Minister for Education Archives

18 Oct

Minister For Education Calls For TVET To Lead Africa’s Industrialisation Drive

wontumionlineBusinessDr Yaw Osei Adutwum, Minister for Education, TVET

The Minister for Education in Ghana has emphasised the critical role of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Africa’s industrialisation drive during his address at the 2024 Africa Skills Week. The event, hosted in Accra, saw high-level stakeholders gather under the theme, “Boosting Excellence and Innovation in TVET: Interregional Policy Dialogue and Global Agenda Setting.” In his address, the Minister mentioned that TVET is a cornerstone of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s vision for a “Ghana Beyond Aid,” underscoring that a skilled workforce is key to economic independence and sustainable development. "Our government recognises that industrialisation is not possible…

Education Sector Loses GH¢5.7 Billion In 5 Years

wontumionlineNewsDr Yaw Osei Adutwum, Minister for Education

The education sector has been deprived of some GH¢5.7billion revenue key for the provision of infrastructure and the elimination of numerous schools under trees between the period 2018 and 2023 – an amount enough to eliminate over 5,400 schools under trees. This is because capping the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) – the statutory funding source for the provision of education infrastructure – in 2018 has led to the sector losing over GH¢5.7bn; which would have been key to the provision of desks for basic schools, textbooks for new curriculums, and classroom blocks for deprived community schools. The 2017 earmarked…

Abolish The Boarding School System” – LPG Central Regional Chairman Tells Education Minister.

wontumionlineNewsGhana, LPG, Minister for Education

Honorable Samuel Aryeequaye, the Liberal Party of Ghana’s (LPG)Central Regional Chairman and 2020 parliamentary candidate for Agona East, has called on Ghana’s Minister of Education, Hon. Yaw Adu Twum, to end boarding school system in the country. He told Nana Owoahene Acheampong of Atinka Fm in Accra yesterday that dismantling this system will ensure the seamless operation of the Free Senior High School policy while also strengthening the country’s second circle educational framework. According to him, the boarding school system increases the government’s financial burden by making the state accountable for energy bills and feeding these youngsters, undercutting the stated…