The Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah, has advised former President John Mahama to desist from drawing him into his campaign on education.
According to him, any process to reform the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagship education programme, the free Senior High School (SHS) policy would compromise the gains made so far.
His comment comes on the back of statements made by Mr Mahama at a rally in Cape Coast that he would review the policy should he be elected president in 2020.
According to a statement signed by the Head of Public Relations of the Ministry of Education, Mr Ekow Vincent Assafuah, Mr Mahama, at the rally stated that the policy was ill-timed, and that problems facing the policy was due to lack of expert and stakeholder consultation.
According to the statement, Mr Mahama noted that when elected president in 2020, he would hold a national stakeholders conference where he would panel educationists such as Prof Yankah to deliberate on the policy.
The statement, however, indicated that Prof Yankah, as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, has been an integral part of the development of the free SHS programme, and that, “he is fully aligned with its direction under the leadership of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.”
“It should be noted that such stakeholder forums were held with the teacher unions, National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, GES Council, head of faith based organisations, all heads of SHS, Civil Society Organisations etc. They were invited to round table discussions and their views were solicited for the double track system,” the statement said.
“In the very unlikely event of the NDC coming into office in January 2021, Prof Yankah would therefore not be interested in being part of any process that seeks to compromise the gains achieved by the free SHS policy,” it added.
Source: Graphic.com
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POGAS, to break it down for you: All Professors clearly have Education. Some Professors study Theater Arts and so become experts in that field. Other Professors specialize in EDUCATION itself and also become experts in EDUCATION. So if you need experts to discuss EUCATION, you must for the one who has specialized in that FIELD. It does not mean the Professor in Theater Arts has no education or that Theater Arts is no education. I hope it is clearer now? Thank you!
SO WHAT IS WRONG WITH A PROFESSOR IN THEATER ARTS BEING REFERRED TO AS AN EXPERT IN EDUCATION ??? WHAT SPECIAL CREDENTIALS DOES HE SUPPOSED TO POSSESS ??........WE HAVE COME FAR AS A COUNTRY, LETS THINK BEYOND POLITICS PLEASE !!!!
yomo man please hope u ae not the only prof yankah in Ghana. yomo b3 ga
So you guys are on the payrolls of your parties, eh? Allow the poor to think of themselves wae? You are irritating.
SO THE PROFESSOR IN THEATER STUDIES IS THE EXPERT ON EDUCATION FOR MAHAMAH ? WHY IS OUR EX PRESIDENT ALLOWING HIMSELF TO BE RIDUCLED ? MAMACHI CHAIII ?
because of politics even the elderly are talking anyhow if Mahama mentions your name what is wrong with that this old man paaa black man chaiiiii
if you want educational reforms the person to seek advise from is an expert in Theater studies? Let's be a little intelligent.
HAHAHAHA, THIS MAN IS FUNNY WILL YOU EVEN GET IF SOMEONE CLASSIFY YOU AS ON OF THE BEST EDUCATIONALIST WE HAVE IN GHANA? BY THE WAY HE WASN'T TALKING TO YOU WATI. ARE YOU THE ONLY YANKAH WE HAVE IN GHANA?
This man thinks he is the only Prof who is Yankah. Mahama was refering to Prof Victor Yankah who is of UCC Department of Theathre Studies. This man was seated right beside Mahama when he made the speech.