What is it going to take for us to achieve 100% ICT penetration in the 161 districts in the country?
Is there a correlation between dem ... read full comment
Systems thinking; Do our systems even think?
Is our governance system continuum?
What is it going to take for us to achieve 100% ICT penetration in the 161 districts in the country?
Is there a correlation between democracy, rule of law, stability and development?
When are the citizenry going to be in power, instead of these rascals? Remember, power belongs to the people and then rented out to these so-called politicians for a duration.
NANA AKUFFO ADDO 10 years ago
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...BEFORE I ... read full comment
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Tekonline.org 10 years ago
Theories are like seeds that need to be planted in fertile soil to germinate into plants, trees, and fruits. And yet like seeds, many of our educated simply put them in "brown envelopes" and shelve them away, dried and shrive ... read full comment
Theories are like seeds that need to be planted in fertile soil to germinate into plants, trees, and fruits. And yet like seeds, many of our educated simply put them in "brown envelopes" and shelve them away, dried and shriveled.
Many products came about because of great theories. The aeroplane is one good example. It takes the Bernoulli Principle for a plane to acquire lift.
Jet planes in addition apply Newton's 3rd Law of Motion to move the aircraft forward. Helicopters apply several laws of physics, including the principle of torque and the geometry of forces (for forward motion).
Be very careful not to unintentionally portray Africans or blacks as incapable of any deep cognitive skills and only endowed with "muscle power".
It should be okay for our people to engage in deep philosophical thoughts, indulge in complex musings for greater insight into nature, evolve novel intellectual concepts, etc. It takes very high intellect for such activities. Even very long ago, about 400 BC (yes, BC), Democritus surmised that there must be the atom as the smallest indivisible part of matter. He had no access to textbooks, laboratories, supercomputers or rigorous mathematical training to model such scientific concept. By sheer deep intellectual insight and imagination, he correctly predicted what we have found today to be so factually correct. (No wonder Einstein said "imagination is more important than knowledge").
Yes, we seriously need to apply the theories to make tools, machines, and processes that would solve our numerous problems. But by no means, don't let us cut ourselves short. We DO have mighty brains too.
Conventional Youth. 10 years ago
Sorry for the omissions and typos in the write up, it was my quick rebuttal to a publication, yesterday on Ghanaweb captioned “ We Are Producing Graduates We Don’t Need- Dep. Minister. I am not against critical or Crea ... read full comment
Sorry for the omissions and typos in the write up, it was my quick rebuttal to a publication, yesterday on Ghanaweb captioned “ We Are Producing Graduates We Don’t Need- Dep. Minister. I am not against critical or Creative thinking, all I am proposing is the need for considering Effective Time & Team Management and in our Education Curriculum. Most of the information needed for Creativity, Research, Innovation and Development (CRID) is out there electronically; provided Ghana’s energy needs are met. What matters today is the ability to access revelation information swiftly and legally.
I am still convinced that Ghana Guggisberg Education system must be discarded, replaced or refined for a more Feasible and Realistic CUURRICULUM, which entails 80% PRACTICALS and 20% Theory- (Accessible Electronically / Books, Etc). By Practicals, I mean, effective collaboration with our roadside artisans etc, who have been maginalised for far too long but are the CONESTONE TO THE Ist WORLD we ASPIRE to BUILD!
Tekonline.org 10 years ago
CY, don't be overly concerned about the typos and omissions. It is the MESSAGE that matters.
I think your proposals need to be tailored to the different stages of education.
Globally, university curriculum is structure ... read full comment
CY, don't be overly concerned about the typos and omissions. It is the MESSAGE that matters.
I think your proposals need to be tailored to the different stages of education.
Globally, university curriculum is structured such that the undergraduate years involve mostly the foundational courses. Even then, the amount of practicals are increased gradually, till the final year when it becomes about 50% (thesis work). You would be surprised, Ghanaian universities spend more undergraduate time on practicals than, say, in the US!
The GRADUATE phase (or Post-Graduate as sometimes called) is the RESEARCH stage, with almost 90% practicals in the final years.
And it makes sense that undergraduates are made to intensely absorb the basics. Many of the courses require prerequisites. You cannot effectively understand electronics without first being well-grounded in Physics (priciples of electricity and magnetism) and Math. To undertake Petroleum Engineering, you first need to know Chemistry. Agric students cannot begin until they are well-versed in Biology, especially Botany.
