Textbook Publisher, Badu Nkansah Limited has apologised for the offensive tone used in one of its books, 39;History of Ghana Textbook 3 39; which has found its way onto the market although yet to be approved by the National Council for Curriculum Assessment (NaCCA).
Probe Efo juju textbook influx – Africa Education Watch to National Security LISTEN 1
Africa Education Watch has called on the National Security Secretariat to probe how some primary school textbooks containing stereotypical content about Ewes, found their way onto the market in commercial quantities when they had not been approved.
“We call for further investigations by National Security to ascertain how samples of books submitted to NaCCA by the publishers and queried by same in September 2020, found their way in commercial quantities unto the Ghanaian book market in 2021”, the group said in a statement.
The National Council for Curriculum Assessment (NaCCA) said the three textbooks: “History of Ghana for Basic 6 by Golden Publications, which carries distasteful information about Dr Kwame Nkrumah and the CPP; History of Ghana Textbook 3 by Badu Nkansah Publications, which features a song that shows the Ewes identity; Golden English Basic 4 by Golden Publications
The Volta Regional House of Chiefs has condemned the publishers of History of Ghana Textbook 3 and Golden English Basic 4 book for publishing contents that make ldquo;derogatory allusions and innuendos at Ewes. rdquo; While History of Ghana Textbook 3 by Badu Nkansah Publications features a song that purported portrays the Ewe identity, Golden English Basic 4 by Golden Publications wrote a sentence which said: lsquo;Efo agrees to prepare the juju for the players rsquo; on page 1
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