Ghana must improve its educational system to bring hope to youth – Professor Assié-Lumumba

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• Thompson 8 years ago

  The P/NDC interfred educational system has failed. We are traing graduates with certificates that cannot do any work. There are more marketing, lawyers (some are even useless) than mathematicians, scientists, engineers, docto ...
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  The P/NDC interfred educational system has failed. We are traing graduates with certificates that cannot do any work. There are more marketing, lawyers (some are even useless) than mathematicians, scientists, engineers, doctors, architects and technologists. How can you be employed with these humanities only courses? It is the educational system since 1981. It must change

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• Norbert 8 years ago

  There are so many universities in Ghana now producing dropout graduates and giving them certificates. Just look at the world and the areas bringing in the money: technology, software, engineering etc. Meanwhile in Ghana we ar ...
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  There are so many universities in Ghana now producing dropout graduates and giving them certificates. Just look at the world and the areas bringing in the money: technology, software, engineering etc. Meanwhile in Ghana we are just producing mediocre graduates who cannot think and are unemployeable. Just look at the universities and their subject areas again; theology, marketing, law etc. forgetting the critical areas. Even UST is now emphasizing these unemployeable courses deviating from their original mandate and focus. We better think. Most of these graduates are just not employable, even if the jobs are there, simple

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• Tekonline.org 8 years ago

  The 5 most valuable public companies are all tech companies
  
  Kif Leswing
  
  Aug. 1, 2016, 4:00 PM 10,012
  
  The five most valuable public companies are all tech companies based on the West Coast.
  
  Amazon and Facebook ...
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  The 5 most valuable public companies are all tech companies
  
  Kif Leswing
  
  Aug. 1, 2016, 4:00 PM 10,012
  
  The five most valuable public companies are all tech companies based on the West Coast.
  
  Amazon and Facebook passed Exxon Mobile in market cap on Monday, making them the fourth and fifth most valuable public companies.
  
  Apple, Alphabet, and Microsoft are currently in first, second, and third place, respectively.
  
  The switch came the week after the oil giant's profits tumbled 59 percent last quarter, leading to a 3.47% drop on Monday.
  
  Meanwhile, Amazon posted its fifth straight quarter of profits and Facebook's revenue grew 59%.
  
  Here are the largest US stocks ranked by market cap at the market close on Monday, according to Yahoo Finance:
  
  Apple ($appl): $570.7 billion
  Alphabet ($goog): $560B
  Microsoft ($msft): $434B
  Amazon ($amzn): $365B
  Facebook ($fb): $354B
  Exxon Mobile ($xom): $351B

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• Winners 8 years ago

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• Hostage Negotiator 8 years ago

  Just say what needs to be said and cut the circuitous exposition.STEMIC education is what government should invest in and not those African Studies stuffs.

  Just say what needs to be said and cut the circuitous exposition.STEMIC education is what government should invest in and not those African Studies stuffs.

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• Paa Joe 8 years ago

  PROFESSOR, SUCH APPEALS CONTINUE TO BE VERY COMMON IN THE COUNTRY.
  
  WHEN EDUCATED CITIZENS OF A COUNTRY WITH BIG DEGREES AND PHD TILTLES DO NOT HAVE TECHNOLOGICAL AND INNOVATIVE SKILLS, TECHNICAL KNOW-HOW AND QUALITY SKILLE ...
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  PROFESSOR, SUCH APPEALS CONTINUE TO BE VERY COMMON IN THE COUNTRY.
  
  WHEN EDUCATED CITIZENS OF A COUNTRY WITH BIG DEGREES AND PHD TILTLES DO NOT HAVE TECHNOLOGICAL AND INNOVATIVE SKILLS, TECHNICAL KNOW-HOW AND QUALITY SKILLED WORKFORCE(ARTISANS AND TECHNICIANS)HOW CAN THE NATION BE IN THE POSITION TO TURN THE WHEELS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION, CREATE MIDDLE LEVEL DYNAMIC INDUTRIES, MANUFACTURING(INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT)AND PROCESSING PLANTS AND TO PROPEL ECONOMC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AND TO STIMULATE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES,INCOME,CONSUMER SPENDING AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE COUNTRY.
  
