Otumfuo: This year's WASSCE results "unacceptable"

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PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE) 9 years ago

AUTHOR: MR. FIGURE-OUT----------------
It is only in Ghana would such a dishonorably idiot be on the government pay roll. Professor Mill should be solely blamed for imposing those criminals on us. After Mills found Betty Mou ...
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AUTHOR: MR. FIGURE-OUT----------------
It is only in Ghana would such a dishonorably idiot be on the government pay roll. Professor Mill should be solely blamed for imposing those criminals on us. After Mills found Betty Moulds guilty of judgement debt payments the only thing he could do was to move her to the Education dept to continue her looting. Readers would recall that Betty Mounds was the one who awarded SCHOOL building contracts at a triple price of the existing contract sum of some GH 80,000.00. And this happened at a time when they claim inflation was in the single digits. Could you imargin how foolish these criminal liars were. Kuffour built similar structures with 80,000 at a time when inflation was around 14.8% and under Mills it was 240,000 at a rate of 8.8%. And these buffoons turn around to blame the fall of the cedi on some mysterious dwarfs. I don't blame those African countries that have been ripped apart by civil unrest because if you have such buffoons in power who always turn our local elections into a West Africa one
by contracting Togolese Trokosis, Burkinabe and Wangaras from La Cote D'ivoire to vote for them, the " Road To Kigare", is sometimes, a likely option to kick their ass from power.
Kofi Nti 9 years ago

What has happened to the Otumfuo Fund? WHERE IS THE 35 MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE WORLD BANK FOR THE POOR KIDS IN ASHANTI?

Where is the money from the sale of gold which the Asantehene has been doing all the time. Remember t ...
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What has happened to the Otumfuo Fund? WHERE IS THE 35 MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE WORLD BANK FOR THE POOR KIDS IN ASHANTI?

Where is the money from the sale of gold which the Asantehene has been doing all the time. Remember the Oslo episode. Let us be serious and get real. This is not the time to insult me for daring the Otumfuo
KWASI AMOAH 9 years ago

Nana, you are perfectly right but we should also blame the mobile phone, WASSAP, Internet, texting etc.etc.
OTUMFOUR, the knowledge as at today of a University graduate cannot match that of your 5th form standard.
So you s ...
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Nana, you are perfectly right but we should also blame the mobile phone, WASSAP, Internet, texting etc.etc.
OTUMFOUR, the knowledge as at today of a University graduate cannot match that of your 5th form standard.
So you see, the family unit must stand up!
HANSON 9 years ago

Offer exam preparation classes please

Offer exam preparation classes please
ATWIMA KWAME 9 years ago

I can't phantom what the Otumfuor is expecting from a government with Mahama Ayariga and Okudzeto Ablakwa as Deputy Ministers oF Education. God knows that the two kids are not only useless but also highly corrupt as both of y ...
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I can't phantom what the Otumfuor is expecting from a government with Mahama Ayariga and Okudzeto Ablakwa as Deputy Ministers oF Education. God knows that the two kids are not only useless but also highly corrupt as both of you Otumfuor and Mahama.

Was it not you Otumfuor who helped to bribe William Atuguba and Co. of the Supreme Court to retain Mahama as the President? Even though you Kwaku Duah knew right from the onset that Mahama is a criminal. I beg commot!!!
OYOKOBA 9 years ago

Say it again, how in the world can we seriously as a country put Ministry of Education in the hands of Okudzeto Ablakwa and Mahama Ayariga? The proof is in the pudding, propagandists can't run a ministry as important as educa ...
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Say it again, how in the world can we seriously as a country put Ministry of Education in the hands of Okudzeto Ablakwa and Mahama Ayariga? The proof is in the pudding, propagandists can't run a ministry as important as education. Do Ablakwa and Ayariga deserve to be ministers, seriously? Tweaaaa!
Leeeee 9 years ago

you guys never said anything when this stupid government led atta mills decided to change it from 4yrs to 3yrs. we are paying for it today. people should be bold to speak out in this country regardless of who is in power. Ass ...
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you guys never said anything when this stupid government led atta mills decided to change it from 4yrs to 3yrs. we are paying for it today. people should be bold to speak out in this country regardless of who is in power. Ass kissing must stop because of one or two privileges.
TEE 9 years ago

ASANTEHENE, WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO? NDC OR MAHAMA OR NPP???

ASANTEHENE, WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO? NDC OR MAHAMA OR NPP???
jOEy lOndOn 9 years ago

They need to pay their taxes sir.

They need to pay their taxes sir.
Anonymous Coward 9 years ago

Ghana is a banana Republic.

Ghana is a banana Republic.
JOE FRANK 9 years ago

KWAKU DUA OTUMFO MUST DIRECT HIS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EDUCATIONAL STANDARD IN THE COUNTRY STRAIGHT AWAY TO HIS OWN CORRUPT FRIEND MAHAMA.

KWAKU DUA OTUMFO MUST DIRECT HIS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EDUCATIONAL STANDARD IN THE COUNTRY STRAIGHT AWAY TO HIS OWN CORRUPT FRIEND MAHAMA.
DHURUWAH 9 years ago

WHAT DOES THIS THIEF THIEF KNOW ABOUT EDUCATION?

WHAT DOES THIS THIEF THIEF KNOW ABOUT EDUCATION?
BOSS 9 years ago

I beg to ask Otumfour that which of the years results were acceptable? This is where people fail to be true role models. Actually you cannot single out this year alone for critism, there is a lot more to Ghana systems worst o ...
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I beg to ask Otumfour that which of the years results were acceptable? This is where people fail to be true role models. Actually you cannot single out this year alone for critism, there is a lot more to Ghana systems worst of all is the human beings in the land called Ghana.
M Shanunu 9 years ago

Standard or quality education demans time and resources,the blame should go to the teachers who leave classrooms on sick leaves only to found in private schools giving all their best to the students in those institutions,whe ...
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Standard or quality education demans time and resources,the blame should go to the teachers who leave classrooms on sick leaves only to found in private schools giving all their best to the students in those institutions,where is the love of the country and the so called I promise on my honour to be faithful and loyal to Ghana my motherland.Teachers deserve good pay and attention from the govt but in return ,they should go back to drawing room and take from were the men and women who taught them before sacrificed their time and energy to make them who they are today.Without good education a country is nothing,
Frank Agyena-Karikari 9 years ago

Who told you the people do not pay tax? What about VAT and the many who do selling by the roadside and markets? ask the various districts. Even when they pay the taxes, they end up in people's pockets.
Concerning the abysmal ...
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Who told you the people do not pay tax? What about VAT and the many who do selling by the roadside and markets? ask the various districts. Even when they pay the taxes, they end up in people's pockets.
Concerning the abysmal performance of candidates, otumfour should have added the lack of electricity for students to study in the evenings. The Dum sor is killing the country. How long does it take for students to get water for home and their own use? What about lack of school supplies? Some schools do not even have writing chalk, textbooks, exercise books, and even real classrooms. How do you expect such students to do well in exams? It sometimes take over a year for new teachers to be paid. How do you expect them to give up their best? Does the army march on empty stomachs? That is why we blame the government. Pupil teachers are used to teach as graduates while real graduates cannot get to the classroom. So we now get a true picture of why our students are failing.
BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 9 years ago

EVERYTHING GOES BAD IN MAHAMA AND NDC GOV, THEY ARE CEARSED TO GHANA.

