Pupils do not need extra classes – Minister

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nana boamah 8 years ago

The minister herself need extra classes to wake her up.Education in the country is in total mess.why do politicians always push blame on the defenseless teachers?Teacher associations,conference of assisted heads of sec.school ...
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The minister herself need extra classes to wake her up.Education in the country is in total mess.why do politicians always push blame on the defenseless teachers?Teacher associations,conference of assisted heads of sec.schools and other concerned bodies need to wake up and say it as it is.
Abrantie 8 years ago

Yes ,all those extra classes must be banned in all public schools.The minister should be tough and bold and issue a general ban to that unnecessary classes just to benefit only the teachers.

Yes ,all those extra classes must be banned in all public schools.The minister should be tough and bold and issue a general ban to that unnecessary classes just to benefit only the teachers.
Obed Adore 8 years ago

I agree. The extra classes are indeed not needed. Teachers are expected to do their best teachings within time allotted tem during the regular or normal school hours . Those extra classes are designed for the teachers to mak ...
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I agree. The extra classes are indeed not needed. Teachers are expected to do their best teachings within time allotted tem during the regular or normal school hours . Those extra classes are designed for the teachers to make extra money.
selorm 8 years ago

obviously,you have never taught before. First of all,many parents actually want the kids out of the house because their busy schedules would not let them be at home to monitor them at certain times. Again,not all kids in a cl ...
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obviously,you have never taught before. First of all,many parents actually want the kids out of the house because their busy schedules would not let them be at home to monitor them at certain times. Again,not all kids in a class will be able to quickly grasp a topic. As a result,you need to be wary of the not so bright students else they will be left behind. Also,the syllabus is simply overloaded. Too many topics,very little time to comprehensively exhaust them.
Trust me,i would have agreed with your stance some 8 years ago,but not when i have gained 5 years of teaching experience.
i stopped teaching a few years ago.
No prizes for guessing why.
Kwadwo Kyei 8 years ago

She should also be tough and make sure teachers get paid on time just like she is getting paid on time. Not 3months pay out of 2yrs. She should also be tough and make sure teachers don't have to chase after paperwork in accou ...
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She should also be tough and make sure teachers get paid on time just like she is getting paid on time. Not 3months pay out of 2yrs. She should also be tough and make sure teachers don't have to chase after paperwork in account generals office. The paperwork a should go through and be worked on!
J.Davis 8 years ago

YES,THEY DO,MADAM MINISTER.EXTRA LEARNING DOESN'T HURT.

YES,THEY DO,MADAM MINISTER.EXTRA LEARNING DOESN'T HURT.
Abrantie 8 years ago

J DAVIS please give me one good reason why those extra classes are important.The people benefiting are those teachers. If you need extra classes they should not done in the schools.CONFLICT OF INTEREST WILL SET IN AND TEACHER ...
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J DAVIS please give me one good reason why those extra classes are important.The people benefiting are those teachers. If you need extra classes they should not done in the schools.CONFLICT OF INTEREST WILL SET IN AND TEACHERS WOULD NOT TEACH THE STUDENTS They must be banned in all public schools.
J.Davis 8 years ago

BROTHER,NOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW IS TAUGHT IN THE CLASSROOM,SO EXTRA CLASSES WILL HELP YOU TO VISIT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.WHY DO MOST SCHOOLS DO EXTRA CLASSES FOR THEIR FINAL YEAR STUDENTS TOWARD T ...
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BROTHER,NOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW IS TAUGHT IN THE CLASSROOM,SO EXTRA CLASSES WILL HELP YOU TO VISIT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.WHY DO MOST SCHOOLS DO EXTRA CLASSES FOR THEIR FINAL YEAR STUDENTS TOWARD THE GCE OR OTHER IMPENDING EXAMINATIONS?
Kwadwo Kyei 8 years ago

Teachers have only been paid 3 months out of 2years. How should they feed their families?
Teachers are spending days in account generals office to chase their paperwork instead of teaching yet somebody was supposed to be doi ...
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Teachers have only been paid 3 months out of 2years. How should they feed their families?
Teachers are spending days in account generals office to chase their paperwork instead of teaching yet somebody was supposed to be doing that. The term ends and all material are not covered. What do you think will happened?
Paul- Agona 8 years ago

People just get up to speak. Do u as leaders do ur part. Where are the curriculum materials. We only teach theories.Even a professor in engineer can't fix torches in Ghana

