By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH
Member of Parliament (MP) for Ho West constituency in the Volta region, Mr. Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah, has been appointed board chairman of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund).
The Ho West lawmaker assumed this additional role last week. In his acceptance speech, he said he considers his appointment as the chairman of the GETFund board a privilege to serve the country.
According to him, his appointment is a call to duty at such a crucial time when the infrastructural gap and funding in our public schools have become topical.
He has therefore pledged to deal with the infrastructure crisis that currently confronts the educational sector, particularly in basic schools across Ghana.
Mr Bedzrah highlighted the immense contributions made by GETFund to the educational sector since its establishment and reiterated the need to sustain its operations.
“Hon. Minister, you will recall the infamous “Mobrowa” struggle at the University of Ghana in 1999 when the issue of cost sharing was introduced at the tertiary level of education in Ghana.
This culminated in the establishment of the Ghana Education Trust Fund as an innovative approach to funding not only Tertiary but public education in general.
The Fund has since contributed immensely, in exponential terms, to the country’s educational infrastructure while supporting thousands of Ghanaians to study with ease without contemplating how to fund their education using the GETFUND Scholarship scheme,” Mr Bedzrah recalled.
The GETFund Board Chairman applauded the John Dramani Mahama led government for uncapping the fund that was capped under the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo-led New Patriotic Party administration.
Uncapping the fund, the Ho West MP noted has come as a great relief and will be key in addressing the setbacks that confronted GETFund.
He is of the view that the uncapping will ensure efficiency and effective operationalisation of the fund in addressing the infrastructure and financial needs within the educational sector of the country.
