONTINUE TO DESTROY HIM TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU CAN PREDICT THE IRRELEVANCES THAT WILL COME FROM HIS MOUTH. HIS FACE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A TRUE PENTECOST ELDER. HE CANNOT DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM UNGODLY LIES. VERY NAUSEATING IN MY VIEW AND CREDIBILITY ERRODING FACE...LOOKS MORE OF MAMADUKE JOPLAY IN THE 39 STEPS. WISE UP FOR YOUR OWN CREDIBILITY AND POLITICAL FUTURE WHEN AND DON'T BE ***barred word*** TO THE POLITICAL INEPTITUDE OF VISIONLESS MAHAMAH...HE WILL FINALLY BE THROWN INTO THE POLITICAL DUST BIN AND YOU WOULD HAVE WASTED YOUR TIME. BUILD YOU INDEPENDENT CREDIBILITY AND ASTUTENESS MY BROTHER.
A lazy approach is better than a zero approach
NDC is AGAINST everything about education in Ghana. They know that their end will come if the average Ghanaian is education! NEVER vote of NDC!
Majority of NDC members don't have any profession apart from politics, please educate your supporters to acquire some skills Mr ofosu, you are doing them bad please. As we are speaking you have certificate, as Pentecost elder, you should have known better rather than castigating the government. Northerners have free SHS since independence,are they only Ghanaians? Because of you I am going to stop Pentecost because you are an elder who lie all the time.
Let the NPP tackle the SHS FREE EDUCATION with the"LAZY APPROACH" and the children of Ghana benefit from it. Do you feel for the ordinary person who struggles to pay fees? If you have been able to stash some money somewhere, all the " down there" majority to enjoy the "LAZY APPROACH "way of educating our children. Mr."UNSETTLED" person. Running away from Fanteakwa to Tema candidate. If you feel for the vulnerable, you would have stayed at Fanteakwa to have sponsored most children there to school. STOP DISTURBING OUR EARS
All you live for is to use NDC to d'upe the citizenry. You don't have the mental acumen to think outside the box.