JHS, SHS outgoing to obtain degrees; undergraduate students to do 3 years – Napo

General News of Sunday, February 10, 2019

Source: clbadfmonline.com

2019-02-10

The Government of Ghana is planning to transform upper secondary and upper secondary education certificates into certificates.

In addition, it is planned to reduce the number of years spent by undergraduate students at the university from four to three years.

These were announced by the Minister of Education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, at the Danquah Institute's 2019 Leadership Conference on the theme: "World-clbad education, imperative for the next generation of leaders ".

While JHS leavers will graduate to a higher national degree, SHS leavers will earn national diplomas.

In Dr. Prempeh's opinion, the government does not see why students must go to the university or a higher education institution before being prepared for the job market.

"The program that will be released for lower secondary will lead to a higher national degree. 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.

Regarding the duration of undergraduate university studies, Dr. Prempeh said, "Around the world, the first cycle is three years, not four years. Why should we spend four years studying at the undergraduate level? We will meet with university professors and start challenging them because Ghana is not an island.