Industry must reach out to academia – Spio Garbrah

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• MemyselfandI 10 years ago

  Spio, well done. This is a positive move. Hitherto, there is a negative correlation between higher education and industry, that is why job performance and productivity in industry and public sector is so low. Also if half of ...
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  Spio, well done. This is a positive move. Hitherto, there is a negative correlation between higher education and industry, that is why job performance and productivity in industry and public sector is so low. Also if half of Ghanaians would consume Ghana-made or Ghana-produced goods and services then we will cut back imports by 75%. That would better our economy and stabilize the tumbling Cedi.

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• USMAN 10 years ago

  If I see the level of ignorance of people in authority I am not always surprised Ghana is moving backward. I am not a university graduate but I think I know better than Spio when it comes to tertiary education affairs. With s ...
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  If I see the level of ignorance of people in authority I am not always surprised Ghana is moving backward. I am not a university graduate but I think I know better than Spio when it comes to tertiary education affairs. With spios many years in the Education Ministry and as an administrator of the Dominion University I expect spio to know better.
  You see, Most universities in Ghana offer general education courses in line with their various academic pursuit and that they are doing it well. Our universities don't train practitioners. The training of practitioners is different from the training of academicians. You don't train a physicist and expect them to do the work of, say, an Electrical Engineer even though the former can do the work of the latter after some training. A geographer is not necessarily a geologist. It is time for Spio Garbra to know that the Era of square pegs in round hole is over since industry does not have the luxury of time to train raw university graduates for about five to six years to meet their specialized needs. I will want Ghanaians to understand that Education is not the same as Training. This is a fact eluding Spio Garbra.

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• no mercy 10 years ago

  One of the big PIGs in Ghana,sensless

  One of the big PIGs in Ghana,sensless

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• Pumpuni 10 years ago

  "...take the initiative and reach out to tertiary institutions to contribute to the development of a human resource needed by industry." A very good idea. Unfortunately, the industries are faced with unprecedented challenges ...
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  "...take the initiative and reach out to tertiary institutions to contribute to the development of a human resource needed by industry." A very good idea. Unfortunately, the industries are faced with unprecedented challenges under your government.

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• Method Man 10 years ago

  Good idea Spio. but are Ghanaians receptive to good ideas at all. Thy will rather indulge in useless lies and deception and forever going to funerals.

  Good idea Spio. but are Ghanaians receptive to good ideas at all. Thy will rather indulge in useless lies and deception and forever going to funerals.

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