“We are not interested in politics, we want implementation” – Minister of Education on new GTEC board

Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum instructed the newly inaugurated councils under the ministry to focus on the implementation of already existing policies and not to formulate new ones.

In a brief swearing-in ceremony before the Ghana Higher Education Commission (GTEC) at the ministry on Thursday, Dr Yaw Adutwum stressed that several years of formulating policies without directly focusing on their implementation have deprived the country of real growth.

“At this point, the Ministry of Education is not interested in politics. We want the implementation. So you, as members of the Council, must understand that everything that has been entrusted to you is about implementation, ”he noted.

He further tasked the GTEC Board of Directors with leading the pursuit of a significant number of enrollments in higher education institutions.

According to him, although Ghana is doing well in the sub-Saharan zone which has an average of 7% of enrollments in gross higher education, the 18% of the country does not measure up to the world average of more than 40%.

“The gross enrollment rate in higher education in South Korea is 93.6% and we are at 18.8%. Let’s not get caught up in the African mediocrity syndrome that says Ghana is better than other countries. No we are not”.

The new 13-member GTEC board will be chaired by Professor Kwame Boafo-Arthur.