Dr. Nelson Amponsah, a lecturer at the Department of Education, Administration and Management of the University of Education-Winneba has lavished disappointment on Ghana's education system.

According to him, the country's education system sort to prepare pupil for a world or economy that is not theirs.

He bemoaned this as the Guest Speaker at the 7th quadrennial (54th) district delegates conference of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) of the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese (AAK) District in the Central Region dubbed "The Ghana Education Service @50: Achievements, Teacher Motivation, Challenges and the Way Forward."

The University of Education lecturer admonished that the nation's education system ought to prepare pupil for the Ghanaian economy and not for the American or Asian economy.

He deduced the Ghanaian economy to be agriculture, thus the extractive development and quizzed to find out why graduates aren't preapred for that economy.

Dr. Amponsah in grieve further observed that while kindergarten learners in China are made to learn woodwork, bakery, sawing, and hardwares, Ghanaians regrettably cannot teach their children how to farm, since it will be labelled by the Western World as child labour and human right abuse.

A stance the lecturer shares a firm disregard towards amid his aversion for child labour and human right abuse.

Inspite of this, Dr. Amponsah hailed the Ghana Education Service on some commendable strides in transforming the educational landscape of the nation in recent times like the Free SHS Policy, deployment of curriculum reforms like the Standard-Based Curriculum, and its renewed teacher professional development.

These he highlighted to reflect the GES’s commitment to producing holistic, critical thinkers, and digitally literate citizens for the nation.

Speaking in an engagement with Sompa TV reporter Eric Annan, the outgoing Chairman for GNAT in the AAK District, Mr. Eric Dadzie described teachers to be the least motivated workers in the country considering the number of challenges the teaching profession is confronted with amid the countless number of unfulfilled promises government has in recent times made to teachers.

Some contestants after the election shared their take on how fair the electoral process was and offered their unfading appreciation to delegates for their massive support and cooperation in making the conference a success. 

The election which saw Vincent Quainoo emerge as the new GNAT Chairman for AKK after pulling 45 votes against 20 votes in a fierce contest with Bernice Ruth Akyen, garnered delegates from all six locals of the District turnout in their numbers to exercise their franchise.

Sompaonline.com//Eric Annan