But what can he do?

The fruits of education are universally considered undeniably sweet. In fact, education is the tool that guarantees the person, along with his or her society, good health and income through employment, while guaranteeing society sustainable economic growth, through enhanced social cohesion. , innovation, poverty reduction and institution building. come with. This inspired Nelson Mandela to say, "Education is the most powerful weapon that can be used to change the world." As it is widely accepted throughout the world that education strongly favors the prosperity and general improvement of the human being, it has become a fundamental provision in all countries, even though there are exclusive cases in some parts of the world. of the world. It should be emphasized that simply providing an education is not enough to give these sugary fruits mentioned above. It takes a lot more effort than providing an education to produce these fruits for pleasure. Learning is the only key to the door that houses the promise of education. It is also true that providing more schools and funds to a larger number of children so that they have access to education is a worthy cause, but it does not. is not the solution to our problems. Bringing our children to learn the right content at school and to acquire the skills, knowledge and attitudes that make them relevant, job-ready and problem-solving is the absolute solution to getting our country out of the doldrums. The learning depends on the program that usually determines the subjects or courses to be studied at the school and serves as a basis for the development of all programs. The curriculum also defines the type of skills to be developed in the learner. As a result, the level of progress in our country, or otherwise, is largely attributable to the type of curriculum in our various schools.

Again, another school year was processed and finally released on Thursday, July 25th.^th, 2019. Of course, this is not the first time a university year has been completed and it will never be the last time either. However, in our education system, this date is becoming a date that ended a program of study pending the implementation of the new program it is giving up. It is the end of an era. It is finally paving the way for active land preparation for the much vaunted new standards program. Welcome news! Personally, I am extremely convinced of the quality of the new curriculum; at least on paper. In fact, the National Council of Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has not disappointed us at all and deserves congratulations. They have been solid in formulating the new standards-based program. Henceforth, the practice of forming objects aimed at getting the learner (child) to understand, list, mention, explain, define, enunciate elements / ideas learned (knowledge acquired) is now a thing of the past. The old curriculum was a recipe for learning by heart – I have to admit it. Since September 2019, educators have been tasked with developing clearly identified core competencies for the learner that they will clearly demonstrate after learning. At least one path was finally found for the prohibition of rote learning. That's why I'm excited.

I know for a fact that the question of the new program mentioned above is new to some people. You have not committed any crime. At least you found the way before it was implemented. In fact, the training of implementers, which is a key element in the process of implementing any program, is at the final stage – MDEDO level of training. All teachers in the first three levels of our country's revised basic education systems are in the process of being trained or required to complete training within 10 years.^th September 2019, when basic public schools will resume their studies. I hope you know that the new basic education system of Ghana now takes the following form:

• Key phase 1 (basic level including kindergarten 1 and 2)
• Key Phase 2 (lower primary level including B1 to B3)
• Key phase 3 (upper primary level from B4 to B6)
• Key Phase 4 (junior high level of JHS 1-3)
• Key phase 5 (secondary level SHS1 to SHS3)

Thus, all teachers in kindergarten and primary (primary and secondary) should start the next school year as the pivot of our country's hope to reform our education system. Their mission will be to organize a mbadive reversal of the country's educational fortune; the key to our state, our level and our living conditions. They will have to make sure that learning takes place in our schools. They will be responsible for instilling in our children the knowledge, skills and attitudes that make them drummers of the world, or at least place them at the level reached by their peers in advanced countries. Teachers will need to instill in the average learner, critical thinking and problem solving; creativity and innovation skills; communication and collaboration skills; personal development and leadership skills and cultural identity and global citizenship skills. The implementer should produce a digital, scientific and functional literacy; all in one. KG teachers will have to imbue these skills in the child with four (4) different subjects prescribed by the new educational Bible of the country (curriculum), namely: mathematics, English, creative arts and religious and moral education. The primary task of implementers in primary schools will be to use seven subjects as a means of instilling essential skills in children. Mathematics, science, our world, our people, English, the RME, French, history, physical education and the Ghanaian language will all be studied in primary schools, at least at one point. According to all indications, based on the information gathered so far, we have developed a program that is well designed and should be implemented in about a month. Good news!

Far from all the convincing paperwork, much remains to be done on the ground to make the new basic curriculum a success. The Ghanaian has gained a great reputation for developing exciting plans on paper. The opposite is however the case when the actual implementation is mentioned. I fervently hope that this practice of poorly designed policies that are well designed is now a thing of the past. At least in this particular case, when a critical element such as a curriculum is implemented, we must pull all the strings of the craft. There is no room for chance. We can not stumble and fall and restart again and again as we are known for. It is an impossible mission, but we must, for once, prove that our doubters are wrong to silence our critics. We have to prepare our house so that when we take off, there will be no chance of getting angry. We must use carefully planned strategies to ensure that the orchestration is free of undesirable annoyances. It is an opportunity to give hope to our country. a chance we can not waste. My advocacy is humble for all stakeholders. Get up and go, take over and do your best for Mother Ghana. Ensuring that our children learn to become relevant to our country and the world is a non-negotiable task that requires a concrete approach from all. If you have a role to play, it will be a privilege to be a member of the rescue mission team. You have a great chance to make history. Get up and be counted!

While the clarion call is being made to all actors in our education sector, I will not forget to appeal to policy makers, especially the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service. (GES), to give up on politically motivated initiatives. implementation of the new program. Our elders believe that it is urgent to hunt the wolf plagued to save the life of the chicken, but that it is just as important to then warn the chicken to give up on aimlessly launching into the bush. In fact, our biggest setback in this country has been the political opportunity. Please, leave us for once, focus on the necessary. Do not let ephemeral pleasure take precedence over critical goals. We must remain committed to the path of quality and appropriate education. We must operate a system that produces educated (out-of-school) citizens. MoE and GES know very well what is asked of them. They need to create an effective teacher-learner relationship in the clbadroom, and that is not easy. We know that the learner is at the center of education (new curriculum), but let us not forget that his main responsible for the implementation is the teacher. Also, put politics aside; we need to "align the actors so that the whole system works for learning" – World Development Report 2018. We will not be able to make any progress if we ignore the essential conditions essential to the proper functioning of the system. system. We must exploit a scripted religious system (or if you prefer) that will leave little room or room for change in policies and principles.

Having put in place such a great framework for learning to replace schooling in the new Ghana, it is really expected that other bodies of the Ministry of the Environment will innovatively consider solutions to the challenges of the long term. date that have the deadly potential to reverse our efforts to transform around our educational fortunes by setting up an experienced system. Unfortunately, much of the preparation is not visible in the field. It seems that teachers, many of whom are below the required standards due to poor training systems, will be forced to do too much improvisation, as usual, because no adequate equipment, facilities, resources and MLTs have not yet been provided to schools. No infrastructure improvements and / or arrangements have been made; little effort has been made with regard to steps taken to strengthen supervision, with the exception of the provision of transport to various agents to reduce mobility deficits. Poorly motivated teachers have not yet received an increase in morale, at least as a plan; many learners will still arrive to learn without being ready to learn, but we have not received any indication as to any plans to tackle the debacle at the moment. In view of all the challenges described above, it is clear that we are in a herculean task and that we may have a difficult time to face. Nevertheless, there is still time to plan adequately and strategically. Without this, believe me, this will be another case of wasting resources. It does not matter what percentage of the country's gross domestic product is spent on education; what matters most is knowing how to spend public funds wisely to get results. The choice will always be in our hands, anyway!

Written by:
David Angangmwin Baganiah
Practitioner in Education | Lawyer | Volunteer
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