By Juliet Korkor
The Vice Chancellor of Koforidua Technical University, Professor David Kofi Essumang, has observed that the contribution of second-cycle education towards the country’s economy cannot be underestimated.
It is thus imperative for the government and the relevant stakeholders in the educational sector to strategically address challenges confronting the second-cycle institutions.
Professor Essumang, who was delivering a keynote address at the 60th Anniversary celebration of Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools in Koforidua, CHASS, asked members to seek innovative ways of addressing challenges facing their various institutions by working closely with the appropriate stakeholders in the educational sector to protect and foster quality teaching and learning.
The educational system in the country, he noted, is faced with key challenges in access and participation.
Professor Essumang added that for the second cycle institutions to be improved, ”it is important for the CHASS leadership to be action-oriented and possess the ability to mobilise support to realise the vision and mission of the various institutions across the country”.
The President of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS), Alhaji Yakubu AB Abubakar, noted that the theme for the occasion, “60 years of shaping second cycle education in Ghana, the challenges and successes in contemporary times—the role of stakeholders,” is apt and calls for direct discussion and action towards addressing challenges confronting the various second cycle institutions in the country.
The implementation of free SHS, according to him, has overstressed teachers and infrastructural facilities in the schools due to its continuous usage.
Alhaji Abubakar further called on the government to expedite actions towards their financial commitment to the buffer stocks to enable them to function more effectively.
