TI’s 40% bribery claim in education bogus - Gov't

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Ras 10 years ago

''There’s no way that we will give credence to this report because of the havoc that it can cause to our image and to the product of our educational system”. Eiiiii Mr. Minister, are you saying granted the report is true ...
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''There’s no way that we will give credence to this report because of the havoc that it can cause to our image and to the product of our educational system”. Eiiiii Mr. Minister, are you saying granted the report is true and accurate you will still not accept the facts ? Do your own research too and tell us the outcome . If out of 92000 applicants only 50% can be admitted into our Universities what do you think will happen ? I rest my case
NANA 10 years ago

Okudjeto is a beneficiary of this rot in our society,so don't expect him to accept this report.Gone were the days that one could go through Common Entrance,O & A levels to University without paying money to anybody.

Okudjeto is a beneficiary of this rot in our society,so don't expect him to accept this report.Gone were the days that one could go through Common Entrance,O & A levels to University without paying money to anybody.
Adams 10 years ago

And to think that he wants to roll in the Nkrumah Education System which Kofi Annan and a lot of honourable Ghanaians benefitted from. What an asshole Deputy Minister, and who made him responsible for Education Ministry?

And to think that he wants to roll in the Nkrumah Education System which Kofi Annan and a lot of honourable Ghanaians benefitted from. What an asshole Deputy Minister, and who made him responsible for Education Ministry?
Agyeman Jones 10 years ago

In 'Animal Farm' Squealer turns all truths to untruth and only convinces the masses to believe. Are we still in the days of Animal Farm???

In 'Animal Farm' Squealer turns all truths to untruth and only convinces the masses to believe. Are we still in the days of Animal Farm???
Goldfields Diamong 10 years ago

Ablakwa,
Why did u enter politics so early when u knew u are not matured enough. Please, u are turnishing ur political carreer. I advice to resign and work for private small companies so that u will learn some sense and grow ...
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Ablakwa,
Why did u enter politics so early when u knew u are not matured enough. Please, u are turnishing ur political carreer. I advice to resign and work for private small companies so that u will learn some sense and grow from there. The report is TRULY but u wont see becose u too young to see/understand. Please let ur senior minister comment on this and when u grow u will have ur turn.
Teacher under tree 10 years ago

Barely out of short trousers, Ablakwa is the youngest person ever to have been given a ministerial appointment.
Perhaps, given that he has no experience of an educational portfolio, it is not unexpected that his knee-jerk re ...
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Barely out of short trousers, Ablakwa is the youngest person ever to have been given a ministerial appointment.
Perhaps, given that he has no experience of an educational portfolio, it is not unexpected that his knee-jerk response to an externally sourced report damningly critical of his area of responsibility is to deny the facts on which the report is based. Little hope, then.
Can he be promoted to a job where he can do less harm?
kay de 10 years ago

what is the minister talking about? who does not know that bribes are paid for admissions to all levels of our education? he should not pretend as if by rejecting the report would make it untrue. it is really, really true and ...
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what is the minister talking about? who does not know that bribes are paid for admissions to all levels of our education? he should not pretend as if by rejecting the report would make it untrue. it is really, really true and he should wait to experience it when his child(?) is due for school and especially if he is out of office. corruption everywhere in Ghana under NDC.
Kwaame 10 years ago

Why is this guy serving as deputy minister of education? What does he bring to the development of our education?

Why is this guy serving as deputy minister of education? What does he bring to the development of our education?
joe canada 10 years ago

The guy is serving because he knows how to rain insult on the opposition.That is his reward in the NDC.

The guy is serving because he knows how to rain insult on the opposition.That is his reward in the NDC.
maa tech 10 years ago

It's unfortunate that allegations are used to substantiate research and taken to be true. University admissions are out. Can anyone come out boldly to say he/she paid bribe? What are we doing to our institutions? Whenever we ...
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It's unfortunate that allegations are used to substantiate research and taken to be true. University admissions are out. Can anyone come out boldly to say he/she paid bribe? What are we doing to our institutions? Whenever we are unable to make it, who ever makes it was through bribery. The EC was bribed, the the supreme court judges also, finally it's the education authority. Oh Ghanaians what at all do we want? When will we have confidence in ourselves? It's so so unfortunate. If we do not appreciate ourselves no one will do that for us. Where, when and how was the research conducted? There are institutions responsible for research in Ghana, have they given permission to any group to organize research or they interviewed their friends and relations and are now generalizing it to cover the whole education service. Let's swallow any chaff that comes our way by the time we realize the damage caused to our dear nation is irreversible. Today it's Ablakwah so we can destroy the ministry but he will not be there for ever
Americano 10 years ago

You are not an honest man. This uncircumcised man wants to throw dust into our eyes. Look people are paying bribes everyday because of incompetent people like you ruling Ghana. Prof-do-little's shoolboy!

