Experts say education is key to national development
Discussants at a students’ engagement forum in Kumasi have stressed the need for Ghana to ensure that it brings educational development to appreciable standards.
An educational system that enhances inclusiveness, sustainability, resilience, skills acquisition, and innovativeness, they argued, was non-negotiable if the country could achieve accelerated socio-economic growth.
“No country has ever developed on the back of an ignorant citizenry,” Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo, Ghana’s Senior Minister, remarked, stressing that “we can only be competitive amongst the comity of nations if we have trained minds.”
According to the Senior Minister, the country’s wealth was dependent on its human capital, and as such the government would not compromise on its educational responsibilities.