Ministry of Education has not awarded a contract for new JHS uniforms

The Ministry of Education has stated that the sector minister, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh awarded a $ 350 million contract for the supply of new school uniforms for junior high school students to a close relative.

In In a statement issued Friday and signed by Kwasi Obeng-Fosu, deputy director of communications at the Ministry of Education, he said the story should be treated with the contempt it deserves.

The reaction follows reports Thursday that the minister, also a member of parliament for Manhyia South, had awarded a $ 350 million contract for the supply of new school uniforms for JHS school students launched Thursday by the Ghana Education Service. (GHGs).

The director general of the Ghana Education Service on Thursday announced reforms to the current education system, including replacing the existing primary education program and introducing new uniforms for JHS students.

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The introduction of the school uniform is a psychological strategy aimed at getting students to see themselves as part of the high school education system rather than the primary, said the authorities responsible for education.

The allegation of contract award to a parent of the sector's minister was described as an attempt at defamation Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh.

The GHG audits confirmed that there is no contract for the production or supply of the new uniform that the government plans to offer to JHS students.

According to reports, the Minister of Education attributed to his son Ebenezer Opoku Prempeh, the name of his son, a contract worth $ 350 million.

The amount of the contract cited by the authors of the allegation, according to the close collaborators of the minister, is "a dirty agenda and even laughable because"

The audits also confirmed that the Minister has no son who has reached the age required to perform the contract and does not even have a parent named Ebenezer Opoku Prempeh.

Other reports also suggest that the minister had not awarded the contract to his son but to his nephew.

The lawyer Edudzi Kudzo Tameklo credited the allegation in a message posted on Facebook.

The message said, "You registered a business on April 3, 2019 and won a $ 350 million government contract on April 10, 2019? And the owner is the nephew of the Minister of Education.

But Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh said that these stories were wrong.

He stated that news circulating on social media was unfounded and the product of someone's imagination, designed to cause disaffection with him.

Ebenezer Opoku Prempeh, his brother, son and nephew, categorically stated that he had no family members in an article published on social media.

Introduction of a new uniform

The Director General of Ghana Education (GES) announced the introduction of new school uniforms for junior high school students.

Speaking to media last Thursday, Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa said the introduction of uniform for JHS students was a psychological strategy aimed at making sure that students see themselves as part of the high school education system rather than the JHS.

"When you go to other countries and you finish primary school, you go to high school right away; lower secondary or upper secondary education is part of the whole of secondary education, "he explained.

He said: "In our case, our structure is such that JHS students are part of the elementary school and therefore tend to view themselves as elementary students, but the idea of ​​the school is not so great. introduction of these uniforms is to let them consider themselves as high school students. . "