Parents outraged over books for basic school kids

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Ewvevi 4 months ago

Seriously, I don't only empathize with these parents, but I'm also facing a similar situation. The current situation where books are not transferable, is all planned to benefit the publishers who are actually connected to off ...
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Seriously, I don't only empathize with these parents, but I'm also facing a similar situation. The current situation where books are not transferable, is all planned to benefit the publishers who are actually connected to officials at the Ghana Education Service. These GES officials are given monetary kick backs. Very greedy and criminal of them. I thought the ndc would come and reverse all this nonsense but, no. Their attention and focus is in who becomes the next flagbearer of their party. And they know that the fools will go and queue up to vote for them. Their children are not even in the public schools, rather, they are enrolled in big international schools running the Cambridge programs, so they care less. They don't feel the pain and burden of the ordinary people. Back in the day, we in primary school only did math, English, verbal and quantitative, each of these subjects marked over hundred, leading to a total of 400. Even then, textbooks were transferable to younger siblings. God is watching all those greedy people behind this rip-off.
RETEC User 4 months ago

When you the doctors, nurses, lab technicians, pharmacists, and every other person in the value chain don't know exactly what to do for you in the clinic or hospital even though they know you are unwell, you would be made to ...
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When you the doctors, nurses, lab technicians, pharmacists, and every other person in the value chain don't know exactly what to do for you in the clinic or hospital even though they know you are unwell, you would be made to buy almost every drug possible. Relate this to education and the insanity in what is going on.
Bakogone Tiblisi Honest VIEWS Leaders NO plan 4 months ago

Lost souls. Grand collusion at scale of unimaginable proportions at all level.
Dupe and get duped.
Wicked

Lost souls. Grand collusion at scale of unimaginable proportions at all level.
Dupe and get duped.
Wicked
GH8 4 months ago

Hmm brother asem o. I have just paid 1070 cedis for TEXT BOOKS for my BASIC TWO PUPIL. Last year I paid Ghs 960 for her books in Basic 1. I still have about 8 unused exercise books but they say I still have to buy all for her ...
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Hmm brother asem o. I have just paid 1070 cedis for TEXT BOOKS for my BASIC TWO PUPIL. Last year I paid Ghs 960 for her books in Basic 1. I still have about 8 unused exercise books but they say I still have to buy all for her.
Not only the Publishers who benefit but rather the schools themselves.
ILLITERACY IS INDEED A DISEASE 4 months ago

Education is exposing these young minds to relevant information and technologies that will prepare them for future challenges. Everything has now become political in Ghana. Who cares. It you refuse to equip your kids with the ...
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Education is exposing these young minds to relevant information and technologies that will prepare them for future challenges. Everything has now become political in Ghana. Who cares. It you refuse to equip your kids with the skills needed, they will be disadvantaged in the future.
Kwaku Tee 4 months ago

Nonsense and I repeat NONSENSE again. Education is a social product which shd not be exploited by biz men/women. Affordable education shd be our priority.If we want information & technology why can't we use tablets which can ...
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Nonsense and I repeat NONSENSE again. Education is a social product which shd not be exploited by biz men/women. Affordable education shd be our priority.If we want information & technology why can't we use tablets which can handle all the syllabus on them?Are we saying countries like Chile & Peru are richer than Ghana? I blame the govt,both NDC & NPP for allowing for this exploitation. The masses are suffering from their inaction. Why can't textbooks be passed on if it's in a good state?
The Spear 4 months ago

Stop the nonsense. Why does a Class Three pupil need even 10 exercise books? I want an answer. Give me the number of subjects requiring the use of 15 to 20 exercise books.

During my time, we were very performing, yet we di ...
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Stop the nonsense. Why does a Class Three pupil need even 10 exercise books? I want an answer. Give me the number of subjects requiring the use of 15 to 20 exercise books.

During my time, we were very performing, yet we didn't use 8 exercise books in Class Three.
O’Neil 4 months ago

The question is so teachers just direct the kids to read and do exercises from the books ? Corruption is a Ghanaian

The question is so teachers just direct the kids to read and do exercises from the books ? Corruption is a Ghanaian
RETEC User 4 months ago

Correct please:
When the doctors, nurses, lab technicians, pharmacists, and every other person in the value chain don't know exactly what to do for you in the clinic or hospital even though they know you are unwell, you wou ...
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Correct please:
When the doctors, nurses, lab technicians, pharmacists, and every other person in the value chain don't know exactly what to do for you in the clinic or hospital even though they know you are unwell, you would be made to buy almost every drug possible. Relate this to education and the insanity in what is going on.
Coach 4 months ago

NCPTA, NASIA, NACCA - Whereabouts are you?

