Varsity graduates half-baked – Nii Moi Thompson

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ABIAM 9 years ago

Why is this idiot talking like an opposition leader. You are an advisor to the president for cryiong out loud! You are in a better position to get the guy to make the needed changes than the rest of us but this idiot is sou ...
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Why is this idiot talking like an opposition leader. You are an advisor to the president for cryiong out loud! You are in a better position to get the guy to make the needed changes than the rest of us but this idiot is sounding like a serial caller.
Half bake is even better!! 9 years ago

UST,Legon,UCC have been there since Nkrumah yet none of these schools can carve out solutions to dumsor, water shortage, cities filth, harp hazard construction of roads and residential homes, public toilets, killer hospitals, ...
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UST,Legon,UCC have been there since Nkrumah yet none of these schools can carve out solutions to dumsor, water shortage, cities filth, harp hazard construction of roads and residential homes, public toilets, killer hospitals, ebola scared doctors not to mention laws of the land.
The million dollar question is what do those who study all the way to PHD come out to do to help mother Ghana, just chew and pour at all levels and you want them to be baked after graduation? No sir!! the graduates brains have not be tuned to face reality yet but to also follow the harp hazard way of life society throw at them. The dough is not even mixed well in order to bake, let alone half bake. Our Education system due to the un-intelligent manipulation by politics has taken a nose dive to the deep sea period.
Nana Appiah 9 years ago

Legon, Ust, Ucc all rank 3,500 and below on the worlds stage of best universities.. You wonder why all those graduates from any of those schools cannot solve a simple problem facing their nation Ghana let alone suggest a tang ...
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Legon, Ust, Ucc all rank 3,500 and below on the worlds stage of best universities.. You wonder why all those graduates from any of those schools cannot solve a simple problem facing their nation Ghana let alone suggest a tangible way of dealing with them.. They all lack Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Basic Problem Skills...Their Formula is Phd=Corruption and Nation Wreckage..
Tekonline.org 9 years ago

University education should be all about making students love solving problems creatively and passionately.

Take the case of a recent feature article on Ghanaweb by one Bernice Owusuwaa ("
Increasing Tertiary Graduations: ...
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University education should be all about making students love solving problems creatively and passionately.

Take the case of a recent feature article on Ghanaweb by one Bernice Owusuwaa ("
Increasing Tertiary Graduations: Is it necessary with current employment conditions?"). She wrote:

"...Just like me, in the minds of about 70% percent of the fresh graduates, it is always their thought that when out of school, they expect to get a well paying job, advance to get a property, and get married to the love of their lives and live happily ever after with their beautiful kids..."

University education is not just for earning a living upon graduation. The real purpose is to inculcate CREATIVITY and INVENTIVENESS, and the ability to SOLVE PROBLEMS with ingenuity. It requires, above all, PASSION and the PATROTISM, in order to contribute towards nation-building.

Thus a student needs to choose programs based on that passion, and not just anything for the sole purpose of landing a job.
Susuka 9 years ago

Much as I agree with the view of Nii Moi Thompson, it seems to me that he, unaware of the fact, is also a victim of bad education.

If, as I understand it, he is the Presidents Special Advisor on Economics or something like ...
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Much as I agree with the view of Nii Moi Thompson, it seems to me that he, unaware of the fact, is also a victim of bad education.

If, as I understand it, he is the Presidents Special Advisor on Economics or something like that, then what did he go to school for? He has failed flat in proving that he learned anything useful at school which he could impart for the betterment of society.
Republican 9 years ago

what happened to the stringent entry requirements of the past? meantime the university libraries lack vital manuscripts, books, ....resources vital for academic edification.look into that

what happened to the stringent entry requirements of the past? meantime the university libraries lack vital manuscripts, books, ....resources vital for academic edification.look into that
Ghanaba, USA 9 years ago

The usefulness of these bogus and selfish lecturers or instructors is very debatable. They recycle old notes by making photocopies of 10-year old notes and selling them to students. They don’t deserve any book and research ...
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The usefulness of these bogus and selfish lecturers or instructors is very debatable. They recycle old notes by making photocopies of 10-year old notes and selling them to students. They don’t deserve any book and research allowance – which they use to drink beer and belch in public.
If we invest in programs or courses which do not impart skills and knowledge which can be used in the country we will still be in the dark. Secondly there is lot of redundancy or duplication of programs, e.g. each of the country’s old universities has business administration programs; how many business graduates can be absorbed by the economy,
The government universities churn out over 15,000 graduates each year with varying skills and knowledge from mediocre to fair. Who is going to waste his/her money on employing graduates who cannot fairly communicate verbally or in writing, graduates who lack analytical and problem solving skills; some of these graduates don’t even possess the basic knowledge of their major fields of study.
The government should set up a committee to revamp education at each level; emphasizing on quality relevant education instead of mass production of illiterate (excuse me to say “not very useful”) graduates and school children. We may need more technical and two-year colleges instead of 4-year useless programs.
Liars! 9 years ago

You could have made your point without insulting UTAG members! Most of the students you describe as 'illiterate' are more intelligent than you are, you heartless wench!! You may consider returning home to assist, instead of w ...
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You could have made your point without insulting UTAG members! Most of the students you describe as 'illiterate' are more intelligent than you are, you heartless wench!! You may consider returning home to assist, instead of wasting your time and energy wiping out the Whiteman's shit, you DOG.
abortsi 9 years ago