EVERYTHING GOES BAD IN MAHAMA AND NDC GOV, THEY ARE CEARSED TO GHANA.
owusu 9 years ago

Nobody has the right to insult you but to tell you the truth because you sound like somebody who is shallow minded and can not think deep or does not understand or don't know what you are talking about.If you read it careful ...
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Nobody has the right to insult you but to tell you the truth because you sound like somebody who is shallow minded and can not think deep or does not understand or don't know what you are talking about.If you read it carefully or you let somebody explain it to you ,you will realise that Otumfuo is just worried about how the education system is being ran and all the politics around it and not talking about it's funding.
Mike 9 years ago

As an adage goes Gbor tokpo mexloranu viawo o.

Is the King also equally guilty? Asem beba dabi

As an adage goes Gbor tokpo mexloranu viawo o.

Is the King also equally guilty? Asem beba dabi
ENIBUE 9 years ago

KOFI KINDLY HIT THAT TOPIC AGAIN. THESE LEADERS/CHIEFS IN GHANA ARE PLAYING DOUBBLE STANDARD GAME. HOW ON EARTH CAN "DIEWUO"KUFFOUR AND HIS NPP GOVENMENT CAN BORROW USD35 MILLION FOR ONLY THE ASHANTI PEOPLE UNDER THE PRETEXT ...
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KOFI KINDLY HIT THAT TOPIC AGAIN. THESE LEADERS/CHIEFS IN GHANA ARE PLAYING DOUBBLE STANDARD GAME. HOW ON EARTH CAN "DIEWUO"KUFFOUR AND HIS NPP GOVENMENT CAN BORROW USD35 MILLION FOR ONLY THE ASHANTI PEOPLE UNDER THE PRETEXT OF EDUCATION FUND. WHERE IS THE MONEY GONE TO?SO MR ASANTEHENE STOP THE DOUBBLE STANDARD BÇOS YOU ARE EQUALLY CORRUPT AS THE OTHERS. GO AND EAT YOUR MONKEY MEAT&YOUR FUFUO AS USUAL. HYPOCRATES!!!!!!!!
joojo 9 years ago

you were there when the 35 million was given to the king so why not press charges if the money is untraceable.you have evidence,as a concern citizen of Ghana seek the mercy of the law and take asantehene to court if not relax ...
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you were there when the 35 million was given to the king so why not press charges if the money is untraceable.you have evidence,as a concern citizen of Ghana seek the mercy of the law and take asantehene to court if not relax .is 35 million dollars you are talking so go to court.if not give us break.
Nana Appiah 9 years ago

Who made This Ugly thief and a Drug dealer, Who was chased out of Toronto-Canada for his involvement in fraudulent activities like Credit Card frauds, Drugs dealing..The spokesman on education when he himself has non.. The Ba ...
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Who made This Ugly thief and a Drug dealer, Who was chased out of Toronto-Canada for his involvement in fraudulent activities like Credit Card frauds, Drugs dealing..The spokesman on education when he himself has non.. The Baboon looking Chief from the Delusional land could not even pass the entry exams into Centennial College of Applied Science and Technology in Toronto to take a Diploma course in Engineering.. WHAT A SHAME IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM...!!!
kojo 9 years ago

well spoken, Kofi

well spoken, Kofi
SGT ANANI FIADZOE 9 years ago

It is only Nana Akuffo Addo and his NPP
Government that can help build our country and her education in this country.

Our education and many other democratic institutions can only be moved forward under NPP Government not ...
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It is only Nana Akuffo Addo and his NPP
Government that can help build our country and her education in this country.

Our education and many other democratic institutions can only be moved forward under NPP Government not
NDC crooks, thievery and brigands.
Kejetia Nkomo 9 years ago

We are talking about falling of the future of our nation and you are still investing in political party. Ghanaians hate the truth. The entire educational system is gradually collapsing. Politicians are playing politics with i ...
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We are talking about falling of the future of our nation and you are still investing in political party. Ghanaians hate the truth. The entire educational system is gradually collapsing. Politicians are playing politics with it, Kids are not learning, Most parents are not supporting their children, most teachers are not giving out their best, Most methodology adopted by most private schools need to look into.
NANA OBUOBISA II 9 years ago

Check it out.
What do we call politics and what do we
not call politics?

Check it out.
What do we call politics and what do we
not call politics?
HANSON 9 years ago

Fire some body.

Fire some body.
Owusu Ansah 1 9 years ago

Just wait and see, when Nana Addo comes to power, you will be the first person to sing `Medofo Adadame... just mark my word.

Just wait and see, when Nana Addo comes to power, you will be the first person to sing `Medofo Adadame... just mark my word.
KICC 9 years ago

Double standard.Sgt Anani is evil.

Double standard.Sgt Anani is evil.
kwaku ghawa 9 years ago

we the parents shld go on strike against the bad teaching our kids go through. teachers springing any small chance to strike. now is our turn.

we the parents shld go on strike against the bad teaching our kids go through. teachers springing any small chance to strike. now is our turn.
Ibrahim Mahama; JDM's brother 9 years ago

Nana,I can't hide my pride for your boldness. Continue in this light and you would be blessed by God.

Nana,I can't hide my pride for your boldness. Continue in this light and you would be blessed by God.
Kwame 9 years ago

The destruction of the Ghanaian education systems started with Rawlings after the introduction of the so called junior and senior secondary schools. I am a product of the pre- senior and junior secondary schools but still ve ...
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The destruction of the Ghanaian education systems started with Rawlings after the introduction of the so called junior and senior secondary schools. I am a product of the pre- senior and junior secondary schools but still very proud of it. I could not attend any of the prestigous secondary schools mostly located at the coast of Ghana but i could still manage a university education. The old secondary system had it's flaws but there was no need for the complete change JJ did. The present crop of leaders past and present enjoyed successfully the old system but they are destroying what made them what they are now, no wonder they send their children and chronies to schools, univ's in europe and america so they don't care about what happens to the system back home.
owusu 9 years ago

This system was there on try basis when the murderer(Rawlinds)took over but because of his dictatorship character he didn't seek advise from those who had the brains to advise him but rather choose to prosecute and kill some ...
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This system was there on try basis when the murderer(Rawlinds)took over but because of his dictatorship character he didn't seek advise from those who had the brains to advise him but rather choose to prosecute and kill some of them and those who had the chance had to ran for their lives.The system is a failure,a hall mark of Rawlings and NDC regimes
ENIBUE 9 years ago

