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Tamale, Ghana – The All People’s Congress (APC) has unveiled its policy on education, promising to redefine basic school education to include senior high.
According to the policy document copied to Savannah News, senior high, vocational and technical education will be free for all Ghanaian children.
“The APC will redefine basic education to include Senior High School (SHS) and make it available for free on a universal basis to all Ghanaian youth by 2022. The Senior High School system will be organized both as a terminal education for entry into the world of work, or a preparatory stage for entry into tertiary education or technical, vocational, or agricultural training.”
Below is the policy document:
THE ALL PEOPLE’S CONGRESS (APC) POLICIES ON EDUCATION
Societies that have made rapid progress around the world have all put education at the heat of their development. To be able to transform Ghana, therefore, it is important that our children and young people are equipped with the kind of education that places them at par with their peers across the globe.
Ghana’s children should have the education that ensures that they achieve their full potential, a holistic education that equips them with skill sets to make a full contribution to the development of Ghana and themselves. An education that looks beyond merely passing examinations but rather at building character, nurturing values and raising literate, confident and useful citizens that are equipped with critical thinking abilities is what the APC seeks to provide.
SECONDARY EDUCATION
Free Education:
The APC will redefine basic education to include Senior High School (SHS) and make it available for free on a universal basis to all Ghanaian youth by 2022. The Senior High School system will be organized both as a terminal education for entry into the world of work, or a preparatory stage for entry into tertiary education or technical, vocational, or agricultural training.
Vocation and Skill Training;
Vocation and Skill training will be further developed under the APC by the building of two state-of-the-art institutions and the upgrading and revamping of existing technical and vocational institutions to ensure that our workforce has world-class employable skills.
TEACHERS;
We will pay serious attention to their professional development and work environment, increase teacher’s allowances, ensuring prompt payment of salaries and promoting teachers without undue delay. We will also focus on the provision of incentives that will not only motivate teachers, but reward their hard work in the classroom.
We will collaborate with GNAT and NAGRAT and other teaching associations to facilitate an affordable housing scheme for teachers.
We will ensure that teachers who upgrade their qualifications are promoted promptly and that their salary increases take immediate effect.
The APC will ensure proper decentralization of teachers’ recruitment and other document processing and relieve them of the frustrating, bureaucratic processing of documents at the centre.
PRIMARY EDUCATION;
We will reintroduce the History of Ghana as a subject for primary schools.
To ensure that standards are improved and maintained across pre-tertiary education, the APC government will strengthen and equip the Inspectorate Division in order for it to carry out its mandate of inspecting and regulating the provision of good quality education whilst providing good value for money in education.
SCIENCE AND MATHS EDUCATION:
We will aggressively promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education across all levels of the education system.
An APC government will leverage technology to popularize the teaching and learning of Mathematics. Children in every part of the country will have access to mathematics lessons delivered at the highest level. We aim to demystify mathematics and turn Ghana into a mathematics-friendly nation.
We shall change the curricula of education to focus on creativity and innovation whilst promoting entrepreneurship and leadership skills.
Vote APC
VOTE DR. HASSAN AYARIGA
OFFICE OF THE All PEOPLE’S CONGRESS (APC)
By SavannahNewsOnline.Com/Philip Liebs