The undergraduate is provided first with all the basics as MENTAL TOOLS. Usually, they are exposed to many disciplines because it is hard to predict how they would end up. A student might initially plan to be an architect, but along the way, might fall in love with Chemistry and decide to be a petroleum engineer.
Also, the creative process in the brain is such that the more knowledge you have ("mental tools"), the easier it is to get an innovative idea. For instance, a student who had acquired the principles of physical chemistry has more "mental tools" to design a system for purifying water, using for instance, reverse osmosis. He could change his mind later to rely on the principle of ion-exchange. Without physical chemistry, one is basically left with just mechanical designs.
The primary purpose of education is to provide the student with as many mental tools as possible (facts, concepts, procedures, processes, principles, etc) so that later they can rely on these tools for INVENTIONS and DISCOVERIES.
By the way, I don't really believe creativity can be TAUGHT as such. This is because there is an intrinsic (giftedness) component to it. In any case would all the teachers "teaching" creativity be creative themselves? However, students can be made to engage in creative ACTIVITIES. For instance, by asking them to brainstorm for a solution to the flooding problems in Accra.
The real problem is what students expect from their education. How many plan to enroll in universities in order to become INVENTORS or INNOVATORS? After all the hardships most students had been facing at home, the natural tendency would be to seek a higher degree for GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT; any employment, no matter how many practicals or creative exercises that took place on campus. That is part of the problem. The socioeconomic climate in the country tends to put students mostly in the "survival mode".
As for collaboration with "roadside artisans", etc, I hate to inform you that the engineering world is becoming less and less MECHANICAL and more ELECTRONIC and SOFTWARE driven. We cannot help that. The world marches on relentlessly and waits for no one!
Conventional Youth. 10 years ago
Tekonline, I am grateful for the display of empathy and in-depth understanding of Ghana's present social structure and some CRIDs forward.
I am however, worried about the pace at which Ghana is going to make up with it's i ... read full comment
Tekonline, I am grateful for the display of empathy and in-depth understanding of Ghana's present social structure and some CRIDs forward.
I am however, worried about the pace at which Ghana is going to make up with it's infrastructural deficit, if we keep shying away from doing and determining our future in a bold and radical way.
Creativity, as you rightly said is a gift which can only be duplicated and enhanced by interested ones. I is my dream that Ghana will innovate in SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES one day, to help ease off challenges in domestic and commercial activities.
I am also convinced that Ghana’s unemployment issues would be addressed if credit facilities With it’s security issues are addressed. The Education system that produces people to look for employment must be discouraged. The mindset of entrepreneurships must be encouraged, with good customer service skills built in them. I have highlighted, effective Team & Time Management, updates, which could been core issue of long and fruitless education.
Certificates are legal proofs to our academic achievements ,but in the real world, it is those who can perform on a job that are hired. One’s Experience, Competence, skills and reasonable knowledge of an organisation, determines the level or measure of input he can bring on a job. Again thanks for your swift research & response, Ghana needs people like you, who can recycle out of any crap.
Please send me a line on y_boakye@hotmail.co.uk so I can exchange some info with you before coming public. Regards.
Kwame 10 years ago
You make much sense, however,you failed to grasp the import of Yaws article, that is, should Ghana placing 80% emphasis on Practicals be it; "Science Technology, Engineering, Communication, Maths, Innovation,etc"
And 20% o ... read full comment
You make much sense, however,you failed to grasp the import of Yaws article, that is, should Ghana placing 80% emphasis on Practicals be it; "Science Technology, Engineering, Communication, Maths, Innovation,etc"
And 20% on their theories, or continue to do what we have been doing for the past 100 years?
Tekonline.org 10 years ago
Please see my answer above.
Please see my answer above.
Kofi 10 years ago
Good piece.You must mind your writing. Too many grammatical errors. It makes the article difficult to read.
Good piece.You must mind your writing. Too many grammatical errors. It makes the article difficult to read.
Conventional Youth. 10 years ago
Sorry Kofi for the poor presentation, it was written at white-heat to provoke managers of our sleeping system.
