200 day schools not likely to be completed – Ablakwa

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Kwame 9 years ago

Mahama has Condemned Ghanaians to Push a Heavy-Stone up a Mountain, only to see it roll down again.Unless a Mass Number of Ghanaians VOTE to Cast Mahama OUT from Office it will never Stop.!
VOTE MAHAMA OUT ! HIPC, WOYOME,CE ...
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Mahama has Condemned Ghanaians to Push a Heavy-Stone up a Mountain, only to see it roll down again.Unless a Mass Number of Ghanaians VOTE to Cast Mahama OUT from Office it will never Stop.!
VOTE MAHAMA OUT ! HIPC, WOYOME,CEDI-FALL,SADA,..Killings,TAXES,PETROL PRICES,GYEEDA,LABOUR-STRIKES
Adu Phillips 9 years ago

And bring who Kwame?

And bring who Kwame?
OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

Author:-dk...
thieving and incompetent jdm and his ndc cohorts are looting from left, right and center with the hope to buy the conscience of vulnerable Ghanaians. I thank God that nobody can buy my conscience because I AM A ...
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Author:-dk...
thieving and incompetent jdm and his ndc cohorts are looting from left, right and center with the hope to buy the conscience of vulnerable Ghanaians. I thank God that nobody can buy my conscience because I AM A HUMAN BEING
Gudman 9 years ago

Ablakwa, so you were biting more than you can chew, cut your coat according to your material

Ablakwa, so you were biting more than you can chew, cut your coat according to your material
Onipaba Of Akyem Maase 9 years ago

Afereall, we were led by a professor of law, who for want of political power became a shamelessly deceitful character. We have eminent persons in our traditional authority who sat down for fools like ablakwa to send this nat ...
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Afereall, we were led by a professor of law, who for want of political power became a shamelessly deceitful character. We have eminent persons in our traditional authority who sat down for fools like ablakwa to send this nation into a ditch. Now where are we? In the name of propaganda, even Kg schools are being turned into universities which are going to churn out useless workforce. Well, that is what Ghanaians want. Let them remain blind even when they have both eyes working well.
OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

AUTHOR: CLOSE OBSERVER-------- Stupid people are dominating our leadership positions. NDC does not believe that Ghanaians are suffering. Ghanaians will therefore not see the end of their problems until the USELESS NDC governm ...
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AUTHOR: CLOSE OBSERVER-------- Stupid people are dominating our leadership positions. NDC does not believe that Ghanaians are suffering. Ghanaians will therefore not see the end of their problems until the USELESS NDC government is voted out in 2016. JOHN MAHAMA DOES NOT KNOW WHAT HE IS DOING AT THE PRESIDENCY. HE IS JUST CELEBRATING HIS POSITION LIKE AN AFRICAN MOVIE ACTOR. VOTE HIM AND HIS MEDIOCRE NDC GOVERNMENT OUT IN 2016. NDC NOW WANT MONEY FOR THEIR DIRTY POLITICAL CAMPAIGN, HENCE THE PRICE HIKE.
Emma 9 years ago

More vim we ur back mahama all de way.

More vim we ur back mahama all de way.
OFOSUAA 9 years ago

Haaabaaa.....The problem of school children sitting on bare floor in classrooms especially in the northern part of the country is far from over.
After the Kperisi Basic School exposé which generated a lot of controversy in ...
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Haaabaaa.....The problem of school children sitting on bare floor in classrooms especially in the northern part of the country is far from over.
After the Kperisi Basic School exposé which generated a lot of controversy in the country, it turned out that more schools are facing a similar problem.
One of such is the Al-suaredeen Islamic Basic School at Gulabani in Tamale South constituency of the Northern region.
The children according to Adom News’ Iliasu Abdul Dabre lie flat on the dirty bare floor to write because they are without furniture.
He said the pupils many of whom walk from long distances to school have to grapple for space on the floor due to the overcrowded nature of the classroom.
Iliasu who expressed dismay the first time he visited the school added that, the teacher cannot walk through the class to supervise class exercise.
I was extremely shocked when I saw the children lying on the bare floor” he stated while describing the situation on Adom Evening News Wednesday.
However attempts to get the headmaster of the school to comment on the issue proved futile. He told our reporter he has been asked by the Municipal Education Directorate not the comment on the matter.
Some of the teachers who spoke to Iliasu on condition of anonymity express worrying at the situation which they said is affecting teaching and learning.
They added that the lack of desks in the classroom has made most of the pupils truants – a situation they noted could affect the future of the kids.
But the Municipal Chief Executive of Tamale, Alhaji Abdul Hanan Gundadoo in an interview with Adom News, said the condition at Al-suaredeen has not been brought to his attention.
But he said if the school is approved by the Ghana Education Service (GES), desks will be dispatched to the school.
“We have about 500 units of desks available for distribution so if it [Al-suaredeen] a GES approved school, they will get some of the tables and chairs” he stated.
Alhaji Gundadoo said government is still committed to improving the educational sector.
Meanwhile, a promise by the Member of Parliament for the area, Haruna Iddrisu to provide desks for the school is yet to materialise
OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

