Why Ghana’s education system is outdated - Educationist explains

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  • H. T. K. 1 month ago

    Then this must start with the lectures themselves as they also went through the same mechanism of training. There must be a complete overhaul, which won't be easy.

  • Thief of Staff - Akosua Frema 1 month ago

    Where will the students go to gain the hands-on exposure and experience? Why are you blaming the universities as if it's their responsibilities to build factories, industries etc for students to go to for practice and practic ...
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  • Asem 1 month ago

    You are obviously a victim of the serious concerns being expressed by Haffar. "Educated" but fundamentally illiterate and unable to think beyond your nose. How can any society develop with many thousands of your kind vainglor ...
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  • Kwadwo 1 month ago

    Much as Anis Haffars observations are perfectly true, it is not the full story. The other even more grim part of the story starts in the second-cycle sector where delusions of theoretical academic excellence, encourage the mo ...
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  • Akua 1 month ago

    HE IS DAMN RIGHT. WE AFRICANS ARE LEARNING COLONIAL MASTERS WAYS OF DOING THINGS YET WE CAN NOT PROGRESS AND SUCCEED IN OUR ENDEAVOR. WHY IS IT SO . LOOK AT HOW WE'VE EMBRACEE THE WHITE JESUS PHILOSOPHICAL INDOCTRINATION S. Y ...
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  • kofi beka 1 month ago

    Akosua, you've got it all wrong. The reason why we are not getting the jobs is the wrong education we have held on to since colonial days. That education system was meant to create a workforce to be subservient to colonialist ...
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  • Kweku 1 month ago

    The education system in Ghana is not outdated. If you go to Europe and the USA, university students still attend lectures and do assignments and are given certificates after four years. There are several students from the tra ...
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  • Kwadwo 1 month ago

    Then perhaps the right description of our educational system is not outdated but rather, unsuitable. Then again, we cannot just simply copy the way universities abroad operate. The fact still remains that after pouring billio ...
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  • U Can't Complain 1 month ago

    Mr. Haffar, it is not only education that is outmoded. Many things are not working in Ghana. Look at what happened during the recruitment at Elwak. Look at how trotro drivers are exploiting passengers by doubling transport fa ...
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  • Epicu 1 month ago

    This man makes sense.

  • Accranie 1 month ago

    @The Event That Caused The Uncover Gh Skill Acquisition Program/System To Be Born/ Is Because Players In Vocational Trades i.e Brick Laying/Auto Mechanic/Metal Work/Wood Work/Barber/Virtual Arts Etc Etc Have Been Confined To ...
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  • Accranie 1 month ago

    In The Gh System/Many Of The Construction Especially Of Residential Units/ Is Done By Vocational Brick Layers/ Because Many Citizens Can't Afford The Services Of A Professional Construction Company/ They(Citizens)Prefer To Hi ...
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  • Accranie 1 month ago

    If One Takes Auto Mechanics/ They Are The Professionals That Work On Almost All The Vehicles In The Country/ From Entry Level Saloon Cars To Thirty Two Wheeler's But The Place Of Work/Work Shop Is Posed In A Makes Shift Struc ...
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  • Accranie 1 month ago

    Same Working Condition Goes For Metal Work/Woodwork/Barber/Tailor/ Despite The State Of Working Condition Of These Workshops/ The Mastertradesmen In Charge Of These Operation/ Manage TO Onboard Young People Who Want To Make O ...
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  • Accranie 1 month ago

    Some Experts/Hold The Opinion/ That The Apprenticeship Form Of Training Has An Edge Over Classroom Centered Education/ In Terms Of Practicality& Competency

  • judischrislam 1 month ago

    I don't see what is wrong with the current system. It is the post graduate experience that puts theory into practice. Why am I saying that; quite recently I was at an emergency room when a patient with unknown cause was rus ...
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  • sosu 1 month ago

    thank you sir .That chew and pour must stop.