Thanks for your advice also, I will edit before posting next time. It is my prayer that our system adapts to rew ... read full comment
Sorry Kofi for the poor presentation, it was written at white-heat to provoke managers of our sleeping system.
Thanks for your advice also, I will edit before posting next time. It is my prayer that our system adapts to rewarding indigenous innovations.
Please do you have any ideas, on as to how Ghana, could build & develop local projects with less foreign support and interferences?
Kawaanopaado 10 years ago
Did you cross-check this write-up? It is full of grammatical glitches. Poor writing at its apogee.
Did you cross-check this write-up? It is full of grammatical glitches. Poor writing at its apogee.
Conventional Youth. 10 years ago
Thanks for criticising constructively, Kawaanopaado, I will be pay attention to detaials next time- Regards,
Thanks for criticising constructively, Kawaanopaado, I will be pay attention to detaials next time- Regards,
Dantankwa 10 years ago
I was inspired to read your piece by its ambitious title, but I had to give up towards the end. Beside the typos and endless grammatical inconsistences as others have mentioned, it lacks clear focus and direction. The story y ... read full comment
I was inspired to read your piece by its ambitious title, but I had to give up towards the end. Beside the typos and endless grammatical inconsistences as others have mentioned, it lacks clear focus and direction. The story you opened up your piece with was uncalled for. You could have focused more on highlighting the challenges confronting the current currillum before proceeding to clearly profer solution to them. What at all has the maxim..." nothing is hidden under sun..." got to do with the points you are making in paragraph 5. You surely need to work on your writing skills; you seem to lack basic ideas on how to align and distribute your thoughts sequencially. It is not just enough to have something to say, in fact, how you say it is equally critical.
Conventional Youth. 10 years ago
I have no excuse for posting my rebuttal to a yesterday’s article captioned “We Are Producing Graduates we don’t need – Dep Minister, to media platform without editing, simply to beat deadlines.
I wish I would have ... read full comment
I have no excuse for posting my rebuttal to a yesterday’s article captioned “We Are Producing Graduates we don’t need – Dep Minister, to media platform without editing, simply to beat deadlines.
I wish I would have the time and opportunity to post my ideas on this platform for your constructive critique, this is what STEMICs is all about. That is, Ghana Creating, Researching, Innovating & Developing (CRIDs), efficiently as a team to compete with the world. Thanks for your time.
CYBERGHANA 10 years ago
CAREFULLY READ WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO SAY BEFORE YOU CRITICIZE. YOU WERE PITIFUL.
CAREFULLY READ WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO SAY BEFORE YOU CRITICIZE. YOU WERE PITIFUL.
Kwame Ninson 10 years ago
You make good points but your English needs improvement. Too many errors (spelling, sentence structures etc).
You make good points but your English needs improvement. Too many errors (spelling, sentence structures etc).
Conventional Youth. 10 years ago
Ghana’s educational curriculum needs modification
Dome aged of 13, took a critical look at his dad, then said, “Papa & Mama, you are really STUPID”. Dome’s dad being a typical African, was infuriated.
He was g ... read full comment
Ghana’s educational curriculum needs modification
Dome aged of 13, took a critical look at his dad, then said, “Papa & Mama, you are really STUPID”. Dome’s dad being a typical African, was infuriated.
He was going to beat the hell out of him but poised and pondered. The dad latter question Dome, why he made such rude comment and the answer he got was very astonishing.
Dome told his dad, “I always watch them read, read and read and wondered why, they do not go out for more leisure activities, go to the beach, play football or play draft and leave the “work” to the machines! Hmmm”!!!,
The Dome’s dad curiously asked again, “what kind of machines, he was talking about”? Domes answer was swiftly, the “COMPUTER” ! There is nothing the computers can’t do, he said. “All the information you are struggling to store in your tiny little brains, according to Dome can be passed onto a COMPUTER in a MICROSECOND for answers”.
The remarks from the thirteen year old Dome now 23 years Had serious impact on his parent’s attitude towards EDUCATION in modern times. In Dome’s dad times, Donkey hours were spent on end on ASBSTRACT, COMPACTMENTALIZED AND RIGOROUS CONCEPTS, leaving very little time for application of concepts and how to solve REAL AND EXICITING PRACTICAL PROBLEMS. Dome’s dad felt very sad, as he still reflects UNIVERSITY STUDENTS today, cracks, their brains mastering CONCEPTS , which were developed by SCHOLARS 500 YEARS AGO!