Author:-NOKWARE...
You better come out now or never. 2016 is turning or boiling point in Ghana. You are the QUEEN BEE or the Queen mother. If you are not careful, you will ignite the burning bush.
Have you heard of Justice ...
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Author:-NOKWARE...
You better come out now or never. 2016 is turning or boiling point in Ghana. You are the QUEEN BEE or the Queen mother. If you are not careful, you will ignite the burning bush.
Have you heard of Justice Abban in Unigov era?
Dessie 9 years ago

Do you think Ghanaians are soo ignorant,do you?if Bawumia want to showcase another falsehood and throw dust on Ghana public eyes;it is only people like you who will jump and hail what Bawumia and his culprit exhibited on that ...
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Do you think Ghanaians are soo ignorant,do you?if Bawumia want to showcase another falsehood and throw dust on Ghana public eyes;it is only people like you who will jump and hail what Bawumia and his culprit exhibited on that day at the school.where in the world children will belly down taking lesson..if nothing at all in the classroom I believe parents will give their kids traditional chairs to sit in the classroom;the most stupidity exhibited at highest level;Dr Bawumia is the most disgraced economist ever heard;Okay;let assume it is truly;why Bawumia could not transcend 500% economic growth he said NPP gained during 2001-2008 surplus supplying chairs for those areas..but rather left massive schools under trees for his predessessors..hypocracy at the highest level

OFOSUAA 9 years ago

The problem of school children sitting on bare floor in classrooms especially in the northern part of the country is far from over.
After the Kperisi Basic School exposé which generated a lot of controversy in the country, ...
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The problem of school children sitting on bare floor in classrooms especially in the northern part of the country is far from over.
After the Kperisi Basic School exposé which generated a lot of controversy in the country, it turned out that more schools are facing a similar problem.
One of such is the Al-suaredeen Islamic Basic School at Gulabani in Tamale South constituency of the Northern region.
The children according to Adom News’ Iliasu Abdul Dabre lie flat on the dirty bare floor to write because they are without furniture.
He said the pupils many of whom walk from long distances to school have to grapple for space on the floor due to the overcrowded nature of the classroom.
Iliasu who expressed dismay the first time he visited the school added that, the teacher cannot walk through the class to supervise class exercise.
I was extremely shocked when I saw the children lying on the bare floor” he stated while describing the situation on Adom Evening News Wednesday.
However attempts to get the headmaster of the school to comment on the issue proved futile. He told our reporter he has been asked by the Municipal Education Directorate not the comment on the matter.
Some of the teachers who spoke to Iliasu on condition of anonymity express worrying at the situation which they said is affecting teaching and learning.
They added that the lack of desks in the classroom has made most of the pupils truants – a situation they noted could affect the future of the kids.
But the Municipal Chief Executive of Tamale, Alhaji Abdul Hanan Gundadoo in an interview with Adom News, said the condition at Al-suaredeen has not been brought to his attention.
But he said if the school is approved by the Ghana Education Service (GES), desks will be dispatched to the school.
“We have about 500 units of desks available for distribution so if it [Al-suaredeen] a GES approved school, they will get some of the tables and chairs” he stated.
Alhaji Gundadoo said government is still committed to improving the educational sector.
Meanwhile, a promise by the Member of Parliament for the area, Haruna Iddrisu to provide desks for the school is yet to materialise
Kojo 9 years ago

Reality is setting in. Vain promises.

