Report those who extort money for curriculum training – Director GNACOPS

The Executive Director of the National Council of Private Schools of Ghana (GNACOPS) called on the public to report anyone extorting money to private school teachers on behalf of their training in running the new program. d & # 39; studies.

Mr. Enoch Gyetuah said this on the sidelines of the 4th graduation ceremony of the Doxa Royal School School in Adum-Kumasi.

Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, Director General of the Ghana Education Service, announced reforms of the current education system, including the replacement of the existing primary education program and the introduction of new uniforms for lower secondary education. . [JHS] students.

Expressing in laudatory terms in the new curriculum for primary schools, Opoku-Amankwa said the reform was in line with international best practices, which require a review every five years.

"A key element of the new program is the introduction of a national badessment exam in grades two, four and six," he said.

However, it is alleged that some public school teachers who have been trained as master trainers for the new academic program extort money from unsuspecting teachers.

According to the director of GNACOPS, Mr. Enoch Kwasi Gyetuah, the situation is worrying because it contradicts the roadmap agreed between the officials of the Ministry of Education and the National Council of Programs and Evaluation.

"No master public trainer who comes forward to train a private school teacher should be allowed, these people should be reported, arrested and treated according to the laws of the country," he said.

It revealed that master trainers of public institutions have been trained with state resources and therefore are not expected to bill their services.