NCPTA, NASIA, NACCA - Whereabouts are you?

Asakramitoga 4 months ago

Yes it's true. And the serious culprits are the do called mission schools. The Ghana Education Service should immediately intervene

Yes it's true. And the serious culprits are the do called mission schools. The Ghana Education Service should immediately intervene
Hmmm 4 months ago

The worst part is that one must buy the books from the school at an inflated price and not anywhere else. Basic 5 kid, we are spending more than Ghc1000.00 on books only, excluding school fees.

The worst part is that one must buy the books from the school at an inflated price and not anywhere else. Basic 5 kid, we are spending more than Ghc1000.00 on books only, excluding school fees.
SK 4 months ago

The Ghana Education Service needs to do something about the situation in both the private and public schools. I have just paid 1000 ( one thousand Ghana cedis )just for learning materials . How much at all is the books on ...
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The Ghana Education Service needs to do something about the situation in both the private and public schools. I have just paid 1000 ( one thousand Ghana cedis )just for learning materials . How much at all is the books on the market for a parent to be asked to pay 1000 Ghana cedis. One of the most annoying aspects of the situation is the books are all kept in the school and the kids only have access to it when they have a lesson. What do the proprietors and heads want the kids to learn at home after paying soo much. Ghana Education Service need to sit up.
Ozymandias 4 months ago

Most of the bookstores and printing presses are owned by the same teachers and officials of the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service. Highly Planned Exploitation. But what do the parents want the teachers to ...
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Most of the bookstores and printing presses are owned by the same teachers and officials of the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service. Highly Planned Exploitation. But what do the parents want the teachers to do when the same teachers are poorly paid?
.mr amin 4 months ago

My worry is that the child carry most of this books on their back that could affect their spine, the books is too heavy

My worry is that the child carry most of this books on their back that could affect their spine, the books is too heavy
.mr amin 4 months ago

The books are too heavy

The books are too heavy
ME 4 months ago

All these schools have become scammers, criminals. Even in secondary schools we had only 6 or 7 textbooks

All these schools have become scammers, criminals. Even in secondary schools we had only 6 or 7 textbooks
Maximos maxi. 4 months ago

What are you people talking about here?.Has anyone forced you to send your wards to pravite schools?. The public schools are out there so you can send them there. 20 exercises books: don't they use 10 for class exercises and ...
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What are you people talking about here?.Has anyone forced you to send your wards to pravite schools?. The public schools are out there so you can send them there. 20 exercises books: don't they use 10 for class exercises and 10 for homework? How many subjects are they learning? Please your can teach your kids in the house to become whoever you want them to become.
KD 4 months ago

Nonsense, have you ever talk abt bad road? Who ask you to use the raod. Animal like you, talking Nonsense. Civilised person doesn't talk like this.

Nonsense, have you ever talk abt bad road? Who ask you to use the raod. Animal like you, talking Nonsense. Civilised person doesn't talk like this.
Austin Mikaay 4 months ago

Bro don't mind them. The same parents will buy these books if their children are in government school

Bro don't mind them. The same parents will buy these books if their children are in government school

SK 4 months ago

It looks like you are one of them. Can the public schools absorb all kids in a community . I am in the Greater Accra Region and where I am you can see only 1 public school here. Moreover , the school cannot take all pupils i ...
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It looks like you are one of them. Can the public schools absorb all kids in a community . I am in the Greater Accra Region and where I am you can see only 1 public school here. Moreover , the school cannot take all pupils in the community and this is where the private schools comes in.
Abdulaziz--Accra 4 months ago

Only criminals will respond in this manner, I suspect you are part of the gangsters in the value chain, God will punish you severely

Only criminals will respond in this manner, I suspect you are part of the gangsters in the value chain, God will punish you severely
Max 4 months ago

Very silly comment

Very silly comment
.mr amin 4 months ago

In the public schools is the same thing I bought 25 exercise books 10 note books and so on govt should do something

In the public schools is the same thing I bought 25 exercise books 10 note books and so on govt should do something
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Mensahoo9 4 months ago

The Ministry of education must right away cone out to explain why the kids must have so many books. They should not just sit on their fat behinds in air-conditioned rooms. Be proactive, MOE administrators.

