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General News on Friday, April 12, 2019
Source: Myjoyonline.com
2019-04-12
The Minister of Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh
Education Minister Matthew Opoku Prempeh said he had awarded a $ 350 million contract for the supply of new school uniforms to a parent.
In a statement released Friday and signed by Kwasi Obeng-Fosu, deputy director of communication of the Ministry of Education, he said that history should be treated with the contempt that it deserves.
His reaction follows reports that the MP for Manhyia South has awarded a $ 350 million contract for the supply of new school uniforms for junior high school students (JHS) launched by the Ghana Education Service (GES). .
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.
The introduction of the school uniform is a psychological strategy aimed at getting students to see themselves as part of the upper secondary education system rather than the JHS, said the authorities responsible for the school. education.
This was criticized by reports that the introduction of the uniform would serve the interests of the Minister of Education who entrusted the contract to his brother.
But Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh said 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.
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