Stop selling handouts to students – Edu. Minister

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Zoobe-Zoobe 8 years ago

where have you been?

where have you been?
Onipaba of Akyem Maase 8 years ago

She's talking in her dreams. She's uncosoius. Forgive her. Lol. I'm just casting my mind to the library shelves of UDS Navrongo campus. I wished I could see a single approved science book for a just a single trimester through ...
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She's talking in her dreams. She's uncosoius. Forgive her. Lol. I'm just casting my mind to the library shelves of UDS Navrongo campus. I wished I could see a single approved science book for a just a single trimester throughout my four year stay there. I even hate my degree now. If this woman was not drunk before making those Mrss Amissah Arthur kind of comments, then I recommend she takes a pack of purgatives.
Luther King 8 years ago

Very clearly, u have a problem with comprehension or reading generally. If u didn't u wont write this garbage. Pls read the story again.

Very clearly, u have a problem with comprehension or reading generally. If u didn't u wont write this garbage. Pls read the story again.
Gula 8 years ago

A graduate, you are? You passed through the University without it passing through you. You must be ashamed. You see when you relied on lecturers' handouts solely for your studies, you are the kind of personality that is produ ...
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A graduate, you are? You passed through the University without it passing through you. You must be ashamed. You see when you relied on lecturers' handouts solely for your studies, you are the kind of personality that is produced. Oh look at how he writes!
The mask 8 years ago

KNUST failed to rusticate and report to the police a female student who beat up her roommate; the lecturers have been bought. It has been said that many lecturers lack teaching methodologies. What should be the minimum requir ...
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KNUST failed to rusticate and report to the police a female student who beat up her roommate; the lecturers have been bought. It has been said that many lecturers lack teaching methodologies. What should be the minimum requirement in recruiting lecturers into a tertiary institution? Is it a masters degree or a PhD with a course in education??

Professors in tertiary institutions must read GES directives. There are many important and useful GES directives which would help them.

GES banned all forms of corporal punishment in Educational institutions but there are reports that some tertiary institutions are still carrying out this practice. Asking students to kneel down and so on.

Lecturers in tertiary institutions must recognize the fact that students in these institution are adults.
Says Who 8 years ago

Hear this Madam. Corruption is so ingrained such that if the pensions and salaries of teachers are toiled with, there can be no justification for half baked measures.

Ban the practice and pay them their salaries. Then ther ...
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Hear this Madam. Corruption is so ingrained such that if the pensions and salaries of teachers are toiled with, there can be no justification for half baked measures.

Ban the practice and pay them their salaries. Then there can be no justification for the practice whatsoever.

I am amazed you haven't worked that out
CORNEY 8 years ago

Still there is no justification for it,it was not like that in the past,in the past there was only few teachers making those pamphlets which they have to travel to schools to sell or give tto their agents to sell for them b ...
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Still there is no justification for it,it was not like that in the past,in the past there was only few teachers making those pamphlets which they have to travel to schools to sell or give tto their agents to sell for them but today it had become a lucrative business which the teachers are forcing the students to buy,failure to buy they fail you no matter how brilliant you are if you don't buy from them you don't pass which is corruption and is criminal.
Some of us went to school without buying those pamphlets but today that is not the case.

The ministry should be bold to ban it completely but not appeal to them to stop the practice,it has taken them too long to act.
dadeiso 8 years ago

Madam stop saying that it can be and yu no it

Madam stop saying that it can be and yu no it
Kofikofi 8 years ago

LIES! LIES! AND MORE LIES!!
That Kumasi Polytechnic is manufacturing solar bags, etc are lies, lies, and more lies.

That Kumasi Polytechnic has manufactures computes, etc are lies, lies and more lies.
For the last five ( ...
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LIES! LIES! AND MORE LIES!!
That Kumasi Polytechnic is manufacturing solar bags, etc are lies, lies, and more lies.

That Kumasi Polytechnic has manufactures computes, etc are lies, lies and more lies.
For the last five (5) years Nsowah Nuamah has been throwing dust into the eyes of the public about fanthom achievements at Kumasi Polytechnic.
But dont worry sooner than later he will be exposed for the world to see.