You can today still find PRIMARY SCHOOL AND JSS STUDENTS learning CARPENTARY in the CLASSROOMS without TOOLS & WORKSHOPS IN GHANA. Most of them can’t tell the difference between A HAMMER & A CHISESEL, let alone using them !!! Ghana produces may University Graduates, who are virtually the same. So where is the Ghana heading towards? There is a way, thanks to COMPUTERS, as DOME rightly pointed out!!
There is a saying that “there is nothing new under the sun except the UNKOWN HISTORY. The saying is true , that is, we should remove patterns in the National CURRICULUM that ENCOURAGES ROTE MEMORY. We should leave that to the CUMPUTER. I would like all curriculum developers and EDUCATIONIST in GHANA to meet to REVIEW and REMOVE IRRELEVANT THEORETICAL aspects in our CURRICULUM With the determination of DRAWING UP a NEW CURRICULUM. A cutting edge curriculum which would be, realistic and relevant in the Millennium. We should encourage more practical projects in alliance with our ROAD SIDE ELECTRICIANS, CARPENTERS, BLACKSMITHS, and REPAIRER ANF FITTERS OUTSIDE LECTURE HALLS AND CLASSROOMS. KUMASI MAGAZINE BOYS ARE MORE SKILLFUL THAN MOST OF OUR SO CALLED PRODUCTS, OF OUR UNIVERSITIES. I HAVE SEEN WITH MY OWN TWO YES THREE GHANAIAN FITTERS BUILD A BUS BODY FROM SCRAP METALS. DID THE INTERIOR DECORATIONS, ELECTRICALS AND EFFICIENT FINISHING WITH AN ENGINE IN KOKOMPE. I WAS DISAPPOINTED, WHEN THEY LABLLED IT “MADE IN KOREA” BEFORE COMISSIONING.
Ghana needs A “Deliberate Transformational Educational Policy” (DTREP) Now! This Change can only be effected if we adopt more PRAGMATIC & REALISTIC CURRICULUM.GOVERNMENT MUST DEVELOP AN EDUCATION POLICY THAT WILL GRANT SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES TO STUDENTS WHO UNDERTAKE STEMIC COURSES AT BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES.
EQUALLY GRANT TAX HOLIDAYS TO THESES PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES WHO ENGAGES IN SCIENCE COURSES.
I THINK IF GOVT FOCUSES ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, INNOVATION & COMMUNICATION SUBJECTS (STEMICS), WITH SERIOUSNESS WITHOUT USUAL POLITICAL LIP-SERVICES, THE COUNTRY CAN BENEFIT immensely from it’s products regardless. The old imperial system must be discarded and replaced with a more Feasible and Realistic CUURRICULUM. I am proposing 80% PRACTICALS and 20% Theory In (STEMICS) - (Accessible Electronically, Hard Covered Books Etc). By Practicals, I mean, inter- professional collaboration with roadside artisans who have been maginalised for far too long, but our the CONESTONE TO THE Ist WORLD we ASPIRE to BUILD!
You draw you own conclusions as the creative & critical thinker Ghana needs, Ghana needs your ideas. Please Support STEMIC HUBS to DEVELOP CUTTING EDGE life Skills and also build Contemporary STEMIC Systems In Ghana. United We Thrive!!!
YB
kwadwo nyarko 10 years ago
Thanks so much for this article. It is really refreshing to know there are people who really think so positively about our educational system. I completely share in your view 100%.
Really, with or without grammatical mistak ... read full comment
Thanks so much for this article. It is really refreshing to know there are people who really think so positively about our educational system. I completely share in your view 100%.
Really, with or without grammatical mistakes in your write-up, your positive ideas have been communicated so well. Thank you.
Kwame 10 years ago
The Middle class Ghanaian pays critical attention to details, when it comes to theoretical and grammatical construction of the English language and slacks when issues of common life sustainability surfaces.
The Middle class Ghanaian pays critical attention to details, when it comes to theoretical and grammatical construction of the English language and slacks when issues of common life sustainability surfaces.
MARCUS AMPADU 10 years ago
Well done Yaw Boakye.