I THINK THE ASHANTI REGION IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE POOR WAEC RESULTS B,COS "DIEWUO" NKAWIE JULOR KUFFOUR HAS BORROWED USD 35 MILLION FROM THE WORLD BANK IN THE NAME OF GHANA AND GAVE IT TO THE ASANTEHENE (OTUMFOUR EDUCATION F ...
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I THINK THE ASHANTI REGION IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE POOR WAEC RESULTS B,COS "DIEWUO" NKAWIE JULOR KUFFOUR HAS BORROWED USD 35 MILLION FROM THE WORLD BANK IN THE NAME OF GHANA AND GAVE IT TO THE ASANTEHENE (OTUMFOUR EDUCATION FUND ). SO GHANAIANS SHOULD ASK THIS CROOKS WHERE THE MONEY IS. THEY USED IT TO BUY OUT-MODED BUNGALOWS IN ENGLAND AND PAYING BIG ANNUAL PROPERTY TAXES ON THEM. GHANA IS REALLY FULL OF COWARDS SO EVERY TOM DICK AND HARRY CAN THREAT THEM ANY HOW. GHAHAINS SHOULD LEARN TO BE MEN PERIOOOD.!!!!!!!!!!!
Frank Agyena-Karikari 9 years ago

Thank you. Those were the days that schools were schools. I attended a school that even had laundry, water and electricity generating plant. Those were the days that learning was competitive. Everybody was afraid of the dread ...
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Thank you. Those were the days that schools were schools. I attended a school that even had laundry, water and electricity generating plant. Those were the days that learning was competitive. Everybody was afraid of the dreaded RED A level paper. Unfortunately, when the politicians especially Jerry spoiled our education, they sent their kids to the Western world for better education. Shame on them all.
Adjei-Okoe 9 years ago

Let the Otumfuo have the audacity to tell it point blank to the face of Mahama whose gov't Otumfuo implicitly supports.

Let the Otumfuo have the audacity to tell it point blank to the face of Mahama whose gov't Otumfuo implicitly supports.
Kofi K 9 years ago

God bless you Otumfuo! When something is bad politicians would search into archives and dig a worse one to compare! GES director and "deputy minster ablakwa" are no different and the one who appointed them does not care! To c ...
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God bless you Otumfuo! When something is bad politicians would search into archives and dig a worse one to compare! GES director and "deputy minster ablakwa" are no different and the one who appointed them does not care! To call them to order, like Nana you have. Even the minister herself
Lucky 9 years ago

The Min. of Educ, National Security, Haruna and Co. should note that they are not punishing the Lecturers of Polytechnics by freezing their salaries, rather they are going to make case worse and we (students) will suffer. We ...
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The Min. of Educ, National Security, Haruna and Co. should note that they are not punishing the Lecturers of Polytechnics by freezing their salaries, rather they are going to make case worse and we (students) will suffer. We have heard that "no salaries no teaching"
Kojo Kodua 9 years ago

Otumfuo, Nana Asantehene, you seem to have forgotten the Bompata chieftaincy dispute case. As a result of this inaction on the part of your Asanteman Council, the town has been left without a queen mother for several years n ...
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Otumfuo, Nana Asantehene, you seem to have forgotten the Bompata chieftaincy dispute case. As a result of this inaction on the part of your Asanteman Council, the town has been left without a queen mother for several years now, while the current chief who resides in Accra hardly visits the town.
No wonder there is no development whatsoever going on in this town. Without vision, the people really perish, especially the youth of this town. Is this what the Asanteman Council wishes for the same people they are supposed to serve?
It is amazing how we fail to correct injustice in our society as leaders even if our failure to do so is detrimental to the very society we are expected to serve; yet we cry out loud for justice when the matter at hand adversely concerns us.
It is equally amazing to observe that cases brought before the Asanteman Council can drag for over 40 years without any attempt to call for settlement. Such gross inefficiencies definitely call for urgent need to reform the way the Asanteman Council operates.
In the name of all the Asantehenes Otumfuo Nana: Twum; Antwi, Kobia Amamfi, Oti Akenten, Obiri Yeboa, Osei Tutu Opemsoo, Opaku ware Katakyie, Kusi Obuadum, Osei Kwadwo Okoawia, Osei Kwame Panyin. Opoku Fofie, Osei tut Kwame Asiba, Osei Yaw Akoto, Kwaku Dua I, Kofi Karikari, Mensa Bonsu, Kwaku Dua II, Prempeh I, Osei Tutu Agyeman Prempeh II, Opoku Ware II; who have ruled the Asante kingdom before your turn, Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II, please help!
Kojo Kodua 9 years ago

Otumfuo, Nana Asantehene, you seem to have forgotten the Bompata chieftaincy dispute case. As a result of this inaction on the part of your Asanteman Council, the town has been left without a queen mother for several years n ...
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Otumfuo, Nana Asantehene, you seem to have forgotten the Bompata chieftaincy dispute case. As a result of this inaction on the part of your Asanteman Council, the town has been left without a queen mother for several years now, while the current chief who resides in Accra hardly visits the town.

No wonder there is no development whatsoever going on in this town. Without vision, the people really perish, especially the youth of this town. Is this what the Asanteman Council wishes for the same people they are supposed to serve?

It is amazing how we fail to correct injustice in our society as leaders even if our failure to do so is detrimental to the very society we are expected to serve; yet we cry out loud for justice when the matter at hand adversely concerns us.

It is equally amazing to observe that cases brought before the Asanteman Council can drag for over 40 years without any attempt to call for settlement. Such gross inefficiencies definitely call for urgent need to reform the way the Asanteman Council operates.

In the name of all the Asantehenes Otumfuo Nana: Twum; Antwi, Kobia Amamfi, Oti Akenten, Obiri Yeboa, Osei Tutu Opemsoo, Opaku ware Katakyie, Kusi Obuadum, Osei Kwadwo Okoawia, Osei Kwame Panyin. Opoku Fofie, Osei tut Kwame Asiba, Osei Yaw Akoto, Kwaku Dua I, Kofi Karikari, Mensa Bonsu, Kwaku Dua II, Prempeh I, Osei Tutu Agyeman Prempeh II, please help and bring this case to a peaceful closure!
princo 9 years ago

this is ridiculous.What has Chieftaincy dispute got to do with this shameful SHS results. After all what use is it keeping chiefs in the 21st century?

this is ridiculous.What has Chieftaincy dispute got to do with this shameful SHS results. After all what use is it keeping chiefs in the 21st century?
Boubacar Tuggar 9 years ago

hey kodua, you are a stupid fool okay. What has this got to do with the current governments handling of education

hey kodua, you are a stupid fool okay. What has this got to do with the current governments handling of education
Twum Barimah 9 years ago

A very wise man has talked. Even at this old age, He is seriously pondering and worrying over the future of the youth and the future of the whole Ghana.
May God Bless you!