Okudzeto ABLAKWA IS ONE OF THEM

Okudzeto ABLAKWA IS ONE OF THEM
Nii Ayi 9 years ago

This is a no brainer. Every graduate is half-baked everywhere in the world. Companies and organisations train them to fit.
To use an analogy Universities are not furniture stores but sawmills; graduates are sawn lumber. Comp ...
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This is a no brainer. Every graduate is half-baked everywhere in the world. Companies and organisations train them to fit.
To use an analogy Universities are not furniture stores but sawmills; graduates are sawn lumber. Companies turn them into furniture.
Ghanaba, USA 9 years ago

"Every Graduate". What universities did you attend? In US there colleges like the ones in Ghana and there are many colleges which impart relevant knowledge and skills such as analytical, communication, problem-solving, etsc. ...
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"Every Graduate". What universities did you attend? In US there colleges like the ones in Ghana and there are many colleges which impart relevant knowledge and skills such as analytical, communication, problem-solving, etsc. skills.
Liars! 9 years ago

Stop ridiculing yourself with your mediocre level of reasoning. Just read what you've written and ask yourself whether it makes any sense. You certainly appear to me as one of those cretins who think they become wiser once th ...
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Stop ridiculing yourself with your mediocre level of reasoning. Just read what you've written and ask yourself whether it makes any sense. You certainly appear to me as one of those cretins who think they become wiser once they leave the shores of mother Ghana. You coward. You abandon your own country to do menial jobs in uncle Sam's country only to turn around to write nonsense. Stop appearing to be wiser than you are.
Senior citizen Bs Germany. 9 years ago

Ghana Education was better than Nigeria on International ratings back in the 1980s and early 90s but something happened,which retrogressed the quality of Education when the PNDC Government led by a half backed leader JJ Rawli ...
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Ghana Education was better than Nigeria on International ratings back in the 1980s and early 90s but something happened,which retrogressed the quality of Education when the PNDC Government led by a half backed leader JJ Rawlings took the reigns of Government and decided to radicalise our Educational system to allow unqualify persons to enter the Universities with very weak foundations and with the help of their so called professors who compromised with the system to qualify them for BAs BSCs and other alphabetical degrees to feel their failed egos.I once scanned through a booklet in the early 1990s when I first went to Germany with the list of several global Universities which rated Ghana one of the top 50s in the world but now where are we,Iam sorry.
The accademia should rise up to do something about it to fostall credibility in our Educstional system to bring a complete new change to meet the needs of our economic developments.
Omanhene(U$A) 9 years ago

Dr. Thompson is damn right about the quality of some of our graduates coming out of tertiary institutions in Ghana. YES, I STILL BELIEVE IN THE GOOD OLD "O & A" LEVEL SYSTEM. Though rigid, yet valuable indeed!!

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Dr. Thompson is damn right about the quality of some of our graduates coming out of tertiary institutions in Ghana. YES, I STILL BELIEVE IN THE GOOD OLD "O & A" LEVEL SYSTEM. Though rigid, yet valuable indeed!!

But, alas, our intellectually half-baked leaders, politicians and technocrats have FAILED the country Ghana badly, in terms of its educational system needed for industrialization and advancement. HOW & WHY??

Because they've failed to focus on what is needed: Industrialization of the economy, training entrepreneurs and Technical skills-based employees (e.g.; mechanics, electricians, carpenters, artisans, etc.)—just like our contemporaries, Malaysia, Hong Kong, South Korea, Brazil, etc.

Employment in Ghana is MOSTLY about "government jobs", because we don't have a bigger PRIVATE sector (industrial base) to absorb the many graduates being churned out—with the stupid reduced school years. The Ghana government should “REDIRECT” its attention on how to help the private sector to retool and grow and less attention on the behemoth growth of the DO-NOTHING government—both national & regional.

Entrepreneurship is what has built the United States, Germany, Japan, Canada and many other industrialized nations. Entrepreneurs take the risks to SET UP BUSINESSES and employ others to work for them. In the United States take the likes of IBM, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler motors, Bill Gates (Microsoft), Steve Jobs (Apple computers), Zuckerberg (Facebook), stores like Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Target, Lowes, the Silicon valley DOT.COMS, etc., etc., and that's where the JOBS are and NOT government. Governments don't generate any profits to expand business, but rather consume tax money through wages, corruption and wasteful spending. In Ghana, examples of entrepreneurships are private banks, TV & FM Radio stations, Melcom Stores, Makola wo/men, Apostle Sarfo, Kumasi Magazine (Magagee), farmers, Fishermen, etc., etc.

Therefore, our leaders should start to REVIEW our educational system to MEET TODAY’S NEEDS, instead of the needs of the 20th century. Train some of the students to become risk taker entrepreneurs, technically skilled and cognitively & analytically competent enough to handle the affairs of our government and bureaucracies (MDAs). And for God’s sake, reverse the foolish reduced school years to have enough time to train our youth.
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candido 9 years ago

Thanks for your write up.I have once said that our educated Ghanians are very funny. I live in the. States and l know what l am talking about. .I want to tell my fellow. Ghanaians, oration in the english language is not. smar ...
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Thanks for your write up.I have once said that our educated Ghanians are very funny. I live in the. States and l know what l am talking about. .I want to tell my fellow. Ghanaians, oration in the english language is not. smartness.Ghanians thinks if one attended shool and speaks good english he or she is brilliant. That is a liar. Not all Germans, South KoreansJapanese , Chinese etc are good at english but. they have succeeded in their economies. through science and technology Ghana sorry Dr, Pro what ever
Aikins 9 years ago

Are you also fixing the economy ? Or are you doing wha you are paid for to do for mother Ghana ? Mr Thomson ndc in the last 32 years has ruled Ghana for 25 years so whom are we blaming Dr Kwame Nkrumah or J A Kufour ?