  HOW CAN GHANA IMPROVE ITS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM WHEN IT IS STILL BASED ON WHAT THE DEPARTING COLONIAL ADMINSTRATION LEFT TO US SIXTY(60)YEARS AGO.
  
  HOW DO WE IMPROVE THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM WHEN VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS THAT ARE THE BACKBONE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN COUNTRIES OF THE NORTH ARE BEING TURNED INTO MINES AND TECHNICAL UNIVERSITIES.
  
  WHAT IS EVEN SAD AND PATHETIC IS THESE VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS DO NOT HAVE WELL EQUIPPED LABORSTORIES AND WORKSHOPS TO MEET THE TEACHINGS OF MODERN TIME EDUCATION WITH KEY EMPHASIS ON
  MATHEMATICS,PHYSICS,CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY.
  HOW DID SOUTH KOREA,MALAYSIA AND TRINIDAD TOBAGO BECOME A FORCE IN WORLD ECONOMY,IT IS BECAUSE THEIR EDUCATED CITIZENS USED AND APPLIED SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY SCIENTIFC INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY TO PROMOTE THE ECONOMIES OF THEIR COUNTRIES.
  
  DO YOU KNOW WHAT, WHEN YOU LOOK TO THE CVS OF THE SO CALLED EDUCATED WHO WERE AND HAVE BEEN APPOINTED IN THE GOVERNMNTS OF RAWLINGS,KUFFOUR,MILLS, MAHAMA AND OF LATE THAT OF AKUFFO ADDO,WHY SHOULD THE NATION CONTINUE TO HAVE COCOA BEANS AND RAW MATERIALS EXPORT ECONOMY.
  
  AT THE SAME THE FUNDS ERNED FROM EXPORT OF COACIA THROUGH THE HARDWORK OF THE ILLITERATE COCOA FARMERS AND UNSKILED MINE WORKERS ARE USED TI IMPORT EXPENSIVE LUXURY CARS AND JEEPS FOR USE BY THESE LAZY AND NON PRODUCTIVE FOLKS FOR USE ON THE NATIONS BROKEN ROADS,STILL OCCUPIED BY STRAY DOGS, CATS,GOATS, SHEEP,PIGS AND HAWKERS IN THE COUNTRY.
  
  WHY ARE WE STILL ECONOMIC BACKWARD,UNDERDEVELOPED AND EXTREME POOR.
  
  IT IS BECAUSE, THESE NOISY SO CALLED EDuCATED FOLKS IN THE COUNTRY,DO NOT HAVE TECHNOLOGICAL SKILLS, AND THEREFORE CHOOSE TO GO INTO POLITICS OR TO BE APPOINTED TO POSITIONS AT THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND UNIVERSITIES, FOR NON PRODUCTIVE WORK AND EASY SALARIES.
  
  
  WHICH COUNTRY IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD CAN EXIST ON SUCH A PRIMITIVE FOUNDATION.
  
  HOW DO YOU ALSO IMPROVE THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM WHEN ELEMENTATY SCHOOLS BUILT IN THE 20TH CENTURY ARE STILL IN A DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS, WHICH HAVE SEEN NO RENOVATION AND REHABILITATION ON ANY OF THEM FOR THE LAST SIXTY YERAS OF OUR STATEHOOD.
  
  WAS DR WATSON NOT RIGHT IN HIS ANALYSIS OF THE BLACK RACE.
  
  IN CONCLUSION, ARE THE SO CALLED NOISY EDUCATED WITH BIG DEGREES AND PHD TITLES IN GHANA NOT SHAMEFFUL AND DISGRACEFUL PEOPLE ON EARTH.
  
  WE ONLY ADVISE THEM TO KEEP ON DESTROYNG GHANA WITH THEIR SO CALLED NPP AND NDC PARTIES THAT HAVE STILL NO VISION AND PURPOSE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF GHANA.
  
  WITHOUT VISION-PEOPLE PERISH.

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