A very wise man has talked. Even at this old age, He is seriously pondering and worrying over the future of the youth and the future of the whole Ghana.
May God Bless you!
DONBOLI 9 years ago

The chief thinks the children failed, but it not the children but their parents. Whatever a teacher teach without the help of parents the child cant pass.
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The chief thinks the children failed, but it not the children but their parents. Whatever a teacher teach without the help of parents the child cant pass.
Why should children write Exams when the teachers know they will not pass. Why should parents not move their children into training as carpenters, builders or even steel works.
Our children should not be force or their parents or state should not waste money on their children to learn the whiteman language and things they do.
Our children hasnt failed, its the parents who failed them. How many parents ask their children to read and write for them to see whether the child can or not.
Let stop blaming govts and let think what we can do with our children. Any govt minister or the president saying every child should have basic education is wrong.
Even in the white man country their children cant read their own hand writing let alone spell.
In ghana every kid can express themself in english and that should be enough for them to get a job or training.
Prosper Yao Agbeko-Tema 9 years ago

So tell the powers that be to see to the welfare of teachers and you will see good results. How ccan a teacher teach form months and years and decided to only reward that victim with a 3month salary yet you expect the results ...
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So tell the powers that be to see to the welfare of teachers and you will see good results. How ccan a teacher teach form months and years and decided to only reward that victim with a 3month salary yet you expect the results to be delivered. What a crazy world.
Awotwe Arthur 9 years ago

Exam review courses will help the students pass. They do it all over the world

Exam review courses will help the students pass. They do it all over the world
Benny 9 years ago

It is not paying teachers well that is the factor and contributing factor but this generation learners don't care for tomorrow. The characters, behavioural pattern must be addressed.

It is not paying teachers well that is the factor and contributing factor but this generation learners don't care for tomorrow. The characters, behavioural pattern must be addressed.
Kwame Opare 9 years ago

Why is it always a problem for people to talk or debate on issues on this platform? There is an emotional blindness or sheer stupidity. The noble king is making sense whilst others just jump to blame. Oh! Ghana da b3n da?

Why is it always a problem for people to talk or debate on issues on this platform? There is an emotional blindness or sheer stupidity. The noble king is making sense whilst others just jump to blame. Oh! Ghana da b3n da?
KK 9 years ago

Nana, you have done well in telling the story as it is. But, please don't end there, call on the president and his government to revert the school system back to four years as it used to be. The other time I heard the Akyemhe ...
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Nana, you have done well in telling the story as it is. But, please don't end there, call on the president and his government to revert the school system back to four years as it used to be. The other time I heard the Akyemhene also express similar misgivings about the performance of our children in the final exams.

I think the National house of chiefs should act on our childrens future collectively without compromising anything to see to it that the NDC does not completely mess up our childrens future. The NDC improved nothing, they messed up everything.
Gyeeda, Sada, Subah, Woyome 9 years ago

Everything JOn Mahama is bad, wrong and evil. How can we expect anything good from NPP. Just look at what is happening in sports. This year is the worse performance put up by our Black stars team in Brazil as well as our wome ...
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Everything JOn Mahama is bad, wrong and evil. How can we expect anything good from NPP. Just look at what is happening in sports. This year is the worse performance put up by our Black stars team in Brazil as well as our women in Canada. Education is worse, Agriculture is deteriorating, and in fact all the other ministries are all a disgrace. The worse of it being the economy. The NDC came only to destroy, kill and steal and that is the act of satan. The party is evil, let us squash it all out completely.
Raymond Suglo 9 years ago

The Asantehene is somebody I have grown to love and continue to love over the years since he became King. He has been very careful with what he says and does. He hardly comments on sensitive issues but when he does, he is rig ...
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The Asantehene is somebody I have grown to love and continue to love over the years since he became King. He has been very careful with what he says and does. He hardly comments on sensitive issues but when he does, he is right on the spot!

Though the poor performance of students in the WASSCE over the years may be attributed to several factors, one key factor, as mentioned by the Asantehene, is the undue interference by the ruling governments (NDC and NPP) over the past decade with the period of SHS education in Ghana. While the NDC believes that SHS education should only be for THREE years, the NPP thinks FOUR years is better for good results.

I was on the Board of WAEC for at least six years (2004 - 2013). There is a vast difference in the performance of students in the four year stream of SHS and those in the three year stream of SHS. I am NOT politicising the issue - facts are facts and anybody doubting this can go to WAEC and get the results over the past ten years and make his/her own analysis. The four year period saw students in the less endowed schools performing better in the WASSCE!

When planning social intervention programmes such as poverty alleviation, we should not use the RICH people as the yardstick or baseline cases. One must use the very poor people predominantly in the rural inaccessible areas as the baseline cases for such social interventions.

In the same way, when planning for high performance and good results at the SHS level, we must not use the premier schools like Achimota, Wesley Girls, Presec, etc. But we should rather use the SHS schools, in say, Afidiem SHS which have few qualified teachers and virtually no infrastructural facilities. In short, even if the duration in SHS schools is cut down to TWO years, the students in the premier schools will still make it due to the fact that those schools already have highly qualified tutors, very good facilities and infrastructure. Added to that most of the Examiners of WAEC are from those premier schools.

The bottomline in achieving good academic results is to allow sufficient time for teaching and learning in the so-called less endowed schools. Barring all other delays like teachers' strikes, delays in reopening due to ebola, etc, at least THREE years of actual continuous tuition at the SHS level. This will enable the teachers in the less endowed schools to cover the syllabi and give time to the students to "digest" the stuff before they sit the exams.

But here we are cutting down the period to three years! So most students hardly get ONE full year of tuition in the less endowed schools, as a result syllabi are not fully covered and the poor students are left to their fate leading to mass failures! There is NO future for Ghana with that level of mass failures in the WASSCE!
nana asamoa 9 years ago

were are looking for right person like you.and good thinking for Ghana.you are number one.

were are looking for right person like you.and good thinking for Ghana.you are number one.
Warren 9 years ago

My King, but the Minister for Education defended it. She says is the best and every one was Silent.

My King, but the Minister for Education defended it. She says is the best and every one was Silent.
AMA 9 years ago

Too many people are trying to create confusion in our dear country and unfortunately, TOO MANY SUPPOSEDLY WISE PEOPLE ARE FALLING FOR THE LIES!!

Too many people are trying to create confusion in our dear country and unfortunately, TOO MANY SUPPOSEDLY WISE PEOPLE ARE FALLING FOR THE LIES!!
Ghanaianpoliticians 9 years ago

Listen, politicians, labour force and unions to the voice of reason. National interests must take prevalence over selfishness. That's what the king is counseling.

Listen, politicians, labour force and unions to the voice of reason. National interests must take prevalence over selfishness. That's what the king is counseling.
Yaw Adu-Asare 9 years ago

An Addition, it does not make sense to pay able-bodied experienced 60-year old teachers to stay home while we employ some in-experienced young people as teachers unwilling to teach.

The Asatehene should stay on this educa ...
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An Addition, it does not make sense to pay able-bodied experienced 60-year old teachers to stay home while we employ some in-experienced young people as teachers unwilling to teach.

The Asatehene should stay on this education agenda.
Kwame 9 years ago

Do you expect anything from people who spew and spray our office walls with GORO? I don't think only eating "Tuo Zafi" thogh i love TZ and Akple garbage will solve Ghana's problems.