Are you also fixing the economy ? Or are you doing wha you are paid for to do for mother Ghana ? Mr Thomson ndc in the last 32 years has ruled Ghana for 25 years so whom are we blaming Dr Kwame Nkrumah or J A Kufour ?
JKD 9 years ago

WHERE ARE THE JOBS?

WHERE ARE THE JOBS?
Derrick 9 years ago

Ask Kuffour, with all the free monies, supposedly to create jobs & alleviate poverty. Why are we complaining of poverty & joblessness only 6 years after leaving office!!.

Ask Kuffour, with all the free monies, supposedly to create jobs & alleviate poverty. Why are we complaining of poverty & joblessness only 6 years after leaving office!!.
Osofo 9 years ago

What a piece of shit. Aren't you the doctors teaching them?

What a piece of shit. Aren't you the doctors teaching them?
John 9 years ago

Please Dr Thompson hits the nail on the head about the poor and archaic curriculum that obtains in our universities. That in the 21 century lecturers should still walk into classes and start giving notes to the students to co ...
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Please Dr Thompson hits the nail on the head about the poor and archaic curriculum that obtains in our universities. That in the 21 century lecturers should still walk into classes and start giving notes to the students to copy speaks volumes of the caliber of students were are producing- accumulating facts and reproducing.... These are not the people that will drive the economy. These days when a lecturer walks into a class, the questions should be what material do we have and what are going to do?
Corrupt Justice 9 years ago

Blame the poor state of the Ghanaian economy and bad govt policies and lack of vision for the mounting unemployment situation in the country, and not the educational system. Does it not mimic the educational systems of the UK ...
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Blame the poor state of the Ghanaian economy and bad govt policies and lack of vision for the mounting unemployment situation in the country, and not the educational system. Does it not mimic the educational systems of the UK and USA? Why have we reformed the educational system several times since the colonial days. If it is not working, don't blame the institutions, blame the various govts for their inactions and lack of commitment to support the educational systems to realise their set objectives and visions.
Dr. Nii Moi, are you not a presidential advisor on the economy and yet it has crushed to a disastrous fall? Lets blame your educational credentials for the current sordid state of the Ghanaian economy under John Mahama Dramani. You have failed Ghanaians, and yet are still there shamelessly receiving salaries as an economic advisor to the president. If I were you, I would have resigned loooong time before now for failing Ghanaians. Have you seen how it feels like to be in-charge of the affairs of the state? Yet when NPP was in power you used to carelessly insinuate themas if you were Mr Know all, and can do all. Go home with shame after your poor showing as an economic advisor.
Agbey 9 years ago

Dr. Thomson, please, you are rightly placed to address this issued but not to condemn University graduates which you are also one of them. Dr. Thomson, is it students or government who plan the educational curriculum and stru ...
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Dr. Thomson, please, you are rightly placed to address this issued but not to condemn University graduates which you are also one of them. Dr. Thomson, is it students or government who plan the educational curriculum and structures? I am sad to say that President Mahama has very, very wrong people around him. MR PRESIDENT, please, fire people like Dr. Thomson from office. They will only give wrong advise.
Kwame Dokyi 9 years ago

"I de go ade come"is the stupid way Ghanaian students adulterate the English language which is the logical medium of instruction and sound intellectual discourse!!

"I de go ade come"is the stupid way Ghanaian students adulterate the English language which is the logical medium of instruction and sound intellectual discourse!!
JH New York 9 years ago

The market is saturated. Jobs are simply not available due to IMF-Divestiture programme by Rawlings gov't.Which turned out to grounded almost all the Factories in the Country,
is the plan Truth.
It's not the truth that Univ ...
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The market is saturated. Jobs are simply not available due to IMF-Divestiture programme by Rawlings gov't.Which turned out to grounded almost all the Factories in the Country,
is the plan Truth.
It's not the truth that University Graduate in the Country are half-baked ! What do you want them to learn ; notes/lectures from Heaven !
Panin- 9 years ago

Revoke the licenses of all the mushrooming universities and adopt a more rigorous entrance requirements..what happened to bad ass 'A' LEVELS?

Revoke the licenses of all the mushrooming universities and adopt a more rigorous entrance requirements..what happened to bad ass 'A' LEVELS?
Iofina Guy 9 years ago

You are right my brother. The Government should stop all these proliferation of Universities in the Country. Change the SHS to 4 years, and only have 4 recognize University in the country. Most Ghanaian Graduate are Useless. ...
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You are right my brother. The Government should stop all these proliferation of Universities in the Country. Change the SHS to 4 years, and only have 4 recognize University in the country. Most Ghanaian Graduate are Useless. I met a Graduate from KUST who Was struggling
to tell me what P&ID is. Engineer?
Campo are Blaise 9 years ago

Stop making excuses and get to work fixing the economy then the jobs will come. But first change SHS to 4 years to get better prepared students into universities.

Stop making excuses and get to work fixing the economy then the jobs will come. But first change SHS to 4 years to get better prepared students into universities.
nigerian graduate 9 years ago

half baked is over estimation,GHANA vasity graduates are empty-headed unemployed azonto dancers!

half baked is over estimation,GHANA vasity graduates are empty-headed unemployed azonto dancers!
Brainy Guy. 9 years ago

Ghana should concentrate on science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) education instead of liberal arts and law etc. which contributes nothing to physical development of this country. that's more than fifty years afte ...
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Ghana should concentrate on science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) education instead of liberal arts and law etc. which contributes nothing to physical development of this country. that's more than fifty years after independence we are still dependent on the Chinese for the construction of every project.
MARCUS AMPADU 9 years ago

A group of us chose to call it "STEMIC".
Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Innovations, and Communications.

