Sack: Professor Adei as NDPC boss – NAGRAT

General News on Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Source: Peacefmonline.com

2019-01-29

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) asked the President to raise the Prof. Stephen Adei, former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Public Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), of his position as Chair of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), "since his statements and crises have offended the the sensitivity of hard-working Ghanaian teachers. "

Professor Adei, on Thursday, January 24, 2019, told Clbad FM that Ghanaian teachers in state primary schools were "pure criminals" because they "do not teach" but take their salary and send their children in private schools.

In his opinion, this attitude of teachers affected the quality of primary education.

Responding to Professor Adei, NAGRAT said in a statement: "Under normal circumstances, the badociation would have treated Professor Stephen Adei's statement with contempt and with contempt that she deserved to know the historical his hatred and his senile attacks on Ghanaian teachers in the past, except for the fact that he has just been appointed chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), making it a representative of the government and, in this case, a government official who should make public statements taking into account the sensitivity of the government.

NAGRAT added that: "Prof. The current state of Adei is not sufficiently equipped to understand the enormity of the challenges facing education in Ghana, nor for teaching and learning. "

You will find below the complete NAGRAT declaration:

The attention of the leaders of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) was drawn to a statement by Professor Stephen Adei entitled "Basic School Teachers as Pure Criminals".

The fault of the Ghanaian teacher, like Professor Stephen Adei, is that they take wages and send their children to private schools. Under normal circumstances, the badociation would have treated Professor Stephen Adei's statement with disdain and contempt that she deserved to know the record of her hatred and her senile attacks on Ghanaian teachers in the past, without the fact that had just been appointed as Chair of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), which makes him a representative of the Government and, in this case, a national official who should make public statements taking into account the sensitivity of people.

A major concern for us is that Professor Stephen Adei has been invited to participate in this program to give a lecture on the problems facing the dual-track system he advocated. Rather than addressing the challenges of the dual track program, he has instead chosen to tackle Ghana's hard-working teachers.

A little education will help Professor Stephen Adei to understand the fact that teachers serve this country in all towns, villages and hamlets, sometimes in very trying conditions. These teachers have to cope with the lack of drinking water, electricity, lack of communication, a very degraded school environment and hostile communities. Despite this, the versatility of the teacher has helped save an otherwise difficult situation.

This is not the first time that Professor Stephen Adei is unduly attacking the Ghanaian teacher. He once called on the government to sack all teachers. He also described the teachers as demonic. The NAGRAT can not establish what Professor Stephen Adei really pursues, whether it is spiritual or psychological, but we can state with certainty that the current state of Professor Adei is not sufficiently equipped to appreciate the magnitude of the challenges facing Ghana's education. teach and learn.

In fact, he is one of the leading advocates of the dual-track system in Ghana's high schools, but it is not safe to replicate it for his own high school, Christian High School, near Dodowa.

We call on all Ghanaian teachers to disregard Professor Adei's crises and treat his comments and attacks with the disdain they deserve. NAGRAT hereby requests the Government to relieve Professor Stephen Adei of his position as Chairperson of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), as his statements and crises shock the sensitivity of hard-working Ghanaian teachers. His behavior does not seem to have what it takes to mobilize our human energies at the service of national development.

ERIC CARBONU

(PRESIDENT OF NAGRAT)