Reality: The guy has been such inimical to the growth of the Kumasi Polytechnic.
TT 8 years ago

This is hypocrisy at it highest level. Can see openly tell everyone that when she was teaching she never collaborated with the printing outlets mounted on the campus or with the class reps to sell handouts?
She should tell t ...
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This is hypocrisy at it highest level. Can see openly tell everyone that when she was teaching she never collaborated with the printing outlets mounted on the campus or with the class reps to sell handouts?
She should tell the profs to provide handouts and materials online for students to print instead of forcing them to buy them
Ofori 8 years ago

She taught me and did not sell any handout to me. Thought that was 1996/97 academic year and the practice was not endemic. For the duration of my degree not even one lecturer sold handouts to us. Had to go to the library and ...
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She taught me and did not sell any handout to me. Thought that was 1996/97 academic year and the practice was not endemic. For the duration of my degree not even one lecturer sold handouts to us. Had to go to the library and do your own reading. I thought selling handouts is per-tertiary practice but not universities. and these lecturers will cry for research allowance. How rich.
ob 8 years ago

ka na ka bio

ka na ka bio
WHO DARES WIN 8 years ago

I wonder what kinda brain cells some of you have in your thick skulls. Yeah, this pratice has been going on for ages, but that doesn't mean it must continue unabated. Someone must speak against it and get the support of the G ...
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I wonder what kinda brain cells some of you have in your thick skulls. Yeah, this pratice has been going on for ages, but that doesn't mean it must continue unabated. Someone must speak against it and get the support of the Ghanaian populace to get it stopped. So if you guys are chastising, how can it be stopped?
moi 8 years ago

Why shd it be stopped anyway. Did the education minister give any alternatives as to how handouts and text books were going to be provided in de tertiary institutions?. Wake up dear.

Why shd it be stopped anyway. Did the education minister give any alternatives as to how handouts and text books were going to be provided in de tertiary institutions?. Wake up dear.
ktz 8 years ago

Why now? This has been happening in schools from time immemorial, so why stop now? Hypocrites

Why now? This has been happening in schools from time immemorial, so why stop now? Hypocrites
Oheneba 8 years ago

You sold communication skills handouts to students in UCC. Stop this, Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang.

You sold communication skills handouts to students in UCC. Stop this, Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang.
Gula 8 years ago

Was it by compulsion as some others are doing now? And if she sold, does it mean she should not speak against it if there are issues about it today?

Was it by compulsion as some others are doing now? And if she sold, does it mean she should not speak against it if there are issues about it today?
Omega 8 years ago

I suppose the governement has made funds available to lectures to be able to print these materials out for the students free-off charge. Students access all sorts of social media all day everyday and their handouts could be i ...
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I suppose the governement has made funds available to lectures to be able to print these materials out for the students free-off charge. Students access all sorts of social media all day everyday and their handouts could be in digital forms so no need for print outs.
Benony Aboagyi 8 years ago

Ask this woman how much she spent on books whiles getting education outside Ghana. Average expenditure on books annually is around $1200 although libraries are adequately stocked and very functional. Our leaders should cease ...
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Ask this woman how much she spent on books whiles getting education outside Ghana. Average expenditure on books annually is around $1200 although libraries are adequately stocked and very functional. Our leaders should cease the subtle micromanaging of our universities. Quality education is expensive and it must be understood as such.
Peter 8 years ago

Please, allow academic books to enter the country without being taxed. Even used books sent to family members are usually taxed at very ridiculous rates.

Please, allow academic books to enter the country without being taxed. Even used books sent to family members are usually taxed at very ridiculous rates.
moi 8 years ago

Dis woman isn't serious. Wat will a student read for exams in a tertiary institution. Wake up lady. Stop living in a fools paradise.

Dis woman isn't serious. Wat will a student read for exams in a tertiary institution. Wake up lady. Stop living in a fools paradise.
KING LOMOTEY 8 years ago

If there is a demand for the handouts, they must be working, and therefore the Education Minister cannot prohibit the selling of the handouts.

If there is a demand for the handouts, they must be working, and therefore the Education Minister cannot prohibit the selling of the handouts.
Weah 8 years ago

Please there is no demand for the handouts. The lecturers often write down the names of students who buy the handouts and those who don't buy, your guess is as good as mine.

