The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed assertions that Ghana’s education system is still using colonial structures.<\/p>\n
The President of the Innovative Teachers, Stephen Desu, on Citi FM\u2019s The Big Issue<\/em> <\/strong>over the weekend criticized Ghana\u2019s educational system saying, the academic structure and curriculum used by basic schools were colonial.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis educational system is colonial in nature. We have not taken any steps at decolonizing our educational system,\u201d he said, adding that, although a few modifications have been made, \u201cit is still in the colonial mode.\u201d<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”EA3CwdEdgeONF0yHvdTXDZI8d2E2nlYW”]Mr. Desu opined that \u201cwe do not have education going on in Ghana right now. You just pass through the system, write examination, get a piece of paper and go and stand on the streets and sell pure water.\u201d<\/p>\n But reacting these claims, the Executive Director of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, Charles Aheto-Tsegah insisted that the curriculum used at the basic level satisfies the requirements of modern basic education.<\/p>\n \u201cI do not see where the basis is for the description \u2018colonial\u2019. It is not colonial. It is structured to help the children acquire specific skills,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n Aheto-Tsegah argued that the key things which are needed to give Ghanaian children grounded in the foundation of learning are available \u201cso we give them the basis and that is why it is basic education.\u201d<\/p>\n He said the country\u2019s basic education helps children \u201cappreciate numeracy, science and technology, social studies which has to do with the understanding of our own culture and then we teach them some basic learning and general behaviour.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSo I don\u2019t know what they mean by it is colonial because I do not know that we are teaching anything that is colonial,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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