You need all these six subjects to survive and sustainably develop in the 21st century.

A group of us chose to call it "STEMIC".
Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Innovations, and Communications.

You need all these six subjects to survive and sustainably develop in the 21st century.
Ada Boy 9 years ago

Thanks Marcus,you have been saying this for sometime now.Dr Thompson should know this,and so should Mr Mahamma and,why they are sitting on their hands,I dont know!

Thanks Marcus,you have been saying this for sometime now.Dr Thompson should know this,and so should Mr Mahamma and,why they are sitting on their hands,I dont know!
Tekonline.org 9 years ago

The "Innovations" part is often missing. And some students carry the wrong mindset as well.

Take the case of a recent feature article on Ghanaweb by one Bernice Owusuwaa ("
Increasing Tertiary Graduations: Is it necessar ...
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The "Innovations" part is often missing. And some students carry the wrong mindset as well.

Take the case of a recent feature article on Ghanaweb by one Bernice Owusuwaa ("
Increasing Tertiary Graduations: Is it necessary with current employment conditions?"). She wrote:

"...Just like me, in the minds of about 70% percent of the fresh graduates, it is always their thought that when out of school, they expect to get a well paying job, advance to get a property, and get married to the love of their lives and live happily ever after with their beautiful kids..."

University education is not just for a paycheck. The real purpose is to inculcate CREATIVITY and INVENTIVENESS, and the ability to SOLVE PROBLEMS with ingenuity. It requires, above all, PASSION and PATROTISM, in order to contribute towards nation-building. Thus a student needs to choose programs based on that passion, and not just anything for the sole purpose of landing a job.
Tekonline.org 9 years ago

"PATRIOTISM".

"PATRIOTISM".
Ada Boy 9 years ago

I love your post.Now we are talking,many thanks

I love your post.Now we are talking,many thanks
MARCUS AMPADU 9 years ago

We definitely need to change our education system to include STEMIC, BUT as Ray Blitzer famously said, "the only one who likes change is a wet baby."

We definitely need to change our education system to include STEMIC, BUT as Ray Blitzer famously said, "the only one who likes change is a wet baby."
Lopez 9 years ago

Sometimes this Nii Moi Thompson talks as if he lives in another planet. Whose government brought this calamity onto us-NDC.I think you're an advisor to Mahama's government so who are you complaining to. If it's broken fix it. ...
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Sometimes this Nii Moi Thompson talks as if he lives in another planet. Whose government brought this calamity onto us-NDC.I think you're an advisor to Mahama's government so who are you complaining to. If it's broken fix it. Have you now realised that the half baked ministers appointed by both Mahama and late Mills is affecting the development of our dear nation, just give a break with this insult because you guys don't know how to fix the mess your NDC government has plunged the nation into.
mr amin 9 years ago

honestly the job is not there to be employed. u cant no a weak currency like the cedi and expect the employment sector to strive. where is the purchasing power to buy the end product a falling currency courses huge unemployme ...
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honestly the job is not there to be employed. u cant no a weak currency like the cedi and expect the employment sector to strive. where is the purchasing power to buy the end product a falling currency courses huge unemployment for lack of patronage of goods n services.
TIMMY 9 years ago

IT IS EASY GOING ON RADIO GOLD ON SATURDAY AND CHURN RUBBISH. THIS NII MOI NOW FACED WITH THE REALITY. HE CAN NOT SEE ANYTHING LIKE THE PRESIDENT.

IT IS EASY GOING ON RADIO GOLD ON SATURDAY AND CHURN RUBBISH. THIS NII MOI NOW FACED WITH THE REALITY. HE CAN NOT SEE ANYTHING LIKE THE PRESIDENT.
Nyamedea 9 years ago

Timmy, Have you ever heard any President or Minister's children failing at the University? They are just passed through the system and given higher positions where they cannot deliver. Ghana is them so let them enjoy. Those o ...
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Timmy, Have you ever heard any President or Minister's children failing at the University? They are just passed through the system and given higher positions where they cannot deliver. Ghana is them so let them enjoy. Those of us from poor backgrounds ,God will see us through.
Yaw Obawaleshie 9 years ago

You should have provided the evidence instead of your speculative statement. You are doing exactly what intellectual laziness is about.That is just making wild and wide, empty and unsubstantiated comments just to spice. Have ...
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You should have provided the evidence instead of your speculative statement. You are doing exactly what intellectual laziness is about.That is just making wild and wide, empty and unsubstantiated comments just to spice. Have you considered that may be children of the ministers and those in good financial and position of influence can afford to invest in their children e.g extra tuition, access to educational and learning materials and career guidance than students from financially and socially deprived backgrounds? Myamedea, think and make a logical and intelligent argument. Don't just speculate in the air.
Kyikyidoodoo 9 years ago

A lot has been said on the skills gap and the poor quality of education in Ghana. What are you people and the Government doing about it? Action and not words is what we need.