Do you expect anything from people who spew and spray our office walls with GORO? I don't think only eating "Tuo Zafi" thogh i love TZ and Akple garbage will solve Ghana's problems.
ABLETSI 9 years ago

NANA YOU HAVE WELL SPOKEN. I JUST WANT OKUDZETO ABLAKWAH TO COME OUT AND INSULT THE ASANTEHENE JUST LIKE HOW HE INSULTED NANA AKUFO ADDO ON THIS SAME SUBJECT.

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NANA YOU HAVE WELL SPOKEN. I JUST WANT OKUDZETO ABLAKWAH TO COME OUT AND INSULT THE ASANTEHENE JUST LIKE HOW HE INSULTED NANA AKUFO ADDO ON THIS SAME SUBJECT.

OKUDZETO ABLAKWA HAVE THE GUT TO INSULT OTUMFUO AS WELL AND LET'S SEE. DO NOT BE A HYPOCRITE.
Maame Yaa 9 years ago

The government must see to the welfare of teachers for them to produce the best out them. It was the teacher who thought the nurse to have a proffession, ask yourself that how much does the nurse receive and that of the teach ...
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The government must see to the welfare of teachers for them to produce the best out them. It was the teacher who thought the nurse to have a proffession, ask yourself that how much does the nurse receive and that of the teacher. Let put politics aside and see to the solution of this problem. Ghana does not belong to anybody but both of us.
CONFUSED NDC GOV'T 9 years ago

`Government must pay the salaries of POTAG, else they will not teach us. It is very bad of Gov't to plan this after POtag have agreed to go back and teach.

`Government must pay the salaries of POTAG, else they will not teach us. It is very bad of Gov't to plan this after POtag have agreed to go back and teach.
.MINNOR ISSUE 9 years ago

GHANA FUTURE IS IN DEEP TROUBLE OUR EDUCATION SYSTERM IS FAR FROM OVER . THERE'S NO WATER , ELECTRICITY AND FOOD TO STUDY AND SOON WE WILL HAVE ASIAN PRESIDENT BY THE NEXT 20 TO 30 YEARS .

GHANA FUTURE IS IN DEEP TROUBLE OUR EDUCATION SYSTERM IS FAR FROM OVER . THERE'S NO WATER , ELECTRICITY AND FOOD TO STUDY AND SOON WE WILL HAVE ASIAN PRESIDENT BY THE NEXT 20 TO 30 YEARS .
Hard Listeners 9 years ago

Say it again Nana. It's a big shame as politics eats into our educational system. But the worst is the NDC govt trying to justify the results as 2nd best. How can 78% fail yet be deemed as 2nd best. Shame and a big one that.

Say it again Nana. It's a big shame as politics eats into our educational system. But the worst is the NDC govt trying to justify the results as 2nd best. How can 78% fail yet be deemed as 2nd best. Shame and a big one that.
nangkuu sesew ease 9 years ago

OH MY KING YOU HAVE HIT THE NAIL RIGHT ON THE HEAD. LONG LIVE !!!!

OH MY KING YOU HAVE HIT THE NAIL RIGHT ON THE HEAD. LONG LIVE !!!!
SAKAWA BOY 9 years ago

ATUGUBA is a corrupt judge

ATUGUBA is a corrupt judge
BB Brown 9 years ago

Nana has spoken,yes politicians would have to stop using education as a tool, changes here and there thereby putting the whole structure into confusion. But in our educational road map politicians alone can not be blamed, nei ...
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Nana has spoken,yes politicians would have to stop using education as a tool, changes here and there thereby putting the whole structure into confusion. But in our educational road map politicians alone can not be blamed, neither do the teacher alone nor the parents. Now education has become a business where proprietors buy exams papers and get solutions to their candidates just to score good marks and make noisy adverts in the media to attract more students into their schools to make gains.These have being going on for long.The level of exams leakages in this country should not be accepted. In some years when the leakage is blocked you found bad results, students no longer want to learn, they are occupied with whatsapps and the rest of the electronic bitter friendly. Inmature Parenalts are the order of the day too. These days you see teenagers as parents, as mothers who do not have any idea on how to take care of a baby niether child, they can not sacrifices their comforts to taking care of their premature babies hence you found them in the cold loitering with their babies where as they should have been wormly protected in the room from these presents hash weather. You see them everywhere still trying to do what they use to do when they were not nursing babies. Hence most parents when you observe they either over protect the child or grossly neglect the child. These can be observed any where including in Churches. You see a child of four who can not eat or go pee by himself whiles the other child of say three can perfectly do that. The parents spoil the children so when then they reach University they behave exactly like poultry chickens who do not have sense of respect or danger, their bodies can not sacrifices comfort for future gain. Some of these tenager mothers might not be their fault as the country continuous to witness high rate of defilements cases and the weakness in the legal system.These day you see students scoring high amrks in all areas but when they are admitted they can not simply perform simple algebra nor mathematics yet he or she is reading engineering , these students have very poor sense of calculations, where are heading towards a serious time bomb because these are the people who would inherit us when we are gone. We need to accept the results like that, is a real reflection of what our children are and further super clue the leakages. The solutions lies in a holistic approach which would open the discussion to new kind of can worms.
Alex Boatang 9 years ago

Nana scored 100%,continue to tell the truth

Nana scored 100%,continue to tell the truth
Good Pastor 9 years ago

If you expect good results, remove the twi fm radio station and let our English flow back into the mind of the people.

If you expect good results, remove the twi fm radio station and let our English flow back into the mind of the people.
Moo 9 years ago

The King has spoken his wise words, over to you mr minister

The King has spoken his wise words, over to you mr minister
Ologogi. Ologoso 9 years ago

It is only. The wise. Can read. Between the faded. Lines and see beyond the darkness

It is only. The wise. Can read. Between the faded. Lines and see beyond the darkness
Robin Hood 9 years ago

Well spoken Nana. But is that buckle-toothed Okudjeto Ablakwa listening to you? If square pegs are placed inside round holes Nana, what do you expect to be the result? And, to add insult to injury, Naana Jane Sam Opoku-Agyema ...
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Well spoken Nana. But is that buckle-toothed Okudjeto Ablakwa listening to you? If square pegs are placed inside round holes Nana, what do you expect to be the result? And, to add insult to injury, Naana Jane Sam Opoku-Agyeman, the so-called Minister of Education, does not get it. See , it is your own party that has messed up the education system.
Amega 9 years ago

Circuit supervisors don't work. They take bribes from teachers and do nothing . Check them. Supervision in public schools is weak.

Circuit supervisors don't work. They take bribes from teachers and do nothing . Check them. Supervision in public schools is weak.
USMAN 9 years ago

This is how far that useless university professor has brought our education.

This is how far that useless university professor has brought our education.
Victor A. Young 9 years ago

Nana, you're right! But Okudzeto Ablakwa and his NDC party say we have the best education system in Africa or probably the whole world. Hmmm! Otumfour 3y3 as3m o!