The Ministry of education must right away cone out to explain why the kids must have so many books. They should not just sit on their fat behinds in air-conditioned rooms. Be proactive, MOE administrators.
NDC,NPP, The value is the same. 4 months ago

All these schools are thieves, especially the private ones

All these schools are thieves, especially the private ones
Otuo Acheampong 4 months ago

Writing in books should be less in schools now and start giving them tables. This is computer age the tables saves space for storage of all these books.

Writing in books should be less in schools now and start giving them tables. This is computer age the tables saves space for storage of all these books.
Kwame 4 months ago

Ghanaians must be serious, our government must be serious that when issues are about education, free education must as well include text books and exercise books. The government must not pretend that education is free, meanwh ...
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Ghanaians must be serious, our government must be serious that when issues are about education, free education must as well include text books and exercise books. The government must not pretend that education is free, meanwhile parents are told to buy exercise books for their children.
These are the people who say today that Kwame Nkrumah was a dictator and he did not manage the economy of this country well.
From Primary Class 4 to Middle School form 2 my mother or myself did not buy exercise books all was free with ink, blotting paper, pencil, pen,eraser and you name it.
Why we are not a serious country?
Kwame Peter 4 months ago

Kwaku Tee patience bro patience,this is fraud on industrial scale but it’s exactly the package majority of Ghanaian voters ordered,when a party is just an electoral machine but fails at governance but still wins elections b ...
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Kwaku Tee patience bro patience,this is fraud on industrial scale but it’s exactly the package majority of Ghanaian voters ordered,when a party is just an electoral machine but fails at governance but still wins elections because a sizable number of voters have their votes on autopilot this is what happens.Methinks that elections in Ghana is really a referendum on NPP and the earlier the party realizes that the better for all Ghanaians.

musa 4 months ago

Am not sure but it appears that in ghana the more educated people are the more stupid they become. How can kinds be forced to have such many books to school?? The weight of the books alone can even crush them.

Am not sure but it appears that in ghana the more educated people are the more stupid they become. How can kinds be forced to have such many books to school?? The weight of the books alone can even crush them.
I know 4 months ago

Useless Clement Apaak. Talk talk talk he can't shoot. Apaak you see your smoothness level. The only thing you know is to criticize, you are empty

Useless Clement Apaak. Talk talk talk he can't shoot. Apaak you see your smoothness level. The only thing you know is to criticize, you are empty
King 4 months ago

They are all thieves God will punish them

They are all thieves God will punish them
Gavoe 4 months ago

Part of the generational poverty plan. The entirity of the bureaucracy is corrupt top to bottom. Greed and Power are the motivation of literally everything in Ghana.

Part of the generational poverty plan. The entirity of the bureaucracy is corrupt top to bottom. Greed and Power are the motivation of literally everything in Ghana.
KWABENA KASAPREKO. 4 months ago

YOU LET "ASANTES" OVERTHREW OSAGYEFO DR. KWAME NKRUMAH, WHO SUPPLIED SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH FREE BOOKS, DURING HIS PRESIDENCY. EVEN PENCILS WERE ISSUED TO SCHOOL CHILDREN IN CLASSES FOR FREE. WE ARE NOW PAYING FOR THE PRICE. ...
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YOU LET "ASANTES" OVERTHREW OSAGYEFO DR. KWAME NKRUMAH, WHO SUPPLIED SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH FREE BOOKS, DURING HIS PRESIDENCY. EVEN PENCILS WERE ISSUED TO SCHOOL CHILDREN IN CLASSES FOR FREE. WE ARE NOW PAYING FOR THE PRICE. IT WILL BE THE SAME. AKUFO ADDO HAS STOLEN GHANA'S MONEY TO THE TUNE OF OVER $900+ MILLION U.S.A. DOOLARS TO STAH IN A FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT IN OVERSEAS. PLEASE, "GOOGLE" IT ON-LINE AND YOU'LL FIND IT. OSAGYEFO DR. KWAME NKRUMAH DIED WITHOUT GHC 1.00 IN A BANK.

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