A lot has been said on the skills gap and the poor quality of education in Ghana. What are you people and the Government doing about it? Action and not words is what we need.
summy addo 9 years ago

ILLEGAL SCALE ADJUSTMENT IS KILLING THE INTEREST OF THE YOUTH IN COCOA FARMING. LBCs TO BLAME. THEY ARE USING PURCHASING CLERKS AS A TOOL TO CHEAT FARMERS

ILLEGAL SCALE ADJUSTMENT IS KILLING THE INTEREST OF THE YOUTH IN COCOA FARMING. LBCs TO BLAME. THEY ARE USING PURCHASING CLERKS AS A TOOL TO CHEAT FARMERS
Yaw Boakye 9 years ago

The original mission & vision of sustainable Ghana is STEMIC Education or perish guys =D

The original mission & vision of sustainable Ghana is STEMIC Education or perish guys =D
Bernard B Bortey 9 years ago

If there are existing job opportunities to engage graduates skills acquired from the various universities in Ghana,I don't think they will be seen as half- baked

If there are existing job opportunities to engage graduates skills acquired from the various universities in Ghana,I don't think they will be seen as half- baked
Ada Boy 9 years ago

I don't know how I am going to employ a librarian and the political science graduate in my steel fabrication factory!We need innovation and creativity in Ghana,that wont happen with the current education regime.

I don't know how I am going to employ a librarian and the political science graduate in my steel fabrication factory!We need innovation and creativity in Ghana,that wont happen with the current education regime.
Anokwale 9 years ago

The real issue, in any part of the world, is teaching students to work hard in the work place. Sometimes students who get good grades think that they do not need to work hard in the work place.

The real issue, in any part of the world, is teaching students to work hard in the work place. Sometimes students who get good grades think that they do not need to work hard in the work place.
Conventional Youth 9 years ago

And what does chew pore and excel in imperial examining grading system, got to do with sustainable development in the 21st century?

And what does chew pore and excel in imperial examining grading system, got to do with sustainable development in the 21st century?
Abeka 9 years ago

The so-called teachers themselves know nothing. They need some upgrade themselves. A blind man leading a group of blind men!.What do you expect?-RUBBISH!!

The so-called teachers themselves know nothing. They need some upgrade themselves. A blind man leading a group of blind men!.What do you expect?-RUBBISH!!
kwaku rawlings 9 years ago

Who is this idiot complaining to, did the weasle Okujetoe Ablakwa not say Ghana's education system is one of the best in the world? NDC idiots.

Who is this idiot complaining to, did the weasle Okujetoe Ablakwa not say Ghana's education system is one of the best in the world? NDC idiots.
Joe Turkey 9 years ago

Wasn't the current educational system designed to produce more carpenters, masons, butchers and hairdressers that would help the speedy development of the PNDC revolutionary economy. It was a time every real educated person w ...
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Wasn't the current educational system designed to produce more carpenters, masons, butchers and hairdressers that would help the speedy development of the PNDC revolutionary economy. It was a time every real educated person was tagged "enemy of the revolution". Then at the same time, the apologist sneaked his children out of the country to avoid the rot he created back at home - my home.
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Kwaku 9 years ago

I get so furious when people who have the opportunity to make things better for all of us, turn around to make such statements as been make by no less person than the Chairman of our National Development Agenda and STAFFER of ...
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I get so furious when people who have the opportunity to make things better for all of us, turn around to make such statements as been make by no less person than the Chairman of our National Development Agenda and STAFFER of the NDC government? Stop talking and Work, that is why you are in government!!!!!
Sakawa Churches 9 years ago

When I graduated from university relatively recently, Ghana had 3 universities and 2 half universities! Now thanks to the Ghanaian sakawa lifestyle, there are tens of sakawa "universities"! Ghana is sick! Ghana has changed!

When I graduated from university relatively recently, Ghana had 3 universities and 2 half universities! Now thanks to the Ghanaian sakawa lifestyle, there are tens of sakawa "universities"! Ghana is sick! Ghana has changed!
MARCUS AMPADU 9 years ago

Dr. Nii Moi Thompson, you perfectly correct, however, I am afraid as a nation we don't have the will to engage in a truly roots and branch reform of our obsolete educational system.

We are bent right now on providing free ...
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Dr. Nii Moi Thompson, you perfectly correct, however, I am afraid as a nation we don't have the will to engage in a truly roots and branch reform of our obsolete educational system.

We are bent right now on providing free SHS education to kids who can't even read, compute, think critically, and work with others to solve problems.
Toffey 9 years ago

...and what positive contribution of note has the full-baked Nii Moi Thompson made to the country's development? The 'pete pete' economic ideas he is providing whose effect every Ghanaian is a witness to now. It's so sad that ...
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...and what positive contribution of note has the full-baked Nii Moi Thompson made to the country's development? The 'pete pete' economic ideas he is providing whose effect every Ghanaian is a witness to now. It's so sad that people in authority who should command respect sometimes stoop so low with such unguarded utterances.
Prof. Pros. 9 years ago

Where from this man? Who gave him this plat form to make this unfortunate talk? Moi and the likes are not to be given such plat forms. We are talking about embargo on employment and what are you about. Hey man, if don't know ...
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Where from this man? Who gave him this plat form to make this unfortunate talk? Moi and the likes are not to be given such plat forms. We are talking about embargo on employment and what are you about. Hey man, if don't know what to say keep quiet with your faul talks. Non-serious human being, what do you know? If have had the opportunity to be where you are today doesn't mean you are wiser than the jobless graduate. Blame the government for being incompetent but don't add more insults to the jobless graduate's injury.
Teacher 9 years ago

