Regional Directors and Heads of Schools to be held accountable

Accra, Dec. 19, GNA - Mrs Betty Mould-Iddrisu, Minister of Education, on Monday expressed concern about the inability of increased enrolment in basic schools over the years to reflect in the quality of education in the country.

"Until Regional Directors and Heads of Schools are held accountable to ensure positive student learning with commensurate results, our efforts at achieving the Millennium Development Goals in future will be in vain", she stressed.

Mrs Mould-Iddrisu said this in an address read on her behalf at a sensitisation workshop for Regional and District Directors of Education as well as Regional Managers of Unit Schools in the Volta and Greater Accra Regions in Accra.

The one-day workshop on the theme: "Continuous Teacher Professional Development-Key to Quality Education," was aimed at sharing knowledge and ideas on the institutionalisation of '