‘Mahama Never Bought A Single Textbook For Students In 8 Yrs’ – NAPO

The Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has painted a bleak picture of Ghana's Education sector under the erstwhile Mills and Mahama administration. 

According to him, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government during its eight-year reign failed to procure a single textbook for students in the country.

 The Education Minister speaking on the floor of Parliament yesterday argued that the Nana Addo administration had done far better than its predecessors.

MATTHEW OPOKU PREMPEH

“They (NDC) profess to know about education and that is the sad aspect. Textbooks are not classroom materials, they are resource materials. Since the time of President Kuffour, it is private publishers who publish textbooks not government.

“In the eight years that they (NDC) were in government, they bought not a single textbook for any secondary school in the country, whether core or elective.

“President Akufo-Addo has bought core textbooks and has distributed core textbooks to all secondary schools. He has bought supplementary readers for all secondary schools,” 

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The Ranking Member of Parliament’s Select Committee on Education, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe, however accused the minister of being ill-informed and misrepresenting the facts of the matter.

He said the NDC administration (from 2013 to 2017) improved the number of students to textbook from one to four textbooks per student.

The Akatsi North MP said the NPP administration benefitted from funds and policies the Mahama administration left behind and should, therefore, not take full credit for the improvement in the educational sector.