Please there is no demand for the handouts. The lecturers often write down the names of students who buy the handouts and those who don't buy, your guess is as good as mine.
rkt 8 years ago

no and yes. so they were not working then they were forced down the students' throats and they acquired the semblance of working!
now let me explain - most lecturers who sell handouts, i hear, not only give the lot to one st ...
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no and yes. so they were not working then they were forced down the students' throats and they acquired the semblance of working!
now let me explain - most lecturers who sell handouts, i hear, not only give the lot to one student to sell, but also demand that a list of students purchasing them must be added to the proceeds! have u wondered why? i'll give u a hint just in case u haven't a clue - students whose names do not make it to the list either get weak passes of fail! now, that is some food for thought!
Joe Moore 8 years ago

The Father is currently punishing His people, the descendents of the African or the black people Trans-slavery routes, because we failed to follow his commandments and hung our Messaih Yahshua (juses) on the tree. Thus our pu ...
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The Father is currently punishing His people, the descendents of the African or the black people Trans-slavery routes, because we failed to follow his commandments and hung our Messaih Yahshua (juses) on the tree. Thus our punishment is now. These people were supposed and still intended by scripture to be the priest of the world. All other peoples who are not Father Yahweh's children will still be granted a choice of serving Him or not. Just because they are white or any other race does not mean that He will discard you. If you accept His laws and the teachings of His prophets and do all these things written in the scriptures to include acknowledge who you are, who the choosing people are and who the Messiah Yahshua (JUSES) is then you will receive what is accounted to you. Note this world belongs to Satan and his minions. They are not the ugly horrible things we are lead to believe from childhood. They are extremely beautiful creatures and that is the lure that deceives all. We expect them to be ugly and easily identifiable but the are not. Since the world is owned by Satan according to scripture, would it not be best for a so-called god to put his children in charge of it? White people run the world now. But only Satan and his minions are destined with no chance of forgiveness from the Father to dwell in the Eternal fires. The Father knows that many have been deceived and thus gives us the opportunity to repent and be saved. All the children of the slave-trade will not be saved either because many of us still do not follow the law and the profits that got us exiled in the first place. You are not lost to the Father. Seek Him out and He will show you that He was walking with you the whole time. Do not be afraid. If you are intended to receive this wisdom know that your family and friends will shun you forever. The path to righteousness is narrow. So you will more than likely walk it alone but you will not be alone. This is a promise. Shalom. And may you find what you seek.
King deed 8 years ago

Naana opoku Agyemang was a lecturer at UCC where this practice have gone on for decades and I believe she was a culprit too. In place sale of hand outs what do you expect students to rely on judging from the fact that the lib ...
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Naana opoku Agyemang was a lecturer at UCC where this practice have gone on for decades and I believe she was a culprit too. In place sale of hand outs what do you expect students to rely on judging from the fact that the libraries in Ghana are all not having books that are current and even woefully inadequate?
Do you expect lecturers to print these hand outs to large numbers of students for free? If I remember very well in my final year at UCC in 2006, we were almost 500students attending advanced accounting lectures with only 2 visiting lecturers who were coming to lecture on weekends only.

As a minister of education, I wish you could prioritize the filling of all vacant posts of academic staffs to reduce the students lecturer ratio and stop these 'loose talks'.
hmmm... 8 years ago

tell dem... I spend a lot on handout.....

tell dem... I spend a lot on handout.....
KWASI IN EUROPE 8 years ago

Pseudo-lecturers copy from google, print them out and sell them as handouts. Any student who refuses to buy the handouts are failed. Students complain everyday. These google lecturers are a shame.

Pseudo-lecturers copy from google, print them out and sell them as handouts. Any student who refuses to buy the handouts are failed. Students complain everyday. These google lecturers are a shame.
Nii 8 years ago

Hmm! Kwasi, that's true but some of attempted researching on our own and we couldn't find the right books in the library nor was there any school portal where you could find relevant materials for studies.The lecturers can gi ...
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Hmm! Kwasi, that's true but some of attempted researching on our own and we couldn't find the right books in the library nor was there any school portal where you could find relevant materials for studies.The lecturers can give you the reference books but trust me you wont find them or have it in the right quantity in the libraries, unlike other places where you could purchase e books- even used ones for studies,it does not happen in Ghana.I believe the minister should address the issue holistically instead of attacking lecturers from that angle.MAy be she could start by admitting she once benefited and by addressing why she did that.
eva 8 years ago

its good she was not der to read the statement herself.she avoided embarrasement

its good she was not der to read the statement herself.she avoided embarrasement
Nii 8 years ago

I think i still have one she gave for communicative Skills wayback in UCC.So impressed she is saying this at such a time when she no longer a beneficiary.