Reality is setting in. Vain promises.
PETER NAPORO 9 years ago

PRESS RELEASE
BY THE TEACHER TRAINEES’ ASSOCIATION OF GHANA (TTAG)
Tuesday, 1st March, 2016
Good morning friends from the media, fellow countrymen and women and all well-meaning Ghanaians, the leadership of the Teacher T ...
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PRESS RELEASE
BY THE TEACHER TRAINEES’ ASSOCIATION OF GHANA (TTAG)
Tuesday, 1st March, 2016
Good morning friends from the media, fellow countrymen and women and all well-meaning Ghanaians, the leadership of the Teacher Trainees’ Association of Ghana on behalf of its constituents wish to use this opportunity to register our displeasure and revulsion about how trainees in the country are hounded by the government in what they (people in government) call the best way to sustain the colleges of education.
Fellow Ghanaians, it is not enough to take a step that will one day lead you to a goal; but each step must be a goal and a step likewise. The government’s decision to take away the trainees allowance should not in any way overburden the trainees but rather soften the ground and the systems with regards to the Colleges of Education. Today, trainees are suffering great deal because of government’s inability to put structures in place to address the possible pernicious ramifications; such their (government) wanton policy will have on the college system.
Let us start with the third years that are on the out segment. These mentees pay for their accommodation, utility, transportation, feeding among others while on the out segment. One will argue that the out program is a component of the three years diploma course. Yes, it is and we all know but the big question is, what are the administrative structures that are put in place to take care of that system? What system really took care of the same situation in the 1970s when there were no allowances?
Fellow countrymen and women, what is more annoying is that, government by cabinet decision is to take care of our feeding grant but as at now those monies are yet to be paid. Even the one we paid for the 2014/2015 academic year and the first semester of the ensuing year is yet to be refunded to us. But what do we hear government officials say in their numerous filibustering public speeches “that government continuous to feed teacher trainees thrice a day” this is the monstrous assertion of the fact. To this end we are calling on all teacher trainees not to pay for the feeding fee as a component of their bill since government is supposed to pay and have paid as disclosed in their numerous submissions over the period. Again we are calling on the government to refund our feeding fees to us especially the level three hundred students since the time left for us to complete our course is almost due.
We the trainees will demonstrate vehemently on all fronts by which ever means necessary against the government if she fails to refund our monies that we have already paid to us. We are also appealing to all college authorities to desist from forcing our colleagues to pay for their feeding fee but rather go to the government for the money as it remains her responsibility. The situation where some colleges compel trainees to forfeit their examination for not paying those fees is becoming unbearable.

On utility, we congratulate the government for taking the bold step since last year on the 29th June, 2015 to exclude tertiary institutions which include the colleges of education from paying for utility. But again we want to send this message across to those colleges of education that continue to bill students for utility to put a stop to it and refund those monies to the students before legal actions are taken against them. The Colleges of Education is under government and must adhere to government?s directives. So if government says we should not pay and the college authorities are doing otherwise, then this is tantamount to extortion and we all know the legal implication. Some colleges are charging our colleagues as much as GH? 150.00, GH? 165.00 and more for utility per semester, why? Trainees cannot afford to pay these monies alongside the exorbitant semester school fees which ranges from GH?1,500.00 to GH?2,400.
We only mean vigorous action in self-defense and that vigorous action we feel we are justified in initiating by any means necessary. We the trainees are peace-loving to a fault but the response of the government and the authorities to our calls has been escalating intransigence.
To conclude, we want to reiterate that:
1. Trainees should not pay for feeding fees as components of their bill as it remains the responsibility of the government.
2. Government should refund our feeding fees to us because those monies are long overdue, these are our money and we need it now.
3. Government should come to the aid of the trainees on the out segment because the overburden financial commitment we are going through as a result of the scrapping of the allowance is just unbearable. Mr. President, respectfully have compassion on these trainees in this untold hardship [as you continue to preach the need to have compassion on one another.
4. In accordance with government?s directives, no teacher trainee should pay for utility bills as part of their school fees.

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(PRESIDENT)

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Eric 9 years ago

This stupid deputy minister is acting as the everything of the ministry, why do we have a minister of education?

This stupid deputy minister is acting as the everything of the ministry, why do we have a minister of education?
peace maker in boayini 9 years ago

Again!!! Ablakwa why do you call as fools? from impossible free SHS but rather quality and more schools to free Education with only 4 being commission. How many teachers have you recruited to replace the vacancies in the exis ...
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Again!!! Ablakwa why do you call as fools? from impossible free SHS but rather quality and more schools to free Education with only 4 being commission. How many teachers have you recruited to replace the vacancies in the existing schools ? and how many JHs and SHS (s )in Ghana can boast of enough stuff if there is any at all . Know that there are so many graduates like you so don't think that you are deceiving them. Ghanaisms can't sacrifice for another greedy and incompetent administration.
Kiku 9 years ago

You people don't know what you are doing

You people don't know what you are doing
anna 9 years ago

Lies weare not fools where is200 shs liars ndv afuu kokroo thieves vote ndc out

Lies weare not fools where is200 shs liars ndv afuu kokroo thieves vote ndc out
eugene 9 years ago

to finish them..A country that can't buy natural gas or oil to run their generators don't have school money either. ndc=nation destroying crew

to finish them..A country that can't buy natural gas or oil to run their generators don't have school money either. ndc=nation destroying crew
KWASI IN EUROPE 9 years ago

You isulted Bawumia when he told you that. It is now time to apologize to NPP and all Ghanaians. You NDC fooooooooooooooooooooooooooooools.