You are not an honest man. This uncircumcised man wants to throw dust into our eyes. Look people are paying bribes everyday because of incompetent people like you ruling Ghana. Prof-do-little's shoolboy!
CHIEF ADVISER 10 years ago

HIS BRAIN IS TOO LOW FOR THAT MINISTERIAL POST.HE IS NO DIFFERENT FROM A JUNIOR SEC.LAD. THIS BOY IS REALY A DISGRACE TO THE NATION. GET LOST FROM THAT OFFICE.

HIS BRAIN IS TOO LOW FOR THAT MINISTERIAL POST.HE IS NO DIFFERENT FROM A JUNIOR SEC.LAD. THIS BOY IS REALY A DISGRACE TO THE NATION. GET LOST FROM THAT OFFICE.
Skizzy 10 years ago

Every parent in Gh. Knows what the real percentage is. Mr minister u can't fool all of us.

Every parent in Gh. Knows what the real percentage is. Mr minister u can't fool all of us.
CantHappenHere 10 years ago

THESE DAYS WE ALL NEED A DEGREE IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER..INFOWARS.COM STEVEQUAYL.COM...NATURALNEWS.COM...
TO LEARN HOW THE WORLD REALLY WORKS!!

THESE DAYS WE ALL NEED A DEGREE IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER..INFOWARS.COM STEVEQUAYL.COM...NATURALNEWS.COM...
TO LEARN HOW THE WORLD REALLY WORKS!!
.......P 10 years ago

stupid minister!wake up!l have just paid ghc.1000 to get my new to be admitted in one top schools in Accra.IF you don't pay in Ghana for whatever service you don't get served period!!i was once told when l visited one governm ...
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stupid minister!wake up!l have just paid ghc.1000 to get my new to be admitted in one top schools in Accra.IF you don't pay in Ghana for whatever service you don't get served period!!i was once told when l visited one government office,WE JUST CANNOT SURVIVE ON OUR SALARIES HENCE THE BRIBERY!!!
Senior citizen Bs. Germany 10 years ago

What is this young minister talking about\.How does he define bribery as a lawyer\.He should not defend the indefencible but should call spade a spade not a pickaxe ostensibly to throw dust into the public eyes.Government sho ...
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What is this young minister talking about\.How does he define bribery as a lawyer\.He should not defend the indefencible but should call spade a spade not a pickaxe ostensibly to throw dust into the public eyes.Government should find a way to stop it than giving credence to this practice.Like sin every percentage of sin is sin, so as it is with bribery and corruption and it is criminal and must be stammped out by punishnishing the culprits.
mohammed 10 years ago

Are you saying your parents have never bribed to get you into any ladder of your education in ghana, even though you are qualified? That is what breeds all these corrupt leaders. Except those who feel it is wrong to paddle wh ...
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Are you saying your parents have never bribed to get you into any ladder of your education in ghana, even though you are qualified? That is what breeds all these corrupt leaders. Except those who feel it is wrong to paddle what his or her conscience felt is wrong. Even athias will tell you bribery and corruption is wrong and most God fearing ghanaian public officials think it is ok to demand and accept bribe or pay bribe to get in to positions to consider important. though, they are willing to that back after their death. the state mechanism to punish and deter such practices is not there. We need things like the death penalty, recoup with huge interest and corruption charge that only pay for the cost of investigation but also ban such victims from any public office for eight to sixteen years.
YHO 10 years ago

WHERE DID OKUDJETO DID HIS NATIONAL SERVICE? CORRUPTION IS ONGOING IN EDUCATION. THE IDIOT MINISTER IS AWARE.

WHERE DID OKUDJETO DID HIS NATIONAL SERVICE? CORRUPTION IS ONGOING IN EDUCATION. THE IDIOT MINISTER IS AWARE.
Hardiman Ghana 10 years ago

Having lived in Ghana for many years I have heard numerous stories of corruption in education. I know of cases where 'protocol' has to be paid before you are even considered for admission - and that is no guarantee of admissi ...
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Having lived in Ghana for many years I have heard numerous stories of corruption in education. I know of cases where 'protocol' has to be paid before you are even considered for admission - and that is no guarantee of admission. Is this deputy minister blind and deaf to what is going on?
Mubarak 10 years ago