The population is growing faster then the economy can support. WE need to think outside the box. Government policies, although ell intentioned contributes to this. Free maternity care. Free education. Free uniforms. Free ...
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The population is growing faster then the economy can support. WE need to think outside the box. Government policies, although ell intentioned contributes to this. Free maternity care. Free education. Free uniforms. Free feeding. Free busing. So where is the incentive for people to be responsible. No wonder, everywhere one turns all one hears is ALUTA CONTINUA.
To add insult to injury no law works effectively in Ghana. Too many high profile cases drag on for too long, assuming they are ever concluded.
FACT 9 years ago

And your NDC gov't talked off quality and access, with quality addressing this identified problem, I believe.
So with your gov't fighting with UTAG, POTAG and NAGRAT over their research allowances, book allowances and whatno ...
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And your NDC gov't talked off quality and access, with quality addressing this identified problem, I believe.
So with your gov't fighting with UTAG, POTAG and NAGRAT over their research allowances, book allowances and whatnots, how did your NDC gov't intend to address this quality education employing pedagogical methodology working in concert with parents to achieve this problem you identify?
NDC, you cannot eat your cake and have it, something has got to give, and that is why, I'm of the utmost unassailable conviction that the Mahama NDC gov't is the most highly unsuited party for the development paradigm of the country, and until they are massively and strongly voted out and rejected at the ballot box, Ghana is going nowhere.
Dzidzor 9 years ago

And you have employed the most foolish of the half baked unemployed graduates as a minister and it makes sense to mahatma, NDC and yourself. You guys at the helm must be quarter based graduates and lecturers then

And you have employed the most foolish of the half baked unemployed graduates as a minister and it makes sense to mahatma, NDC and yourself. You guys at the helm must be quarter based graduates and lecturers then
Joe 9 years ago

Should we listen to this opportunist??. This guy criticized Kufuor as if he has something meaningful to offer.After grabbing Mahama's offer he has succeeded in making him incompetent. Loud mouth "DR"!!!!

Should we listen to this opportunist??. This guy criticized Kufuor as if he has something meaningful to offer.After grabbing Mahama's offer he has succeeded in making him incompetent. Loud mouth "DR"!!!!
Yaw 9 years ago

Is Dr saying JDM, Haruna Iddrisu, Felix Fosu Kwakye, Dr Omane Boamah, Veep, Majority leader etc are all half-baked?

Is Dr saying JDM, Haruna Iddrisu, Felix Fosu Kwakye, Dr Omane Boamah, Veep, Majority leader etc are all half-baked?
Hajia 9 years ago

They are either half baked or have low Intelligence Quotient (IQ)

They are either half baked or have low Intelligence Quotient (IQ)
OKP 9 years ago

We are living in a country where people undermind others potentials and intelligence, whereas we still want them to do something notwithstanding the plot and the strict process one graduate would go through before even gettin ...
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We are living in a country where people undermind others potentials and intelligence, whereas we still want them to do something notwithstanding the plot and the strict process one graduate would go through before even getting a job than to even think of creating something for himself; with all the pious leaders in various institutions wanting to bring others that have vision for the country down. Apostle Kwadwo Sarfo, a typical example!
princewilly@ymail.com 9 years ago

An American businessman was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on t ...
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An American businessman was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them. The Mexican replied, that it only took a little while. The American then asked why didn’t he stay out longer and catch more fish. The Mexican said he had enough to support his family’s immediate needs.

The American then asked, “But what do you do with the rest of your time?”

The Mexican fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siesta with my wife Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and play guitar with my amigos. I have a full and busy life, señor.
The American scoffed. “I am a Wharton MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat. With the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats. Eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually NYC where you will run your expanding enterprise.”

The Mexican fisherman asked, “But señor, how long will this all take?”

To which the American replied, “Fifteen or twenty years.”

“But what then, señor?”

The American laughed and said, “That’s the best part. When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions.”
“Millions, señor? Then what?”

The American said, “Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siesta with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos.”
nana 9 years ago

first of all,what this thompson is saying is nonsence,there are no jobs out there.the economy is not creating any jobs.with this energy situation how do you expect job creation? and secondly,our leaders are not not running th ...
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first of all,what this thompson is saying is nonsence,there are no jobs out there.the economy is not creating any jobs.with this energy situation how do you expect job creation? and secondly,our leaders are not not running the economy that it will sustain growth.all what is going on is,using our GDP to pay salaries.our money is paying people who are sitting at the office,producing nothing
Edy 9 years ago

This man is so stupid and must be remove from his,post immediately, as some one in charge Of national planning commission What has,he planned so far,how can a fresh graduate start a business in Ghana ,when land lord are deman ...
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This man is so stupid and must be remove from his,post immediately, as some one in charge Of national planning commission What has,he planned so far,how can a fresh graduate start a business in Ghana ,when land lord are demanding over five years rental advance, i really ,wonder how out policy makes think
Edy 9 years ago

They are just in position,not dressing the challenge confronting the country,no proper identificaron system, how do people file their tax return,you go to forex no proper documentation,so how they generate revenue to develop ...
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They are just in position,not dressing the challenge confronting the country,no proper identificaron system, how do people file their tax return,you go to forex no proper documentation,so how they generate revenue to develop the country,so What planning is he doing,ghana is,far back in developmental planning and this idiot is talking,about a education system.
PATRIOT 9 years ago

Revive the Workers Brigade for graduates to produce food for the nation.What are the so many graduates being churned by the so many poor universities established in the country doing?.Revive the Workers Brigades to offer jobs ...
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Revive the Workers Brigade for graduates to produce food for the nation.What are the so many graduates being churned by the so many poor universities established in the country doing?.Revive the Workers Brigades to offer jobs for them.Farming to earn income will be far better to idling and leading a dependency life.
ghanaman 9 years ago

