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Reverse SHS to 4 years - Education consultant to Akufo-Addo

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  • MAN 7 years ago

    STOP DOING POLITICS WITH EDUCATION NPP. WE NEED FREE EDUCATION.

  • Ruthan 7 years ago

    Even mighty Russia can't afford free education,free education is going to be given to those who need it under Akufo-Addo regime.To me I would have wish pre-university in Ghana is merged to bring improvement & sanity.

  • Zoobie-Zoobie 7 years ago

    Ghana cannot decide

  • OBINALO 7 years ago

    I AGREE WITH YOU. LETS MAKE IT 4 YEARS.

    FOR FREE EDUCATION, IF WE CAN'T HAVE FREE EDUCATION, REDUCE THE FEE BY HALF.

  • Derrick 7 years ago

    Its only prudent that we revert to the 7yr secondary school system. With all the resources at their disposal most advanced countries are comfortable with the 7yr cycle.
    Whatever the constraints, more candidates tend to benef ...
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  • $AINT GHFUO, BLACK EXCELLENCE! 7 years ago

    NANA AKUFFU ADDO'S LEGACY: 1. MOVE THE CAPITAL AWAY FROM DIRTY ACCRA. 2. WE NEED STREET NAMES, NUMBERED BUILDINGS, VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL STREETS AND POSTAL CODES FOR ALL CONSTITUENCIES N DISTRICTS. THIS WILL ENSURE EFFICIEN ...
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  • Philip 7 years ago

    ''Whatever the constraints, more candidates tend to benefit from the 4yr SS school system.'' Just a vacuous claim. How is that???

    In any case, adding one year is no solution at all. Quality must be emphasised alongside ski ...
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  • CORNEY 7 years ago

    If every 4 years we have to change our educational program that country will never progress,there was no need to change that program to 4 years in the first place,it was not in the interest of the students and the parents.

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  • nana yaa 7 years ago

    You must all keep silence,no need to change anything our children are doing well with the healthy policies and provision of Learning tools. Pls we beg these pretenders, leave our children to learn in peace.

  • Amidini 7 years ago

    Mr oppong, some went through the 4yrs but never pass. we need not to politicize education.

  • zantoda 7 years ago

    what is this stupidity, every change of government=change in years of High school attendance, enough already, there are so many other things to take care of!!!! people are already taking 5-6yrs to pass, we don't need the gove ...
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  • Amidini 7 years ago

    What Ghanaians need now is free education, taxes reduction, 1$m for 1 constituency, and numerous promises by Nana Addo. Mr Oppong, tell Nana Addo to fulfill his promises not to reverse SHS to 4yrs.

  • John 7 years ago

    I am sad when our well educated elite is talking about four(4) year SHS forgetting our JSS and Primary Schools.
    Look if the country can re-structure our primary and JSS well, we don't need SHS 4 yrs. It IS sad that most scho ...
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  • Educationist 7 years ago

    The four or three yhear conundrum must be left to the professionals to decide. If we play it with politicals, kids like Ablakwa and Kwakye will toy with our destiny!!

  • Isaac djeii 7 years ago

    Hahahaha

  • Wise 7 years ago

    Please, it is time we stop this ding-dong and political see-saw with our educational system.it is time our policy makers come to the knowledge that the principal factor in improving education is not the number of years but co ...
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  • Kwesi 7 years ago

    We are truly fools oh Ghana for how long? America does not play politics with education.

  • BB 7 years ago

    if students in Wesley girls and other schools are able to finish their teaching syllabus on-time, why can't we learn from them than talk of reversing to four years

  • Yaw 7 years ago

    Non of the systems have provided good results. What needs to be done includes qualified and dedicated teachers, resources for teaching and learning, responsible parents and students,

  • onemab 7 years ago

    Any fool can be call consultant. Has he loss his mind. Those who went through the three years are doing better on the field . nonsense

  • John 7 years ago

    He is getting mad. Is he blind to see the poor nature of teaching at the basic levels where there is no science labs, poor teaching aids, etc. What will the extra one year do only chew and pour type of education.
    Please give ...
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  • Kade man 7 years ago

    Do not play politics with our educational system. We need policies not politics in education.

  • Manfred 7 years ago

    These two parties are causing the doom of Ghana's education. For an acceptable and good educational policy we need these two parties to bury their differences and engage in a frank discussion on the way forward, else next tim ...
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  • pk 7 years ago

    please, we examiners can confirm that 4years could be very useful to build capacity more than three years. it will build more student to analyse ,think deep, study well under space in the duration, reduce stress on parents to ...
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  • John 7 years ago

    What about the 9-year basic level where the children could have been groomed well. Where are the science labs, computer labs, etc. when my ward started SHS the first term teachers were giving excuses to teach wasting students ...
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  • John 7 years ago

    You are all liars you neglect your duties when you are supposed to work

  • nana yaa 7 years ago

    You are not honest to yourself ,now the Learning tools have been provided,classrooms increased no more shift systems so leave Ghana alone to see what you get from all that have been provided. Formerly the system lack the nece ...
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  • pk 7 years ago

    So some of you who look at things in political lance are sleeping. Every decision is political decision which results in positive success. Read your bible and see the decisions taking from various KINGS and leadership. Educat ...
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  • jcamcam 7 years ago

    Kwasia consultant. . .wht kind of back n forth foolishness is tht?!!!

