SHS, JHS Certificates to Upgrade to Diploma Standard

The Minister of Education has announced his intention to turn the high school certificate into a national certificate allowing graduates to find employment once their programs are completed.

The minister said it was unfair for young people in the country to be forced to complete their university education before they could get a job in the country.

Matthew Opoku Prempeh said that a new curriculum aimed at junior high schools in the country would see JHS graduates graduate from their studies. Graduate SHS graduates will be awarded a national degree.

He noted that such an overqualification of their qualifications would make graduates more relevant and would not necessarily require a university degree to be able to work in the country.

"The program that will be released for lower secondary will lead to a higher national diploma, [and] when you finish high school, you get a national degree. Not everyone has to go to university, but we have to prepare our children for the world of work. "

"And this national diploma will allow our children to go directly to work. If someone can accompany his bachelor's degree with a certificate of completion of high school in the military, why could not we go now with a high school diploma? That should be enough for anyone who is successful and holds a certificate to be employed, provided we have prepared that person, "he said.

Mathew Opoku Prempeh also advocated for adequate training of Ghanaian students to familiarize them with the technologies.

He said such a trait would make Ghanaian graduates competitive with their counterparts from other parts of the world.

University education reduced to 3 years

At the same event, the minister also suggested that the government is considering reducing the length of undergraduate programs from four to three years.

"Around the world, the first cycle lasts three years, not four years. Why should we spend four years in this field? We will meet with university professors and start challenging them because Ghana is not an island, "said the minister.