Dr. Nii Moi Thompson has made a very important statement, even if it is one known to several keen observers of the scene. What is striking is that this problem has been discussed on the global agenda. Leading think tanks have ...
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Dr. Nii Moi Thompson has made a very important statement, even if it is one known to several keen observers of the scene. What is striking is that this problem has been discussed on the global agenda. Leading think tanks have provided proposals for dealing with it. What's left is to implement some -if not all- of those proposals.
EDEN 9 years ago

THIS MAN CLAIMS TO BE A DOCTOR. I HAVE LISTEN TO MANY OF HIS ANALYSIS. I HAVE COME TO CONCLUDE THAT HE IS A HALF-BAKED DOCTOR. HE DOES NOT OFFER ANY CONSTRUCTIVE CRITIQUE THAT IS DESERVING OF A PHD HOLDER. IF CURRENT GRADUATE ...
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THIS MAN CLAIMS TO BE A DOCTOR. I HAVE LISTEN TO MANY OF HIS ANALYSIS. I HAVE COME TO CONCLUDE THAT HE IS A HALF-BAKED DOCTOR. HE DOES NOT OFFER ANY CONSTRUCTIVE CRITIQUE THAT IS DESERVING OF A PHD HOLDER. IF CURRENT GRADUATES ARE HALF-BAKED, HE IS IN THE POSITION OF POWER TO CHANGE THINGS. WHAT IS HE DOING ABOUT IT.
DIASPORIAN 9 years ago

This situation has been worsened by the establishment of so many rubbish universities in the country.A small country like Ghana has over 60 private universities producing crap graduates and with many of them awarding so many ...
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This situation has been worsened by the establishment of so many rubbish universities in the country.A small country like Ghana has over 60 private universities producing crap graduates and with many of them awarding so many first class degrees and second uppers just to help their students get jobs.What an insult to the quality of university degrees from universities in Ghana!!!.
GHANANI 9 years ago

Thanks Diasporian,i hold the same views you have expressed.Ghana is littered with so many crap universities churning out conveyor belt graduates who are awarded top class degrees just for the sake of helping them get jobs.Wha ...
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Thanks Diasporian,i hold the same views you have expressed.Ghana is littered with so many crap universities churning out conveyor belt graduates who are awarded top class degrees just for the sake of helping them get jobs.What is amazing is that even though the jobs are not there Ghanaians graduates are not prepared to do menial jobs to earn incomes.They are waiting for the government to give them jobs to do.
gabriel 9 years ago

Please never mind this failed Dr. This 'wiseman' came to government after his loud mouth as economic advisor, and Ghana experienced the worst economic downturn ever. after his removal, the economy sharply improved. well I don ...
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Please never mind this failed Dr. This 'wiseman' came to government after his loud mouth as economic advisor, and Ghana experienced the worst economic downturn ever. after his removal, the economy sharply improved. well I don't blame him.
Paolo 9 years ago

Economic Adviser to the President, what is the impact of your advice so far? You failed. failed failed. and we are going back to HIPC. You must be out of your mind.

Economic Adviser to the President, what is the impact of your advice so far? You failed. failed failed. and we are going back to HIPC. You must be out of your mind.
Nii Moi Thompson 9 years ago

For those interested, the following is the retraction on the front page of today's Chronicle.

"Yesterday, we carried a front page story with the headline, Varsity Graduates Half Baked and attributed it to Dr Nii Moi Thom ...
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For those interested, the following is the retraction on the front page of today's Chronicle.

"Yesterday, we carried a front page story with the headline, Varsity Graduates Half Baked and attributed it to Dr Nii Moi Thompson, a presidential staffer. It has, however, emerged that though Dr. Nii Moi Thompson did attend the programme, which was organized by the National Development Planning Commission, he did NOT utter those words. The subject was, however, discussed at the forum, where the participants expressed concern over the fallen standard of education, and that graduates coming out from our educational systems, in most of the cases, do not meet the demand of industry. In a nutshell, the story should have been attributed to the forum, not Dr. Nii Moi Thompson. We regret any inconvenience this might have caused him. – Editor.
The Chronicle, Wednesday 3rd December 2014."
Tekonline.org 9 years ago

See? Some government officials do actually read what is written on Ghanaweb and might even go through the comments.

Therefore, this internet medium should rather be used for making good suggestions, presenting new ideas, ...
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See? Some government officials do actually read what is written on Ghanaweb and might even go through the comments.

Therefore, this internet medium should rather be used for making good suggestions, presenting new ideas, and offering novel solutions to problems.

Hurling insults is a total waste of time and presents the Ghanaian mind in very bad light.
MARCUS AMPADU 9 years ago

I surely will like to hear from Dr. Nii Moi Thompson, especially his view on the state of our educational system.

We are anxiously waiting Doc.

I surely will like to hear from Dr. Nii Moi Thompson, especially his view on the state of our educational system.

We are anxiously waiting Doc.
Nana Effah 9 years ago

The pre 1950 standard seven graduate was and is mentally and morally more educated than today's university graduate. The fact that one rattles the English language like a parrot does not make one educated, mind you.

The pre 1950 standard seven graduate was and is mentally and morally more educated than today's university graduate. The fact that one rattles the English language like a parrot does not make one educated, mind you.
Asiwome 9 years ago

'“So although fertility reduction is not sufficient for poverty reduction it is a necessary condition,” Dr. Kyei added.

She explained that reduction in child birth always have direct impact and benefit for the family, ...
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'“So although fertility reduction is not sufficient for poverty reduction it is a necessary condition,” Dr. Kyei added.

