'....NDC legacy, teachers can't speak English'

The Independent says the Minister responsible for Basic, Secondary and Girl-Child education, Hon Christine Churcher last Friday painted a bleak and gloomy picture of the country's educational sector.

According to her the gloomy state of the country's education is the legacy the NDC left for Ghanaians after several years of being in power, as schools were set up haphazardly at places without feasibility studies as to their viability in terms of patronage and availability of facilities for teachers.

"The gloomy picture painted about education is not only true but gives cause for concern", she stated, adding, "in some areas teachers cannot speak simple English and in some cases classes are merged".

Hon Churcher was contributing to a statement on changes made in the senior secondary school by Hon. Angelina Baiden- Amissah, MP for Shama.

According to the Minister, books meant for the schools especially in the rural areas do not get to the designated areas and wondered into whose custody those books were kept.

"Indeed Education is in a serious crisis. Even in Accra there are ramshackle schools, and as well, the sharp rural-urban divide is very traumatic", she lamented.

She therefore recommended that strong four-wheel drive vehicles be given to all GES office for effective monitoring and supervision, as most of the roads in the rural areas of Ghana in terrible conditions.