There's no gainsaying the fact that the GES is fraught with corruption.As a teacher, I've had to pay some officials from the district to the national levels to get services rendered to me. This is a fact and we must face it. ...
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There's no gainsaying the fact that the GES is fraught with corruption.As a teacher, I've had to pay some officials from the district to the national levels to get services rendered to me. This is a fact and we must face it. They should rather fight the rot in the system and stop denying it.
Proud Pepeman. 10 years ago

OKUDJETO IS TYPICAL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING CORRUPTION ENDEMIC IN OUR COUNTRY. INSTEAD TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG, YOU DENY, DENY AND DENY. THAT WILL NOT MAKE THE PROBLEM GO AWAY. IT IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT LECTUR ...
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OKUDJETO IS TYPICAL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING CORRUPTION ENDEMIC IN OUR COUNTRY. INSTEAD TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG, YOU DENY, DENY AND DENY. THAT WILL NOT MAKE THE PROBLEM GO AWAY. IT IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT LECTURERS SLEEP WITH SOME OF OUR UNIVERSITY GIRLS TO PASS THEM. I KNOW STUDENTS WHO SPENT HALF THEIR TIME IN UK WHILE IN GHANAIAN UNIVERSITIES AND STILL PASSED THROUGH SUCCESSFULLY. EVERY YEAR DURING ADMISSION FOR SHS AND VARSITIES ABLAKWA KNOWS PEOPLE WHO BRIBE TO GO TO VARSITY YET HE BELIEVES IN DENY, DENY, DENY. THIS MAN IS A BIG HYPOCRITE. MY INLAW, YOU A REAL HYPOCRITE AND THIS DOESN'T HELP THE COUNTRY.
Agnes Sedgefia 10 years ago

This boy is naïve. The beginning of the academic year was the cocoa season for Principals of Training Colleges. The "fee" ranged from C800 to 1000 before an admission was confirmed. This is an open secret so what is Okudzeto ...
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This boy is naïve. The beginning of the academic year was the cocoa season for Principals of Training Colleges. The "fee" ranged from C800 to 1000 before an admission was confirmed. This is an open secret so what is Okudzeto denying? TI is completely right.
Bobby 10 years ago

Mr minister, go round the whole of Ghana and evaluate the properties of principals and headmasters and you will know what TI is talking about. If you don't pay for your children (if you have any at all)to get a place in a sch ...
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Mr minister, go round the whole of Ghana and evaluate the properties of principals and headmasters and you will know what TI is talking about. If you don't pay for your children (if you have any at all)to get a place in a school, we do.
GHANANI 10 years ago

Is Okudzeto Ablakwah a stranger in Ghana,or what? It is strange he is disputing the 40% bribery claim.The education sector is one of the most corrupt sectors in the country.Bursars,Domestic Bursars,Headmasters/Headmistresses ...
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Is Okudzeto Ablakwah a stranger in Ghana,or what? It is strange he is disputing the 40% bribery claim.The education sector is one of the most corrupt sectors in the country.Bursars,Domestic Bursars,Headmasters/Headmistresses are big thieves when it comes to managing the finances of schools.How come these top officers are able to build mansions,drive in cars and own other properties?How much are they paid?.Several heads of schools take bribes to accept unqualified students into their schools and my son was a victim of such corrupt practices.He did not get his first choice school just because the head of that school took bribes from parents of unqualified students and admitted their children into the school.The report should serve as a wake-up call for him for his ministry is riddled with corrupt practices which is costing the state huge sums of money.
zongo president 10 years ago

MAHAMA, WHERE DID YOU GET THIS IDIOTS FROM.....WHY THIS PEOPLE DONT WANT TO LEVEL WITH GHANAIANS ,,,,THIS DEPUTY MINISTER IS ANOTHER RADICAL FROM NDC...WHERE THIS GUY LEAVE IN GHANA,,,,WHY THIS GUYS DONT WANT TO ADMIT THE TRU ...
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MAHAMA, WHERE DID YOU GET THIS IDIOTS FROM.....WHY THIS PEOPLE DONT WANT TO LEVEL WITH GHANAIANS ,,,,THIS DEPUTY MINISTER IS ANOTHER RADICAL FROM NDC...WHERE THIS GUY LEAVE IN GHANA,,,,WHY THIS GUYS DONT WANT TO ADMIT THE TRUTH,, GHANA IS ONE OF THE MOST CORRUPT COUNTRIES THAT IS THE FACT
Goldfields Diamong 10 years ago

Ablakwa,
Why did u enter politics so early when u knew u were not matured enough. Please, u are tunishing ur political carreer. I advice to u 2 resign and work for private small companies so that u will learn some sense and ...
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Ablakwa,
Why did u enter politics so early when u knew u were not matured enough. Please, u are tunishing ur political carreer. I advice to u 2 resign and work for private small companies so that u will learn some sense and grow from there. The report is TRUE but u wont see becose u R too young to see/understand. Please let ur senior minister comment on this and when u grow u will have ur turn.
Pip 10 years ago

Ablakwa, how can you say it is bogus when in your own words you admit knot knowing what methodoligies were used> Onwhat grounds are you saying it is bizarre. P/NDC is only good at decieving.

