Educational Reforms Review Committee presents report

The 28-member Educational Reforms Review Committee on Monday presented its report to President John Agyekum Kufuor at the Castle, Osu.

Receiving the report, President Kufuor said education was the key to the future and the key must be strong and wholesome. He said the Committee initially was given four months to complete its work because of the urgency of the work to fashion out a policy that would review and modernise the country's educational system.

President Kufuor said the Ministry of Education and stakeholders in the education sector would study the report and make the necessary recommendations to government. Professor Jophus Anamuah-Mensah, Principal of the University College of Education, Winneba (UCEW) and Chairman of the Committee, presenting the report said it was an opportunity for the Committee to serve the nation.

Among issues discussed by the Committee, inaugurated on 17 January this year were the quality of education in the country, quality and funding for expansion of education in the rural areas.