People just get up to speak. Do u as leaders do ur part. Where are the curriculum materials. We only teach theories.Even a professor in engineer can't fix torches in Ghana
Paul- Agona 8 years ago

People just get up to speak. Do u as leaders do ur part. Where are the curriculum materials. We only teach theories.Even a professor in engineer can't fix torches in Ghana

People just get up to speak. Do u as leaders do ur part. Where are the curriculum materials. We only teach theories.Even a professor in engineer can't fix torches in Ghana
Paul- Agona 8 years ago

People just get up to speak. Do u as leaders do ur part. Where are the curriculum materials. We only teach theories.Even a professor in engineer can't fix torches in Ghana

People just get up to speak. Do u as leaders do ur part. Where are the curriculum materials. We only teach theories.Even a professor in engineer can't fix torches in Ghana
wik lakpo 8 years ago

The Govt MUST provide funds for the maintainance of the buses. Maintaince grants have been removed since the latter part of 2011 forcing many schools to ground their vehicles.

The Govt MUST provide funds for the maintainance of the buses. Maintaince grants have been removed since the latter part of 2011 forcing many schools to ground their vehicles.
COSBY 8 years ago

The minister must be emphatic about this subject she has raised if she is convinced that these extra classes are not necessary.This casual comment does not solve the problem.This situation has been entrenched over the years w ...
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The minister must be emphatic about this subject she has raised if she is convinced that these extra classes are not necessary.This casual comment does not solve the problem.This situation has been entrenched over the years whiles the ministry looks the other way.The only people who benefit are the school authourities and the teachers.Madam please come again and this time with action.
Gifted 8 years ago

Are you saying students don't benefit at all from extra classes? If she wants teachers to stop extra classes then teachers must be well paid . i

Are you saying students don't benefit at all from extra classes? If she wants teachers to stop extra classes then teachers must be well paid . i
Kofi Poku 8 years ago

They do it to extort money from parents.Both public and the private schools,but the private schools are the worse offenders.Now,children are who are to write their exams are to sleep in the school and pay one thousand Ghana c ...
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They do it to extort money from parents.Both public and the private schools,but the private schools are the worse offenders.Now,children are who are to write their exams are to sleep in the school and pay one thousand Ghana cedis.That is the extend of burden being put on parents by some private schools in Tema.
Alossman 8 years ago

Pupils do not need extra classes. Madam minister for Edu.does too much meat in the suop spoil the soup?but so then won the lazy teachers and those who use instructional hours to do their own business and uses extra classes ...
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Pupils do not need extra classes. Madam minister for Edu.does too much meat in the suop spoil the soup?but so then won the lazy teachers and those who use instructional hours to do their own business and uses extra classes to make a coverup.
kwami from Accra 8 years ago

PLEASE KINDLY GO TO SOME PRIVATE SCHOOL AND SEE WHAT CHILDRENS ARE GOING THROUHG IN THE NAME OF EXTRA CLASSES AS A FATHERI PAID 30GHANA EVERY MONTH FOR EXTRA CLASSSES AND 20GHANA FOR EXTRA CLASSES IN ANOTHER SCHOOL COME OUT C ...
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PLEASE KINDLY GO TO SOME PRIVATE SCHOOL AND SEE WHAT CHILDRENS ARE GOING THROUHG IN THE NAME OF EXTRA CLASSES AS A FATHERI PAID 30GHANA EVERY MONTH FOR EXTRA CLASSSES AND 20GHANA FOR EXTRA CLASSES IN ANOTHER SCHOOL COME OUT CLEAR SO THAT WE STOP THE EXTRA CLASSES PAYMENTS
concerned Ghanaian 8 years ago

Your is even good.If I tell you mine, you would pity me. If I tell you what a private school in Tema is taking me through you would lose apetite for education.If only the minister would be bold enough to take these frudsters ...
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Your is even good.If I tell you mine, you would pity me. If I tell you what a private school in Tema is taking me through you would lose apetite for education.If only the minister would be bold enough to take these frudsters on squarely, it will go a long way to alleviate some of the problesm the parents have got to deal with.Somebody out there would tell you,nobody advise you to send your children to a private school,so shut up.Madam minister, do something.
Tetteh Sai,Assin Foso 8 years ago

If a teacher teaches for 32 months and receives only 3 months salary, what do you think will happen in the school?The state does not have money? God is watching.