Nana, you're right! But Okudzeto Ablakwa and his NDC party say we have the best education system in Africa or probably the whole world. Hmmm! Otumfour 3y3 as3m o!
Ken Boemah 9 years ago

The King is very correct. Something drsatic needs to be done. Can some one send me the President"s number or the education ministers

The King is very correct. Something drsatic needs to be done. Can some one send me the President"s number or the education ministers
Maame Abena 9 years ago

Nana "mo ne kasa" you have said it all.
Our children's future is at stake. This is not acceptable the way our leaders taking us as fools, and moreover, when they attempt to spin everything, and compares it to the past years ...
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Nana "mo ne kasa" you have said it all.
Our children's future is at stake. This is not acceptable the way our leaders taking us as fools, and moreover, when they attempt to spin everything, and compares it to the past years to make what is bad seems as if it is good.
It is worrying to see that the rich in Ghana is the politician, while the farmer, the teacher, the fisherman, and everybody else is poor and getting poorer, well this Nana is unacceptable so you have well said.
Please do not play politics with our children's future and the future of Ghana. This is our homeland, we must fight for her even it comes to it we shed our blood to protect her for our children's sake.
Whiles politician can send their children to be educated in another country, the rest of us cannot, and educate ours under mango trees, and sings "here we go around the mango trees" because they do have facilities.
GYEEDA;SADA;SUBAH;YES and WOYOME have become the bane or scheme to shift our meager resources to the politicians pocket. Our children are failing while we are thinking of building a better and bigger airports. How many of us can try by plane, but all of our children can benefit good schools, and yet the leaders seems to have lost it and becoming greedier by the day. Over to you Mr. Mahama. The word to the wise is enough. The Asantehene has spoken and the rest is up to you.
Nantwi,BSEd,MSEd(ece),MSEd(sas) 9 years ago

Every Region should man their own education system as in New York and the whole USA. The Okyinhene has stated that. I am an educator in New York and we should follow a similar system.

Every Region should man their own education system as in New York and the whole USA. The Okyinhene has stated that. I am an educator in New York and we should follow a similar system.
CHOP ALAN MONEY FREE 9 years ago

OTUMFUO KASA DODO,TELL MAHAM,NDC TO FIX THE NATION ECONOMY,WOYOME,SADA,SUBAH AND CO,YOU AND MHAHAMA ARE WOMANIZERS,STOP BE AS IF,TWEAAAAAAAA

OTUMFUO KASA DODO,TELL MAHAM,NDC TO FIX THE NATION ECONOMY,WOYOME,SADA,SUBAH AND CO,YOU AND MHAHAMA ARE WOMANIZERS,STOP BE AS IF,TWEAAAAAAAA
Nantwi,BSEd,MSEd(ece),MSEd(sas) 9 years ago

I think now the King is fed up,too much corruption,the Cedi depreciating like is a game,Teachers going on strike for non-payment of their research and book allowance and school children failing like they have no brains any mo ...
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I think now the King is fed up,too much corruption,the Cedi depreciating like is a game,Teachers going on strike for non-payment of their research and book allowance and school children failing like they have no brains any more.I guess I'll continue to teach in New York till retirement.
Nana Asantehene,thank you very much for speaking.
MAHAMA LOOT ND SHARE 9 years ago

TELL JDM,SINKING,CORRUPT,COLLAPSING GHANA,YOU BETTER TO TELL MAHAMA NDC THE TRUTH,NONSES,

TELL JDM,SINKING,CORRUPT,COLLAPSING GHANA,YOU BETTER TO TELL MAHAMA NDC THE TRUTH,NONSES,
Aba 9 years ago

Nana tell them in plain language..

Naana Opoku Agyeman failing

Nana tell them in plain language..

Naana Opoku Agyeman failing
KOKOLIKOKO 9 years ago

Good points made, Nana!

The performance in the educational sector of each of the two political parties that have ruled the country under the 4th Republic has been such a failure that the debate between them is not about a ...
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Good points made, Nana!

The performance in the educational sector of each of the two political parties that have ruled the country under the 4th Republic has been such a failure that the debate between them is not about a comparison of successes -- but a comparison of failures! Recently, the current Deputy Minister of Education went high asserting that the recent WASSCE results are better a performance than what obtained under the rule of Kufour-led NPP government!

That Deputy Minister was in effect not addressing the recent WASSCE results for what they are, bad and a failure! Rather, he was addressing those results for what he believes were their political worth, a comparison between NDC's performance and NPP's performance! Both the recent WASSCE results under the current NDC-led government and the WASSCE results under the NPP-led government were each a failure! What, then, is the point of comparison between them!

No wonder, it's only in a world of midgets does it matter to compare the heights of two midgets!
Defoe 9 years ago

What av u done for education to comment on WASCE result?Your scholarship fund how many people av benefited,u think we dont know?Stop wasting our ears for we know what you are doing and your time will come.You are the only otu ...
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What av u done for education to comment on WASCE result?Your scholarship fund how many people av benefited,u think we dont know?Stop wasting our ears for we know what you are doing and your time will come.You are the only otumfuo who has received plenty money more than all the otumfuos yet there is no single development that can be attached to your name.The whole of the Ashanti region is praying that something happens to you.9/10 people in the region hate you cos u av received plenty money yet so little development.By the way who invited you to comment on education,we are tired of you.GOWAY YOU THERE'
Chelsea Rolland 9 years ago

U vote 4 ndc mahama otoumfou

U vote 4 ndc mahama otoumfou
RON 9 years ago

I am extremely surprise not even a single marker of WAEC examinations in Ghana never commented on the fact that in most cases, the marking schemes actually requires that students who provide answers as provided in approved te ...
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I am extremely surprise not even a single marker of WAEC examinations in Ghana never commented on the fact that in most cases, the marking schemes actually requires that students who provide answers as provided in approved text book should be mark down because the marking scheme provides a different answer. Please somebody must speak to this. How are the text books approved and how does WAEC get their marking schemes with answers outside the approved text books not as alternative answers but as the only answer to questions. We may blame teachers sometimes but what about the teachers who are not examiners and therefore are not preview to what the WAEC requirement are, thus teaching purely with the GES approved text book. Food for Thought...
Papa Yaw. 9 years ago

No

No
Kid 9 years ago

Wise king

Wise king
AGYAAKU 9 years ago

Why is it that everybody this year 2014, expects all WAEC candidates to have scored IQ of 75-100? Just as there extra TALL people (GIANTS) and extra SHORT(DWARFS) in any given population so also there are the various shades o ...
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Why is it that everybody this year 2014, expects all WAEC candidates to have scored IQ of 75-100? Just as there extra TALL people (GIANTS) and extra SHORT(DWARFS) in any given population so also there are the various shades of degrees of INTELLIGENCE. How could anyone even conjecture that at any given time all students should be able to score 1st CLASS UPPER and never 2nd CLASS LOWER in any Examination? In any given population there will always be the H. Bolts, the Bill Gates, the Asantehenes and the commoners. If anything at all, this year's results have been the second highest since 2006. Surely, there is always room for improvement in the numbers of students who attain the qualifying grade to enter Tertiary Institutions, it does not mean that ALL JAMEICANS should be able to clock 9 seconds in 100m dash simply because Bolt does it.
sowa - stuttgart 9 years ago

I hope those corruption infested propaganda boys will not start jumping from one radio station to the other and insult also the intelligence of the great King.....

