The Ministry of Education denies the information that it is envisaged to issue diplomas to JHS graduates

General News of Monday, February 11, 2019

Source: 3news.com

2019-02-11

The Ministry of Education has denied that diplomas are issued to junior high school graduates in the country.

Industry Minister Matthew Opoku Prempeh is reported to have announced his intention to turn junior and senior high school diplomas into a national diploma so graduates can find jobs.

"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. It's not everyone who 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.

But the ministry said in a statement Monday that Mr. Prempeh's remarks had been distorted and taken out of context.

"The minister has not said that junior high school graduates would graduate," the statement said. He only spoke of the need for a strong and robust structure for pre-college education and noted that with such a system, on the verge of whether the current undergraduate degree of four years could be reduced to three years.

The ministry said Dr. Opoku Prempeh "was seeking to spark a national dialogue to reconsider his return to this undergraduate model, based on a significantly improved and stronger high school curriculum so that students could be prepared adequately to a three-year undergraduate program ". program".

He added that he had again tried to start a discussion about whether all upper secondary students should pbad an entrance exam at the university, such as the university. 39, postgraduate examination of West Africa, given the diversity of learners of our high school system.

"The minister has raised the idea of ​​a national diploma for all leavers in SHS, which will allow them to enter the world of work. Those wishing to enter the university must then write the WASSCE to do so.

"It will be noted that in the United States, all high school leavers get a national diploma allowing them to work, SAT exams being another requirement for those wishing to enter the university.

According to the Government, given the government's commitment to redefine basic education to include upper secondary education, it would be inconceivable for the Minister to suggest that graduating high school graduates obtain a diploma or any other certification allowing them to look for work.