Can you imagine teaching all our chiefs about computers? That is when the real transformation of Ghana will begin.
STEMIC RULES!!!
Well done Yaw Boakye.
Can you imagine teaching all our chiefs about computers? That is when the real transformation of Ghana will begin.
STEMIC RULES!!!
Conventional Youth. 10 years ago
Well said Sir Marcus, as the saying goes, Caterpillars when transformed into butterflies explores, pollinates & fertilizes flowers STEMICLy
Well said Sir Marcus, as the saying goes, Caterpillars when transformed into butterflies explores, pollinates & fertilizes flowers STEMICLy
Systems thinking; Do our systems even think?
Is our governance system continuum?
What is it going to take for us to achieve 100% ICT penetration in the 161 districts in the country?
Is there a correlation between dem ...
read full comment
...EEEI NANA SO YOU DO KIDS TURUMU..HMMMM ASENM BEBA DEBI...I NANA AKUFFO ADDO, A WEE SMOKER AND SERIAL WOMANISER LOVE KIDS TURUMU..I NANA AKUFFO ADDO, A NOTED WEE SMOKER AND SERIAL WOMANISER LOVE NKWADAA TURUMU.
...BEFORE I ...
read full comment
Theories are like seeds that need to be planted in fertile soil to germinate into plants, trees, and fruits. And yet like seeds, many of our educated simply put them in "brown envelopes" and shelve them away, dried and shrive ...
read full comment
Sorry for the omissions and typos in the write up, it was my quick rebuttal to a publication, yesterday on Ghanaweb captioned “ We Are Producing Graduates We Don’t Need- Dep. Minister. I am not against critical or Crea ...
read full comment
CY, don't be overly concerned about the typos and omissions. It is the MESSAGE that matters.
I think your proposals need to be tailored to the different stages of education.
Globally, university curriculum is structure ...
read full comment
Tekonline, I am grateful for the display of empathy and in-depth understanding of Ghana's present social structure and some CRIDs forward.
I am however, worried about the pace at which Ghana is going to make up with it's i ...
read full comment
You make much sense, however,you failed to grasp the import of Yaws article, that is, should Ghana placing 80% emphasis on Practicals be it; "Science Technology, Engineering, Communication, Maths, Innovation,etc"
And 20% o ...
read full comment
Please see my answer above.
Good piece.You must mind your writing. Too many grammatical errors. It makes the article difficult to read.
Sorry Kofi for the poor presentation, it was written at white-heat to provoke managers of our sleeping system.
Thanks for your advice also, I will edit before posting next time. It is my prayer that our system adapts to rew ...
read full comment
Did you cross-check this write-up? It is full of grammatical glitches. Poor writing at its apogee.
Thanks for criticising constructively, Kawaanopaado, I will be pay attention to detaials next time- Regards,
I was inspired to read your piece by its ambitious title, but I had to give up towards the end. Beside the typos and endless grammatical inconsistences as others have mentioned, it lacks clear focus and direction. The story y ...
read full comment
I have no excuse for posting my rebuttal to a yesterday’s article captioned “We Are Producing Graduates we don’t need – Dep Minister, to media platform without editing, simply to beat deadlines.
I wish I would have ...
read full comment
CAREFULLY READ WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO SAY BEFORE YOU CRITICIZE. YOU WERE PITIFUL.
You make good points but your English needs improvement. Too many errors (spelling, sentence structures etc).
Ghana’s educational curriculum needs modification
Dome aged of 13, took a critical look at his dad, then said, “Papa & Mama, you are really STUPID”. Dome’s dad being a typical African, was infuriated.
He was g ...
read full comment
Thanks so much for this article. It is really refreshing to know there are people who really think so positively about our educational system. I completely share in your view 100%.
Really, with or without grammatical mistak ...
read full comment
The Middle class Ghanaian pays critical attention to details, when it comes to theoretical and grammatical construction of the English language and slacks when issues of common life sustainability surfaces.
Well done Yaw Boakye.
Can you imagine teaching all our chiefs about computers? That is when the real transformation of Ghana will begin.
STEMIC RULES!!!
Well said Sir Marcus, as the saying goes, Caterpillars when transformed into butterflies explores, pollinates & fertilizes flowers STEMICLy