If a teacher teaches for 32 months and receives only 3 months salary, what do you think will happen in the school?The state does not have money? God is watching.
Kwadwo Kyei 8 years ago

You my friend have made my day. I have a friend who has not been paid for over 2years. She has to depend on us to help her pay her rent. She spends days in the accounting generals office only to be told her paperwork has not ...
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You my friend have made my day. I have a friend who has not been paid for over 2years. She has to depend on us to help her pay her rent. She spends days in the accounting generals office only to be told her paperwork has not arrived. We have slot of educated fools leading this country
foy 8 years ago

I sometimes ask questions about prof. J Nana if indeed she is a true educationist bcos of her stance in dealing with issues of education.

I sometimes ask questions about prof. J Nana if indeed she is a true educationist bcos of her stance in dealing with issues of education.
ccee 8 years ago

She is no more a teacher. Naana is now a politicians, so you have to understand where she is coming from. In the U.S, they have after school programs. So Ghana's teachers can also do after school teaching. Parents who are int ...
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She is no more a teacher. Naana is now a politicians, so you have to understand where she is coming from. In the U.S, they have after school programs. So Ghana's teachers can also do after school teaching. Parents who are interested should pay for their children to attend.
negus 8 years ago

These ministers send their children to international schools and warn the teachers in the public sector to refrain from extra classes. Their children will always be on top of the ladder whilst the poor always remain poor .u c ...
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These ministers send their children to international schools and warn the teachers in the public sector to refrain from extra classes. Their children will always be on top of the ladder whilst the poor always remain poor .u can go to hell, we will never stop extra classes until u put an end to this double standard
JERRY JOHN PETER 8 years ago

Are u serious at all madam minister . What is wrong with extra classes? Come again or give us a break

Are u serious at all madam minister . What is wrong with extra classes? Come again or give us a break
suleman 8 years ago

Let me ask u minister,did u attend extra classes or not if yes then WHY?and if u did why do u...u know for sure that, there are instructional activities which affects academic calender or time table.what should we NDC?

Let me ask u minister,did u attend extra classes or not if yes then WHY?and if u did why do u...u know for sure that, there are instructional activities which affects academic calender or time table.what should we NDC?
Me 8 years ago

Useless Professor in Ghana now.

Useless Professor in Ghana now.
ABOCHI 8 years ago

SOME SCHOOLS STIL UNDER TREES?

SOME SCHOOLS STIL UNDER TREES?
Okesse 8 years ago

South Korea spends $16bn on extra classes
Pupils need reading skills and infact reading is the basic skills in education. In Ghana primary school timetable has only a period once a week for reading skills So pupils are promo ...
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South Korea spends $16bn on extra classes
Pupils need reading skills and infact reading is the basic skills in education. In Ghana primary school timetable has only a period once a week for reading skills So pupils are promoted to the upper classes without reading skills Most of the extra classes periods are used to teach these children reading skills.At the jhs and the shs etc without the extra classes teachers cannot complete the syllabi of most subjects. Extra classes is done everywhere in the world to bring up less than average students period.
Kwadwo Kyei 8 years ago

Here is why. You have teachers who have not been paid for months. Some transferred teachers have to leave classrooms and be runinh from one account office to the other just to be told "your paperwork has not arrived". Tell me ...
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Here is why. You have teachers who have not been paid for months. Some transferred teachers have to leave classrooms and be runinh from one account office to the other just to be told "your paperwork has not arrived". Tell me how you expect these teachers to pay their rent, bills, feed their families and have the peace of mind to teach? This is why they organize extra classes. 1. Because they need the money since the government is not paying them on time and 2. Because they take precious time off to chase after accounting general for paperwork and hence can't cover all the required materials for the semester/ term. Sometimes I wonder where all these people got their education. We can't even think critically about problems. Waste of degrees and a disgrace to the educated community.
Kwadwo Kyei 8 years ago

It sometimes beats my imagine when I look at they way some so called professors, doctors, Phd holders etc. in this country thinks. In fact their actions makes in very impossible for the young Ghanaian child to aspire to be pr ...
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It sometimes beats my imagine when I look at they way some so called professors, doctors, Phd holders etc. in this country thinks. In fact their actions makes in very impossible for the young Ghanaian child to aspire to be prof. Doc. etc. We grew up with names like Doc.Mary Grant, Prof. Awura-Ama Addy etc. who's words and presence was graceful and motivational. Their words and actions were full of wisdom and in accordance with the titles the deservedly hold. Today all we have is profs who left their brains at home and think with their stomach. I feel very sad for the future of this country!

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