Minority in Parliament set to haul Education for ‘lying’ about Mahama E-blocks
The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has been accused by the Minority in Parliament of peddling falsehood when he told Parliament that the government has not abandoned any school block started by the former Mahama administration.
Before the NDC lost power in 2016, the Mahama administration began construction of 200 E-block Day schools, some of which were funded by the World Bank.
On a tour of several stalled educational institutions, ranking member of Parliament’s Education Committee, Peter Nortsu Kotoe, stated the current government has only completed those that were supported by the World Bank and not by the Ghanaian government.
“Some were sponsored by the World Bank so that one they have no choice because it was an international funding, so they were forced to complete them. But those that were on Government of Ghana are those that have been left abandoned. So if we want our children to have quality of education or have access to education these projects must be completed so the students in these areas can have access to secondary education”,Peter Nortsu Kotoe stated
“Well, I can fault him because if he says the projects were not abandoned, why do we see this one here?” he stated in response to Dr Adutwum’s remarks. “Nothing had been done in the intervening five years. It’s simply the first floor, and it’s been that way for the past five years. As a result, he is deceiving Ghanaians”, Peter Nortsu Kotoe argued.
“We are still going to bring the Minister back to the floor of the House. Deputy Ranking has initiated that move and I am sure when Parliament resumes on Tuesday it is going to be part of the issues that we will handle as far as education is concerned.”
Former President John Dramani Mahama claimed that the government had abandoned education projects he launched, but Dr Yaw Adutwum refuted this claim.
He said since the Akufo-Addo administration took office, the Ministry had completed about 25 of the E-blocks.
Dr Adutwum who disagrees with the former president told a news conference in Accra on Tuesday that the Akufo-Addo government completed 14 of the improvements on its own, while 11 were funded by the World Bank under the Secondary Education Improvement Project (SEIP).
“It appears former President Mahama has been ill-briefed on this matter, and the Ministry wishes to clarify as follows,” he emphasised.
He stated “Education and training as we all know plays a major role in employment;” adding that Knowing the skills needs of industry is very critical to the growth and development of the various sectors of the economy and the levels of capacities at which they can operate.
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