Ablakwa, how can you say it is bogus when in your own words you admit knot knowing what methodoligies were used> Onwhat grounds are you saying it is bizarre. P/NDC is only good at decieving.
Jay***********************London 10 years ago

Perhaps Ablakwa will tell his methodology for assessing corruption under his incompetent ministry.

Waht has bizarre got to do with the findings.

Ablakwa uses the English word as if he is speaking his native language wha ...
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Perhaps Ablakwa will tell his methodology for assessing corruption under his incompetent ministry.

Waht has bizarre got to do with the findings.

Ablakwa uses the English word as if he is speaking his native language whatever that is.

Apart from being a NDC propaganda-functionary, what skill has he got to be a state minister.

The last time I heard about him he was said to be using some innocent youth in Accra to fight over some lame dispute. That is the NDC minister for WHAT for you.

A classic IGNORANT claiming in Ghana that he knows.
John E. 10 years ago

Instead of rubbishing the TI's report, the Gov't and people of Ghana (we) should learn from it and advance means of uproot this cancer affecting our educational system

Instead of rubbishing the TI's report, the Gov't and people of Ghana (we) should learn from it and advance means of uproot this cancer affecting our educational system
Kwame 10 years ago

He said Gov't rejects the report. Its not him perse but the Gov't. I think we are heard him and in the context of our own realities as parents, students, educators, etc, we totally reject this infantile Minister. What a shame ...
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He said Gov't rejects the report. Its not him perse but the Gov't. I think we are heard him and in the context of our own realities as parents, students, educators, etc, we totally reject this infantile Minister. What a shame where we are as a people of this noble country. We are in a deep shit.
Castro 10 years ago

Mr. Ablakwa find asolution than rejecting it.Even a new born Byby knows about corruption in the Education system.

Mr. Ablakwa find asolution than rejecting it.Even a new born Byby knows about corruption in the Education system.
Kwasi Mahunu 10 years ago

That is Ndc way of conducting business through the back door.Poor GHANA.

That is Ndc way of conducting business through the back door.Poor GHANA.
Derick Asamani 10 years ago

i just completed shs and i had 6b 2C even with that i couldn't gain admission into univeristy of ghana to go and study physics.If they are going to sell our positions at the univerisity we too we will become armed robbers

i just completed shs and i had 6b 2C even with that i couldn't gain admission into univeristy of ghana to go and study physics.If they are going to sell our positions at the univerisity we too we will become armed robbers
Jarto, Jarto R. 10 years ago

I am missing a point here? The report didn't say what existed in the educational system in Ghana then but what is trending now. May I point out that it is the old system that produced the United Nations Secretary General not ...
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I am missing a point here? The report didn't say what existed in the educational system in Ghana then but what is trending now. May I point out that it is the old system that produced the United Nations Secretary General not the new. Maybe, the Deputy Education Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is living in a bubble or a fools paradise or is so overwhelmed, he has decided to close his eyes to what is happening right under his nose.
Jarto, Jarto R. 10 years ago

Am I missing a point here? The report didn't say what existed in the educational system in Ghana then but what is trending now. May I point out that it is the old system that produced the United Nations Secretary General not ...
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Am I missing a point here? The report didn't say what existed in the educational system in Ghana then but what is trending now. May I point out that it is the old system that produced the United Nations Secretary General not the new. Maybe, the Deputy Education Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is living in a bubble or a fools paradise or is so overwhelmed, he has decided to close his eyes to what is happening right under his nose.
Pelicles 10 years ago

Okudjeto Ablakwa benefitted from such legal rot else, who in his right mind will give a ministerial position to this "raw meat"?

Accepting the fact means we are getting there but total denial means we are refusing to accep ...
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Okudjeto Ablakwa benefitted from such legal rot else, who in his right mind will give a ministerial position to this "raw meat"?

Accepting the fact means we are getting there but total denial means we are refusing to accept that the system is rotten way deep down.

Ablakwa, shut up and understand that, that is the prevailing wind blowing in the nation.

TI’s 40% bribery claim in education bogus - Gov't

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