I think i still have one she gave for communicative Skills wayback in UCC.So impressed she is saying this at such a time when she no longer a beneficiary.
Sincerity 8 years ago

Were you giving them out for free ?
I thought you were going to be the best education's minister but you have disappointed .......big time.

Were you giving them out for free ?
I thought you were going to be the best education's minister but you have disappointed .......big time.
Bismarck 8 years ago

I don't agree with Prof Naana Opoku Agyeman that lecturers should not sell their handouts to students but rather publish them in a book form to be displaced on bookshop for sale. Even if they do so, and you don't buy, do you ...
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I don't agree with Prof Naana Opoku Agyeman that lecturers should not sell their handouts to students but rather publish them in a book form to be displaced on bookshop for sale. Even if they do so, and you don't buy, do you think you'll get your pass? I want to find from her when she was a lecturer didn't she sell handouts to students?
rkt 8 years ago

oh, the logic of children!

oh, the logic of children!
Rule of Law 8 years ago

I PERSONALLY AGREE WITH YOU. IT'S SPOILING OUR TERTIARY EDUCATION ESPECIALLY THE POLYTECHNICS WHERE THIS IS RAMPANT. since you have been a lecturer before and has also given handouts before, YOU should have a way of solving t ...
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I PERSONALLY AGREE WITH YOU. IT'S SPOILING OUR TERTIARY EDUCATION ESPECIALLY THE POLYTECHNICS WHERE THIS IS RAMPANT. since you have been a lecturer before and has also given handouts before, YOU should have a way of solving this amicably.
bra joe 8 years ago

ghana can never n never develop if some people still exist in dis country. lucturers r practisin sumtin which is nt good n we r here praisin dem.sellin de book is nt de problem bt makin it compulsory it.sum hav 2 use their la ...
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ghana can never n never develop if some people still exist in dis country. lucturers r practisin sumtin which is nt good n we r here praisin dem.sellin de book is nt de problem bt makin it compulsory it.sum hav 2 use their last 2 purchase de book because of failure.aki ola can be pass 4rm generation 2 generation bt lucturers book which contained de same element can not. dey can sell de book bt it shldnt be mandatory. she has been a lucturer n she no wat she is sayin.
Adjorlolo 8 years ago

You sit there and allow the Management of UPSA to exploit their Students by charging high fees.

You sit there and allow the Management of UPSA to exploit their Students by charging high fees.
Dr Kwesi Sakyi 8 years ago

This has been long in coming because it bwas very academically disastrous for lecturers to narrow down the scope of research for students who diligently research but are not rewarded in exams for not reproducing verbatim what ...
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This has been long in coming because it bwas very academically disastrous for lecturers to narrow down the scope of research for students who diligently research but are not rewarded in exams for not reproducing verbatim what the lecturers had put in their handouts which may be shallow and crap. Well done Madam Minister.
Prof Botswana 8 years ago

I am sad indeed. My study at Post Secondary and Diploma level before getting to University was extraordinary. But at the University. One sentence quiz and examinations is not the best to develop quality graduates. But this is ...
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I am sad indeed. My study at Post Secondary and Diploma level before getting to University was extraordinary. But at the University. One sentence quiz and examinations is not the best to develop quality graduates. But this is the order of the day, and our kids come home as University scholars but hey do not know how to express themselves. All because of our lazy lacturers who are not prepare to read.
Che Guevara 8 years ago

Prof Naana Jane Opoku, please stock all libraries of the tertiary institutions in the country first. Currently Poly libraries, in particular have nothing worthy to write home about. Govt keeps pumping unteachable students wit ...
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Prof Naana Jane Opoku, please stock all libraries of the tertiary institutions in the country first. Currently Poly libraries, in particular have nothing worthy to write home about. Govt keeps pumping unteachable students with aggregate 37 (in 2013) and expects them to pass? How? The students themselves demand the handouts cos there aint many good books for the over 500 students sitting in a class. They cant read anything to comprehend meaningfully. So it is not the lecturers who impose the books on the students. Any lecturer doing so should be taken to task. Solution? STOCK THE SCHOOL LIBRARIES 1St.
Sampson Obed Mensah 8 years ago

Please, for the sake of your personal integrity, stop saying what you cannot implement. Can you, your confirm if you were not guilty of the handout business that have gained root in our educational institutions? The business ...
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Please, for the sake of your personal integrity, stop saying what you cannot implement. Can you, your confirm if you were not guilty of the handout business that have gained root in our educational institutions? The business goes own even in the JHSs. I have my doubt if you really have the moral authority to say this and even granted that you do, I cannot tell how you effectively you can police the sysytem.
Akadu Mensema 8 years ago

Useless woman!