I hope those corruption infested propaganda boys will not start jumping from one radio station to the other and insult also the intelligence of the great King.....
Cash 9 years ago

It is nice to say the truth. Keep up with the good work.

It is nice to say the truth. Keep up with the good work.
Array 9 years ago

Well said Nana. We need more leaders like you.

Well said Nana. We need more leaders like you.
GOODMANN 9 years ago

IS TOO TOO LATE FOR YOUR ADVICE, YOU DIE BEFORE YOUR KINGDOM

IS TOO TOO LATE FOR YOUR ADVICE, YOU DIE BEFORE YOUR KINGDOM
adams 9 years ago

Is true that politicians are mingling education with politics , am shs graduate in 2013 where we wrote with the 4years student mean while we the 3 years student were not able to finished the syllabus. So we strive with our te ...
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Is true that politicians are mingling education with politics , am shs graduate in 2013 where we wrote with the 4years student mean while we the 3 years student were not able to finished the syllabus. So we strive with our teachers day , night and dawn for classes which we pay for it . We have to brain storm during exams and put our maximum best effort and some of us make it succesfully by getting average grade and some couldnt get the target grades . This politicians are taking things for granted because they claim they have the power but the public also have the power as well. I think what our ''King Osei'' has said should properly be address thank you. By adams
Adelaide guy(Shanton) 9 years ago

Well spoken, you are a true leader, use your power to caution the minister of education to answer to all Ghanaian.

Well spoken, you are a true leader, use your power to caution the minister of education to answer to all Ghanaian.
Tom 9 years ago

The king has spoking and so be it.It's high time the politician learnt that taking the teacher for granted have the tendancy of endengering the very future of our belove country. only a few independent minded people like the ...
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The king has spoking and so be it.It's high time the politician learnt that taking the teacher for granted have the tendancy of endengering the very future of our belove country. only a few independent minded people like the respected lion of the greate asente kindom can call a spade aspade and not a long spoon.
Kwame yo 9 years ago

The king with wisdom has spoken, Nelson Mandela once said "If you fail to educate your children, your are open the doors for criminalities in your house as a father" Mother Ghana be careful your children could be worse than A ...
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The king with wisdom has spoken, Nelson Mandela once said "If you fail to educate your children, your are open the doors for criminalities in your house as a father" Mother Ghana be careful your children could be worse than Akua Agege for the next ten years to come
Nana Kwaku Prempeh 9 years ago

He should really give us a break with his statement, when he set up an education fund just to have intimate relations with students and others of his likes. y'abre no

He should really give us a break with his statement, when he set up an education fund just to have intimate relations with students and others of his likes. y'abre no
Remove Indemnity Clause 9 years ago

Rawlings destroyed the education in Ghana when he abolished the common entrance.O and A'Levels.

Rawlings destroyed the education in Ghana when he abolished the common entrance.O and A'Levels.
Esi Atta 9 years ago

Nana, you have said a good thing. Let's see how the morons respond.

Nana, you have said a good thing. Let's see how the morons respond.
Kwame evans 9 years ago

Good

Good
AGEOGIA -VIRGINIA,USA 9 years ago

There is no wonder we had this results,because the NDC government and for that matter MAHAMA has low class people such as OKUJATO and the like in the education ministry,how can they come out with good policies in the educatio ...
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There is no wonder we had this results,because the NDC government and for that matter MAHAMA has low class people such as OKUJATO and the like in the education ministry,how can they come out with good policies in the education sector.?Shame unto you MR PRESIDENT.
Kwame evans 9 years ago

Say it again. These selfish politician are greedy bastard .playing politics with education. Stealing our money for their family and let the masses suffer. They only think of what will be their pocket. Anyway they will send th ...
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Say it again. These selfish politician are greedy bastard .playing politics with education. Stealing our money for their family and let the masses suffer. They only think of what will be their pocket. Anyway they will send their kids to oversea so they careless. Shame unto these stupid guys who have driven many talent out of the country
Mohammed hardi 9 years ago

Parents and teachers also have their role to play in improving the standards of education and to our studendts examiners are complaining of the use of short form of words and this all due to the fact that our students spend m ...
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Parents and teachers also have their role to play in improving the standards of education and to our studendts examiners are complaining of the use of short form of words and this all due to the fact that our students spend much time on social media such as facebook and watsapp
MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 9 years ago

Excellent commentary: The government must listen

Excellent commentary: The government must listen
DRUMBEAT 9 years ago

They said quality and access, access never took off and is out of the window, and as for that quality thing, it is clear, it has been buried deep underneath the Agbogbloshie mountain of filth, but Ablakwa and Co. clearly can ...
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They said quality and access, access never took off and is out of the window, and as for that quality thing, it is clear, it has been buried deep underneath the Agbogbloshie mountain of filth, but Ablakwa and Co. clearly cannot see beyond their noses and still engage in profuse propaganda whilst still ensconced in their offices, and the future and security of the country takes a nose dive for the doldrums on the back of these consistent results.
Kojo Kodua 9 years ago

Otumfuo, Nana Asantehene, you seem to have forgotten the Bompata chieftaincy dispute case. As a result of this inaction on the part of your Asanteman Council, the town has been left without a queen mother for several years n ...
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Otumfuo, Nana Asantehene, you seem to have forgotten the Bompata chieftaincy dispute case. As a result of this inaction on the part of your Asanteman Council, the town has been left without a queen mother for several years now, while the current chief who resides in Accra hardly visits the town.

No wonder there is no development whatsoever going on in this town. Without vision, the people really perish, especially the youth of this town. Is this what the Asanteman Council wishes for the same people they are supposed to serve?

It is amazing how we fail to correct injustice in our society as leaders even if our failure to do so is detrimental to the very society we are expected to serve; yet we cry out loud for justice when the matter at hand adversely concerns us.

It is equally amazing to observe that cases brought before the Asanteman Council can drag for over 40 years without any attempt to call for settlement. Such gross inefficiencies definitely call for urgent need to reform the way the Asanteman Council operates.

In the name of all the Asantehenes Otumfuo Nana: Twum; Antwi, Kobia Amamfi, Oti Akenten, Obiri Yeboa, Osei Tutu Opemsoo, Opoku Ware Katakyie, Kusi Obuadum, Osei Kwadwo Okoawia, Osei Kwame Panyin, Opoku Fofie, Osei Tutu Kwame Asiba, Osei Yaw Akoto, Kwaku Dua I, Kofi Karikari, Mensa Bonsu, Kwaku Dua II, Prempeh I, Osei Tutu Agyeman Prempeh II, Opoku Ware II; who have ruled the Asante kingdom before your turn, Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II, please help and bring this case to a peaceful closure!
mr amin 9 years ago

we should seriously deal with the depreciation of the cedi its the course of all our problems. whe cedi lose value govt burdget also loses value so we cant achieve our target. we are the course of our woes
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we should seriously deal with the depreciation of the cedi its the course of all our problems. whe cedi lose value govt burdget also loses value so we cant achieve our target. we are the course of our woes
why index import duties dollers? that is what has killed the cedi n also made importers to save in dollers puting presure on local currency. charge cedis at the ports permenently to save the cedi
adam 9 years ago

facebook is working on their brains

facebook is working on their brains
Nzema Kwasi 9 years ago

Without the education of our children we can kiss Ghana goodbye.

