I Will Not Work To Disadvantage Private Schools — Dr. Adutwum

I Will Not Work To Disadvantage Private Schools — Dr. Adutwum

Ghana’s Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has given a confident assurance to facilitators to operators of private schools to keep working hard to promoting quality education in Ghana.

According to the Minister, the Ministry has a commitment to providing a conducive environment for all non-government schools to succeed.

“I believe that private schools are contributing to the socio-economic development of Ghana in a very positive way. Sometimes when I hear my colleagues from the private sector talking about, you don’t value private schools, no, that’s not me. I’m one of you, I value you because, you see, for every 30 students that enter a private school, you are saving me the salary of one teacher. That’s a salary I don’t have to pay” he said as quoted by GNA.

“So, the least I can do is to make your job easier. I will not do anything that will disadvantage you. If I disadvantage you, l’m hurting myself, I will be called~upon to come up with money that I don’t have to take care of the children you are taking care of now”, he added.

The Minister made this known during the opening of the 12th The Education Network (TEN) Conference organised by the Lincoln Community School, in Accra. 

The conference aimed at equipping classroom facilitators from both private and public schools with the appropriate pedagogical skills for effective teaching and learning.