Dr. Yaw Adutwum, the minister of education, has refuted claims that the government has not done much to provide schools with instructional resources.
The Minister claims that the government has made significant investments in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) to give pupils the necessary skills for the workforce.
“The new science labs we are building at Wesley Girls, at St James, at St Louis at various schools across the country, you haven’t seen it? So invariably we hear people say there are so many problems but the opportunities are boundless.
“Great things are happening across the length and breadth of this country so those of us who are having your children (admitted to SHS) they are going to walk into science labs that they have never seen before,” he said.
He was speaking at the University of Ghana’s 74th Annual New Year School on Wednesday.
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The claims that the government hasn’t done much to provide educational resources for schools have been refuted by the minister of education, Dr. Yaw Adutwum.
The Minister claims that in order to give pupils the necessary skills for the labor market, the government has made significant investments in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics).
“I want us to begin to feel empowered that we are capable of shifting the paradigm, otherwise our minds are always going to be looking for problems,” he added.
The Minister also questioned the value of various programs offered by local colleges.
The scenario was identified by Dr. Adutwum as one of the factors contributing to Ghana’s high graduate jobless rate.
“So many students have been enrolled in Diploma in Education, they are being trained for jobs that do not exist. Thousands and thousands are graduating for jobs that do not exist,” Dr. Adutwum said.
“One favourite course that I always cite is what is called Sanitation Education but there is no course in Sanitation to be taught.
“Invariably, we have BA in Education and it is supposed to prepare students for non-teaching jobs, what type of non-teaching jobs are you preparing students in BA Education for? They don’t exist, but the degree programme exists,” he added.
Source: Myjoyonline
