Erratic educational sector worrying-Apaak charges parents to demand their right

Stakeholder engagements to urgently mitigate the anomaly in the sector.

Erratic educational sector worrying-Apaak charges parents to demand their right

Member of Parliament for Builsa South constituency within the Upper East Region, Honourable Dr. Clement Abas Apaak has described the current educational system as practice and one which lacks the ability for career development.

This, he said would deprive students of quality future-life development and therefore called for stakeholder engagements to urgently mitigate the anomaly in the sector.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with Soireenews.com in parliament, the Builsa South MP bemoaned the government's approach to addressing the challenges that have bedeviled the sector.

According to Mr. Apaak, the government's handling of challenges in the educational sector means there's no commitment to safeguard and prepare a  quality future for Ghanaian students.
"What's happening in the educational sector is worrying not only to political actors but to parents and students who must be up and doing in demanding their rights", Dr. Apaak said.

He, therefore, charged parents to be up and doing in demanding their rights from the government.

According to the Deputy Ranking Member on the Education Committee of Parliament, the challenges experienced form part of the myriads of problems evident in the sector.
He said the current challenges are just a microcosm of the myriads of challenges that have bedeviled the educational sector, therefore, charging the government to think outside the box in addressing the same.

"Previously, when students go to school, there were set times regarding the number of days, weeks and months required of them to spend in school and when parents anticipate their return and that informs the kind of preparation parents make but now, secondary education can be erupted at any time making it difficult for parents, teachers, and headteachers to effectively plan. How can such a system produce problem-solving future leaders?", he questioned.

"Not only will a well-plan academic calendar aid instructors to better prepare their lesson plan and scheme of work for the academic calendar, but also, but it will also help to garner resources to meet the demands of the period", he observed.
 
The Deputy Ranking Member on the Education Committee could not understand why students would leave for school and be expected to return in three to four months only to be asked to go home.

He alleged that the government took that knee let decision as a result of its inability to defray its indebtedness to buffer stock food to the tune of  GHS500million.

Out of that amount, the government he noted was able to defray only GHS200million, why won't there be a shortfall?", he asked.

Meanwhile, he said the minister of finance upon answering questions in the House said the government had invested some GHS7.62 billion between 2017 and 2021.
"The finance minister's disclosure to my questions in the House fails to address the matter. I fail to understand why we are still debilitating with this issue if what he said was the fact", he doubted.

He admonished the government to listen to the concerns raised by technocrats, university lectures 
on the need and call for a review of the policy so that the challenges that have bedeviled the policy could be identified with corresponding mitigative measures.

Story: Prosper Kwaku Selassy Agbitor