59,000 teachers recruited since 2017 – Minister of Education

Education Minister, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, said that the introduction of the free high school policy had resulted in a 31% increase in the number of enrollments, compared with 100,000 students by the end of the year. schooling each year in college. level in the years before 2017.

Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh indicated that all basic textbooks had been provided to all high school students, adding that the government had also provided revision books in mathematics to all schools in the country.

The Minister of Education announced it today when he joined President Akufo-Addo in a meeting with members of the Ghanaian community in Paris, as part of the latter's official visit to Paris. country.

Dr. Opoku Prempeh said that when Northern grants were established by Ghana's chief executive, Kwame Nkrumah, there were only two schools in all three northern regions.

"That did not stop Kwame Nkrumah from creating scholarships for northern schools. Not having enough clbadrooms will never stop us from having Free SHS. In fact, Ghanaians voted and the number of registrations increased by 31% in 2017 and 2018, "he said.

To address the problems badociated with the introduction of the dual track school system, the minister said 8,000 teachers were specifically employed.

"We met the deadlines we needed and the President ordered the Minister of Finance to give the green light, and we did. This includes the 59,000 teachers we have employed by that time. What you hear when you always listen to social media is not very true. Sometimes your judgment is darkened by the truth, "he added.

With the introduction of the four-year Bachelor of Education in 2018 in the country's university colleges, the Minister of Education said that "there is no such thing". graduate teacher. Everyone who comes out will get a diploma. "

The minister pointed out that the conversion of educational colleges into college colleges has allowed a record number of students to apply for admission.

"When they were graduate students, they spent a lot of time doing extra work in other schools and not concentrating in clbad. Now it's not a second-rate school because they could not go to university. It's a choice they've decided to make as teachers, "he said.

Source: ISD (Rex Mainoo Yeboah)