Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) have been asked to prioritize education in their disbursement of the district assemblies common fund (DACF).
Education Minister, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, said it was important to make sure that significant proportion of the money was used to improve schools infrastructure.
They must provide structures and other support systems, to remove levies on school children and so that kids from poor homes are not denied access to education.
She was addressing a two-day workshop organized by her ministry in Kumasi to discuss the development of education.
It brought together Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) from across the country and district directors of education.
Prof Naana Opoku-Agyemang reminded the MMDCEs that as chairpersons of the district education oversight committees, they had pivotal role to play in the management and delivery of education.
She repeated the government’s commitment to the Free Compulsory Basic Education (FCUBE) programme - to protect the right of every Ghanaian child to have full access to basic and secondary education.
She made reference to the Ghana Partnership for Education Grant under which resources are made available to schools to complement the capitation grant and said that showed how serious they were to promote education.
The Minister used the occasion to draw attention to the need strengthen supervision for effective use of the contact hours and discourage the holding of extra-classes.
She called on teachers to give it their all to improve students’ performance and warned against absenteeism.
Dr. Clement Adamba of the School of Education and Leadership, University Ghana, Legon, noted that the capitation grant “has had positive impact on enrolment in schools and said the size should be increased.
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