'It takes a village...’ to raise / educate a child. It would be helpful if all, including the Minister, accepted a share of the RESPONSIBILITY for the outcomes of education.
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'It takes a village...’ to raise / educate a child. It would be helpful if all, including the Minister, accepted a share of the RESPONSIBILITY for the outcomes of education.
What troubles me is that people at the TOP, not just teachers, are neither rewarded nor reprimanded, much less fired, for poor performance in our schools. This is troubling considering that education takes one of the biggest chunks of our government expenditures (and tax payer money). It is a royal fraud to continue to spend significantly more each year on an enterprise that seems to give us less and less in returns.
If the primary business of public schools is to improve student achievement, then we should have ALL the 'village' elders being held ACCOUNTABLE for those results. That means from the Minister all the way to heads of schools: their positions, pay, and presence should be subject to student performance. That is a central requirement for having them attend to the right things. When was the last time you heard that any of these 'village' heads got fired for the poor performance of students under their jurisdiction?
And while we are at it, we must recognize that teachers should be accountable for the student achievement as well. So must parents and students themselves! Between my days in school (decades ago) and today, I have noticed a creeping tendency in Ghana towards convenience / laziness / short cuts, indolence, and general lack of diligence amongst more and more parents, students, teachers, heads of schools, officials in ministries, etc. They all seem to be more diligent in the STYLE and FORM of pomp, pageantry, prestige, pay, perks, power, and politics than in the SUBSTANCE, and FUNCTION of improving student achievement.
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'It takes a village...’ to raise / educate a child. It would be helpful if all, including the Minister, accepted a share of the RESPONSIBILITY for the outcomes of education.
What troubles me is that people at the TOP, n ...
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