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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.
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has tasked Heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to enforce strictly the COVID-19 safety protocols at all levels of their working places.
Mr Osei Assibey-Antwi, Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), said this must not be compromised as negligence on the part of the people could be devastating for the society.
“Data from our health facilities related to the increasing number of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths, especially among the youth, should serve as a warning to all and sundry,” he noted.
Citing the government’s recent directives and restrictions to mitigate the spread of the pandemic, which had so far resulted in over 400 deaths, the MCE pointed out that being law-abiding was the only remedy to save the nation from a calamity.