Without the education of our children we can kiss Ghana goodbye.
OKOE 9 years ago

PERSONS EVERYWHERE, HAVE MADE ALL OUR INSTITUTIONS, PLACES TO MAKE MONEY AS BEING OF THEIR UTMOST PRIORITY. TEACHERS ARE GOING ON STRIKE IN ORDER TO BE PAID FOR RESEARCH THEY HAVE NOT DONE OR PRODUCED ANY REPORT ON. NO WONDER ...
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PERSONS EVERYWHERE, HAVE MADE ALL OUR INSTITUTIONS, PLACES TO MAKE MONEY AS BEING OF THEIR UTMOST PRIORITY. TEACHERS ARE GOING ON STRIKE IN ORDER TO BE PAID FOR RESEARCH THEY HAVE NOT DONE OR PRODUCED ANY REPORT ON. NO WONDER OUR PUPILS CANNOT SPELL PROPERLY NOR FORM COMPLETE SENTENCES. THEY USE TEXT SPELLING AS IF THAT IS THE NORM. GIVE QUOTERS TO TEACHERS TO PRODUCE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF PASSES FOR THEIR STUDENTS FOR THE SUBJECTS THEY TEACH, ELSE TO LOSE RAISE IN PAY. I NOTICED LONG AGO THAT WHAT WE WERE BEING TAUGHT IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS ESPECIALLY MATHEMATICS WAS BEING TAUGHT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN EUROPE. PLEASE, GO BACK TO THE OLD SYSTEM AND THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MUST BRING BACK INSPECTORS OF SCHOOLS IF IT HAS BEEN STOPPED TO DETECT TEACHERS WHO MIGHT NOT BE UP TO PAR IN THEIR TEACHINGS AND HAVE THEM OUT OF THE TEACHING PROFESSION.
Education Watchman 9 years ago

The emphasis on education in Ghana now must be focused on Kindergarten to JSS where a student can be academically sound to tackle the SHS. The Anamoah Mensah educational report has detailed that and the current education mini ...
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The emphasis on education in Ghana now must be focused on Kindergarten to JSS where a student can be academically sound to tackle the SHS. The Anamoah Mensah educational report has detailed that and the current education minister Naana Agyeman has concurred on it and trying to work on that line. Before we can achieve this we need to build more good schools in the rural areas.
Lawyer KD 9 years ago

BEWARE OF FRAUDSTERS & 419

You will be contacted by a team of fraudsters who will claim to know you, buy a car or any item you have for sale.
One of them is in abroad usually UK etc who will send you some goods (luggage o ...
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BEWARE OF FRAUDSTERS & 419

You will be contacted by a team of fraudsters who will claim to know you, buy a car or any item you have for sale.
One of them is in abroad usually UK etc who will send you some goods (luggage or parcel) with money and will give you a code and phone numbers to clear the goods.
When you call the phone numbers they will confirm you and ask you to pay some amount of money through mobile money or GCB etc, later before the goods will be delivered to you at your door step.
They will not want you to come to their office but claim to deal in door to door services.
A number of people have been defrauded by these criminals

They usually use GLO and Tigo lines and names such as: London Instant Cargo Services, Door to Door Cargo Services, Instant Cargo Delivery Services etc
Below are some numbers they have been using:
00447517891955
0234391042
0249530130
0236152107
0277292208

Please share this information with your friends to prevent them from becoming victim.
Pround pepeni. 9 years ago

we aught to be bold enough and return to the 4 year system. This produces better results. Rawlings did the country a disservice by bringing in this JHS/SHS system. When he did this, he sent his children abroad to get educated ...
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we aught to be bold enough and return to the 4 year system. This produces better results. Rawlings did the country a disservice by bringing in this JHS/SHS system. When he did this, he sent his children abroad to get educated in the same system he just scrapped or similar.
SAARA-MENSAH 9 years ago

LET'S START GRADING TEACHERS WITH EXAM RESULTS. SOME CHILDREN ARE A MEDIOCRITY BUT MOST TEACHERS ARE MISERABLY ABYSSMAL.

LET'S START GRADING TEACHERS WITH EXAM RESULTS. SOME CHILDREN ARE A MEDIOCRITY BUT MOST TEACHERS ARE MISERABLY ABYSSMAL.
Ama Baduah 9 years ago

Despite what people say against Otumfour,he has been working in the national interest.I appreciate him.

Despite what people say against Otumfour,he has been working in the national interest.I appreciate him.
pancho 9 years ago

Please tell our stupid leaders to go back to a system that worked for them in their days which is the "O" and "A' level system.

Please tell our stupid leaders to go back to a system that worked for them in their days which is the "O" and "A' level system.
more games? 9 years ago

any nation which takes for granted its youth could be spelling its own doom.

any nation which takes for granted its youth could be spelling its own doom.
more games? 9 years ago

no weapon formed against me will prosper

no weapon formed against me will prosper
HAZOR 9 years ago

And Minister of education said 72% failed and 28% pass is the best result in the world.

And Minister of education said 72% failed and 28% pass is the best result in the world.
Kofi - USA 9 years ago

WHY OTUMFUO? WHY ARE THE WASSCE RESULTS UNACCEPTABLE? I THOUGHT THE DEPUTY MINISTER FOR EDUCATION, MR. ABLAKWA SAID THIS IS THE SECOND BEST RESULTS IN THE PAST TEN YEARS AND HIS MINISTER AGREED WITH HIM. WHY ARE YOU DISAGREE ...
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WHY OTUMFUO? WHY ARE THE WASSCE RESULTS UNACCEPTABLE? I THOUGHT THE DEPUTY MINISTER FOR EDUCATION, MR. ABLAKWA SAID THIS IS THE SECOND BEST RESULTS IN THE PAST TEN YEARS AND HIS MINISTER AGREED WITH HIM. WHY ARE YOU DISAGREEING WITH THEM. THE WHOLE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IS IN SHAMBLES WITH BACK AND FORTH THREE YEAR TO FOUR YEAR SHIT. PLAYING WITH KIDS LIFE IN THE NAME OF POLITICS. THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU APPOINT PEOPLE WITH NO EXPERIENCE TO HEAD INSTITUTIONS. YOU GET MEDIOCRE RESULTS.
Afenyo 9 years ago

Kudos educating our youth should not be compromised.

Kudos educating our youth should not be compromised.
nana kofi 9 years ago

DIRTY ASS OTUMFUO ALWAYS PLANNING TO SCAM THE ASHANTI AND GHANAIAN PEOPLE

DIRTY ASS OTUMFUO ALWAYS PLANNING TO SCAM THE ASHANTI AND GHANAIAN PEOPLE

Otumfuo: This year's WASSCE results "unacceptable"

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