You isulted Bawumia when he told you that. It is now time to apologize to NPP and all Ghanaians. You NDC fooooooooooooooooooooooooooooools.
peter 9 years ago

Ghanaians don't need u to tell them this coz they can discern!! Ghanaians are not kids to believe that empty promise your shameless master made. Bunch of useless crooks.

Ghanaians don't need u to tell them this coz they can discern!! Ghanaians are not kids to believe that empty promise your shameless master made. Bunch of useless crooks.

zy 9 years ago

the truth is finally out

the truth is finally out
Prime Minister of Sekondi-Takoradi 9 years ago

so what you told us that you can complete those 200 schools before 2016 general elections so why are you now coming to explain things to us.Look you incompetent baby with sharp teeth you are moving out with day your boss dead ...
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so what you told us that you can complete those 200 schools before 2016 general elections so why are you now coming to explain things to us.Look you incompetent baby with sharp teeth you are moving out with day your boss dead goat mahama after this elections criminal ndc idiots bammm!!!
NANA ADDO YOU ARE BLESSED
sacco 9 years ago

how can he complete with this kind of corruption

how can he complete with this kind of corruption
MAHAMA B3 KO 9 years ago

The actual number of SHS promised is not 200 but rather 223. Ablakwa should go back, read his notes and comeback again with the total number of SHS promised by his propagandist Mahama NDC gov't. It is 223 SHS, the additional ...
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The actual number of SHS promised is not 200 but rather 223. Ablakwa should go back, read his notes and comeback again with the total number of SHS promised by his propagandist Mahama NDC gov't. It is 223 SHS, the additional 23 from the World Bank facility.
They must construct all the 223 SHS and have them available by November 7th 2016, when John Mahama is handing over, all 223 must be ready.
Afo Ko jo 9 years ago

Shame! Shame !!NDC toying with education? oh God almighty help remove this CRATE LOOT AND SHARE , INHUMANE.........

Shame! Shame !!NDC toying with education? oh God almighty help remove this CRATE LOOT AND SHARE , INHUMANE.........
Frank Ben 9 years ago

At least 100 new Senior High Schools will be "rolled out" by the first quarter of 2014, Deputy Education Minister Samuel Okudzeto has stated. you thought 2016 will never come.

At least 100 new Senior High Schools will be "rolled out" by the first quarter of 2014, Deputy Education Minister Samuel Okudzeto has stated. you thought 2016 will never come.
Goheey 9 years ago

Get away with your campaign projects we are fed up with big wide open mouth projects. N D C will actually see what will happen that day. I am 100% ndc but now fed up

Get away with your campaign projects we are fed up with big wide open mouth projects. N D C will actually see what will happen that day. I am 100% ndc but now fed up
Efo Koku 9 years ago

Ghanaian youth, NDC is toying with our education just hear Ablakwa. oh God almighty help remove this crate loot and share, inhumane ,selfish......... people out of office and bring in a selfless government

Ghanaian youth, NDC is toying with our education just hear Ablakwa. oh God almighty help remove this crate loot and share, inhumane ,selfish......... people out of office and bring in a selfless government
Banku and okro stew 9 years ago

If gorvanance is abt always borrowing to under take social projects then every body can become a president under dis administration

If gorvanance is abt always borrowing to under take social projects then every body can become a president under dis administration
Jay+++++++++++++London 9 years ago

Just Commitment is not ENOUGH, JUST DO IT as you Ablakwa has been telling the nation the NDC will complete them as promised.

You cannot turn round now that you cannot be certain that they will be completed. How can we trus ...
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Just Commitment is not ENOUGH, JUST DO IT as you Ablakwa has been telling the nation the NDC will complete them as promised.

You cannot turn round now that you cannot be certain that they will be completed. How can we trust you again? you don't promise something knowing that you cannot keep it.

This is people's LIFE we are talking about Mr NDC Ablakwa INCOMPETENTLY CORRUPT.

Daniella 9 years ago

Over 40 million dollar CAlbank loan has already been secured since 2011 for this project. Don't we have the labour force to execute the project decisively? What is the delay?

Over 40 million dollar CAlbank loan has already been secured since 2011 for this project. Don't we have the labour force to execute the project decisively? What is the delay?
Rude bwoy 9 years ago

Becuase of your looting. !!
Ablakwa is the IGL of ghana.
Inpector general of looting.

Becuase of your looting. !!
Ablakwa is the IGL of ghana.
Inpector general of looting.
Say Alla Dey 9 years ago

Listen to urself

Listen to urself
adanko 9 years ago

WINDING , SENSELESS EXPLANATION! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. GOOD BYE

WINDING , SENSELESS EXPLANATION! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. GOOD BYE

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