[ 2017-03-02 ]

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta

Gov’t to review ‘basic education’ to include Senior High Schools
President Akufo-Addo’s government says it will
review the concept of basic education to include
Secondary Education which would cover technical,
vocational and agricultural teaching.

Government says it would make the education more
practical to ensure that pupils acquire the
requisite skills needed to be able to establish
themselves after school and not become passive and
dependent citizens.

These were contained in the first budget read by
the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta to the House
of Parliament on Thursday March 2, 2017 where he
indicated that basic education should not only be
a place to get a certificate. He said “as part
of this initiative, Basic Education Certificate
Examination (BECE) would be used as a tool for
placement of students into second cycle schools
and not for certification.

“To improve the quality and relevance of
education and further make the products of our
school systems competitive, government would
review the basic level curriculum to focus on the
four R’s – Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and
Recreation to include Life Skills and Creative
Skills.” He further indicated that “government
intends to ensure that all our children have these
basic skills when they exit the primary school
system.”

Ghana already runs a basic education system but
the current administration says it ensure that
pupils and students acquire hands-on experience to
be able to able to contribute to national
development through the skills they would have
acquired.

Source - 3news.com

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