Useless woman!
KFC 8 years ago

Foolish, greedy lecturers.
What do they think they are paid a salary for??

Foolish, greedy lecturers.
What do they think they are paid a salary for??
Liars! 8 years ago

You hopeless stooge of a visionless minister without a brain. IDIOT.

You hopeless stooge of a visionless minister without a brain. IDIOT.
Liars! 8 years ago

Handouts were sold during your tenure as Vice Chancellor of Cape Coast University, you hypocrite! What has changed, madam stomach politician? You keep telling teachers/lecturers and other educational workers on what they cann ...
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Handouts were sold during your tenure as Vice Chancellor of Cape Coast University, you hypocrite! What has changed, madam stomach politician? You keep telling teachers/lecturers and other educational workers on what they cannot do. You enjoyed the Book and Research Allowance as a lecturer, only to call for its abolition when you shamelessly joined the visionless lot. Go and find somewhere to hide, you UGLY hag!
rkt 8 years ago

hi, u appear 2 be privy 2 so much u must be a complete walking archive!
as for the logic in ur statement, hmmm!
too, i didn't know being a visionary meant being obstinate in the face of changing/changed circumstances! and d ...
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hi, u appear 2 be privy 2 so much u must be a complete walking archive!
as for the logic in ur statement, hmmm!
too, i didn't know being a visionary meant being obstinate in the face of changing/changed circumstances! and did u call the prof an "ugly hag" (sic)? my friend who knows ur ma says u'll give the whole earth to have her for a ma instead, so go gently, ahoorfe patri ba, and wake up from ur slumber'cos u must still be living in yesterday when the best educated women weren't the most beautiful. today they combine beauty and brains even though on their own they'd rather not spend more'n 30 seconds before the mirror! and, just so u don't go off at a tangent, not because they wouldn't like what they'd see but because the time they'd lose in that venture would be invaluable!
EZEKIEL 8 years ago

Ghana is a country where there are more Profs than Students and yet we DON'T SEE any SENSIBLE DEVELOPMENT.
Can it be that our professorship IS A LITTLE TOO CHEAP ??????? Just asking.

Ghana is a country where there are more Profs than Students and yet we DON'T SEE any SENSIBLE DEVELOPMENT.
Can it be that our professorship IS A LITTLE TOO CHEAP ??????? Just asking.
Nana Kwame Addo 8 years ago

Our Professors are not thinking professors, they largely Chew & Pour prof's. who don't do research.

We need to apply the Publish or Perish law.

Our Professors are not thinking professors, they largely Chew & Pour prof's. who don't do research.

We need to apply the Publish or Perish law.
rkt 8 years ago

sure, this is free-speech even if it doesn't make sense! otherwise why would anyone ask about where to find the books in today's i.t. environment, and on campuses with free internet havens - connectivity? true, there may be s ...
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sure, this is free-speech even if it doesn't make sense! otherwise why would anyone ask about where to find the books in today's i.t. environment, and on campuses with free internet havens - connectivity? true, there may be some difficulties, after all if u look for 'em, u'll find a thousand and one difficulties, but the student will emerge a better researcher if he starts now rather than later!
kobby asante 8 years ago

our school fees is geting
high each year please madam minister come to our aid especially Takoradi poly.

our school fees is geting
high each year please madam minister come to our aid especially Takoradi poly.
KG 8 years ago

Great to hear the Polytechnics assembled IT devices are on sale.
I however suggest they improve on their marketing/advertising strategies to make them readily available to potential buyers.
This is the first time this writ ...
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Great to hear the Polytechnics assembled IT devices are on sale.
I however suggest they improve on their marketing/advertising strategies to make them readily available to potential buyers.
This is the first time this writer and probably many Ghanaians are hearing os them.
S.K 8 years ago

It is a right decision by the minister, may Allah help her. It will be only responsible parents or guardian who will understand what she is saying, it should be stop complete

It is a right decision by the minister, may Allah help her. It will be only responsible parents or guardian who will understand what she is saying, it should be stop complete

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