  • Sevenn 7 years ago

    Stupid people make she 4yrs. Have they built more class room and dormitory to a just that? They'll come and destroy our education system and send their kids abroad....

  • John 7 years ago

    so stupid indeed! neglecting the basics and effective teaching the want extra one year. Block headed people.

  • captain 7 years ago

    this man is insulting himself ooo, he himself is he a "boom"?. it is not the 3 years he went through??. what is this mr. consultant? HELp NAna well and not worsen his case! he already has a lot to do!

  • Mr appiah 7 years ago

    I support the 4 years for the SHS, past records shows that students who completed the 4 years perform better academically than those with the 3 years.

    If the incoming administration can afford it, why not.

  • nana yaa 7 years ago

    Her!! 3 yrs enough. Now the schools have been equipped to do the 3 yrs. The 4 yrs failed because there were no classrooms the students go on shift, now no lack of equipments,teachers are doing courses to approve their qualifi ...
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  • Philip 7 years ago

    That was only because in the fourth year, they repeated the material learnt in the third year. So you are effectively talking advanced remedials!! What merit is there to that???
    Te problem is that we emphasis marks scored ov ...
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  • yeboah 7 years ago

    It should be 5yrs like in the days of GCE O Level, not 4 yrs, so that students can enjoy the free SHS more.

  • Odoi 7 years ago

    The problem is that there are some children who can do the SHS in 3 years and there are those who cannot do it in even 5years. So don't pack all of them in one carton. Make some schools 3 and some 4years and leave i for paren ...
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  • Kwame 7 years ago

    Kindly make SHS virtual for life, raise it from 3 year to 60 years. Cuba still have free education, health and running water and our children who go there gain from it. When a child have to attend school for 4 years instead o ...
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  • JH New York 7 years ago

    The problem of a Child who cannot make it in 3 yrs could be traced to imputs and weak or poor basic teaching,in my personal opinion.

  • Kobina Annan 7 years ago

    Nigeria, Gambia, Liberia, Tanzania and indeed all African countries do this SHS program in 3years. Is it that Ghanaians are Block heads and should be the only ones to do this program in 4years?

  • JH New York 7 years ago

    Education Consultant indeed!.I don't think the practice whereby a change in govt results in Reverse of Academic Calendar from 3 years to 4 years,vice versa, is the right thing to do and the right way forward for the ff reaso ...
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  • JH New York 7 years ago

    Continued: Another way forward to maintain and improve the 3 yrs SHS is to address the problem,from the basics.For eg. (1) Identified imputs to impove Teaching from the basic Levels(2)Mandatory short, one/two week/s intown in ...
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  • Sankofa 7 years ago

    So where is the money to pay for the additional year of SHS?

    Where is the money for additional accommodation, tuition, feeding and other costs of the additional year?

    Do you realise the chaos that was wrought when the N ...
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  • Fred 7 years ago

    Mr Oppong, you are very big fool...

  • Nukus 7 years ago

    With Free education and now four years? yoo! just dey watch. Bad advisor. Mr president elect open your eyes or they will kill you with bad advises be4 you die.

  • SAMUEL AMOAH. 7 years ago

    I pray the stake holders in the educational sector would consult with civil society groups,parents and the students themselves to determine the way forward. There should be broad consultation to arrive at a consensus. One fac ...
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  • Isaac djeii 7 years ago

    I was a third year student in 2013 and wrote the exams with the fourth year students then but i can tell u for a fact that when the result came i perfom far far better than half of form four class students.

  • skippy 7 years ago

    Indeed ndc has expanded access & infrastructure so you can spew out rubbish.
    Why should we keep our kids in sch for 1 extra yr?Nigeria & others all do 3 yrs.Has it made their students fail?
    What we have to work on is improv ...
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  • nana yaa 7 years ago

    We beg this man to leave the 3 yrs SHS alone. We are fed up paying fees allow us to breath . Our children are doing very well those who fail are those who lack parental care and supervision. My daughter used the 3 yrs SHS t ...
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  • Ray 7 years ago

    Mr. Oppong I hope you read this, how many years do you want Ghanaians to spend from KG to SHS. I don't know if you are aware that even in USA 12 years from GRADE 1-12.
    The big problem in Ghana is too much book long so cal ...
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  • Ray 7 years ago

    Masa examiner you guys are the problem.
    When I was in SSS 1 back in 2001, you guys added more stuff to our syllables and it affected those even in SSS 2 at that time. How do u think overloading as u do is helping us. Do u kn ...
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  • Nihau 7 years ago

    What are u saying? Plz kindly check your fact and stop the useless advice. What kind of a consultant? Plz don't waste our time and money. Bring something important