She explained that reduction in child birth always have direct impact and benefit for the family, as it reduces the dependency ratio of persons.'
The problem is that we think we can solve our problems without help from God. We pray to God for wisdom but we do not have the cognition in place to listen when He talks to us.
Asiwome 9 years ago

But 2 children to 2 parents?

But 2 children to 2 parents?
HAWA 9 years ago

But Nii Moi himself is half baked

But Nii Moi himself is half baked
Nii 9 years ago

Ghana trained graduates and artisans and built the job 600, built Dansoman estate, built the Apenkwa Interchange, Dawenya Irrigation Dam because the leader at that time think of Ghana 1st but not family and friends like the ...
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Ghana trained graduates and artisans and built the job 600, built Dansoman estate, built the Apenkwa Interchange, Dawenya Irrigation Dam because the leader at that time think of Ghana 1st but not family and friends like the NDC has done in the last 25yrs. Because of their corrupt thoughts, the PNDC/NDC destroyed majority of State owned companies and private businesses and this country has since then been taken over by foreign companies. Without an opportunity in industry,how can the graduate perform.
James Omaboe 9 years ago

Their lecturers are mediocre, the teaching is substandard as claimed by the teaching Union during their strikes. Some of the students gained entrance through the 'back door' and declaration of fake and false examination grade ...
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Their lecturers are mediocre, the teaching is substandard as claimed by the teaching Union during their strikes. Some of the students gained entrance through the 'back door' and declaration of fake and false examination grades. At the environment of learning they prefer to learn how to lie, fabricate stories, thievery, display intellectual laziness, and get money quick by whatever means fraudulently or otherwise. They are not competitive in the international employment market and somehow, only good at insisting that the world owns them a living
Titikaka 9 years ago

we need to be realistic in discussion of graduate unemployment. we talk as if the jobs are there begging but due to poor quality of education, graduates are unable to get jobs when they leave school. come again!!

we need to be realistic in discussion of graduate unemployment. we talk as if the jobs are there begging but due to poor quality of education, graduates are unable to get jobs when they leave school. come again!!
Yaw Adu-Asare 9 years ago

Ahow us the country's development agenda and I will show you why our graduates do not perform.

Ahow us the country's development agenda and I will show you why our graduates do not perform.
kb 9 years ago

One thing i have noticed in ghana is,people like being call university graduate for graduate sake,not too much concern about the knowledge and the advance skill he or she need to impact on the economy
How can you graduate ...
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One thing i have noticed in ghana is,people like being call university graduate for graduate sake,not too much concern about the knowledge and the advance skill he or she need to impact on the economy
How can you graduate from versity and cant think out of the box to create job for your self.
In europe most of the inventors are High shool lever ,they create their own small jobs and employ two or three people,and then expand later when need be.
Jojo 9 years ago

OPAYIN ''''ECONOMIST'''NII MOI THOMPSON.

PLEASE, YOU HAVE BEEN THERE IN GHANA FOR SO MANY YEARS AS AN ECONOMIST,HAVING SERVED ON MANY NATIONAL PLANNING BOARD OF GOVERNMENTS AND EVEN TO BECOME ILO REPRESENTATIVE IN GHANA.
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OPAYIN ''''ECONOMIST'''NII MOI THOMPSON.

PLEASE, YOU HAVE BEEN THERE IN GHANA FOR SO MANY YEARS AS AN ECONOMIST,HAVING SERVED ON MANY NATIONAL PLANNING BOARD OF GOVERNMENTS AND EVEN TO BECOME ILO REPRESENTATIVE IN GHANA.

WERE YOU NOT AWARE OF THE MANY SERIOUS SET-BACKS THAT FACED AND CONTINUE TO FACE PUBLIC,PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES AND RESERACH INSTITUTIONS IN THE COUNTRY.

AS YOU ARE AWARE,EDUCATION AND RESSEARCH CONTINUE TO BE THE FOUNDATION STONE FOR COUNTRIES IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD.

ONCE OUR UNIVERSITIES ARE NOT GEAREDI N PROVIDING SCIENTIFIC ENQUIRY AND TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS TO THE CHALLENGES IN INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND TO CREATE DYNAMIC INDUSTRIES AND COMPANINIES THAT MANUFACTURES PRODUCTS AND PROVIDES ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR A WIDE RANGE OF INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND CONSUMER MARKETS, HOW DO YOU EXPECT GHANAIAN EDUCATED GRADUATES TO FIND JOBS AT THE LABOUR MARKET.

WHAT JOBS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT-AT THE PUBLIC SECTOR.

IT IS AT THE PUBLIC SECTOR THAT A TRUE MARKET SYSTEM WORKS.

IN FACT, WE MUST BE LUCKY TO HAVE THE HARDWORKING ILLITERATE COCOA FARMERS AND UNSKILLED MINE WORKEERS AND UPON THEIR TOIL AND SWEAT DO THE NATION STILL CONTINUE EARN ITS HARD CURRENCY FROM THE EXPORT OF THEIR PRODUCE AND MINERAL RESOURCES TO SERVICE NATIONAL BUDGETS, IMPORTATION OF GOODS AND LUCURY EXPENSIVE CARS AND JEEPS FOR THE MERRY MAKING OF UNPRODUCTIVE NOISY EDUCATED PEOPLE APPOINTED TO POSITIONS AT THE PUBLIC SECTOR,UNIVERSITUES AND RESEARCH INSTTITUTIONS IN THE COUNTRY.

SECONDLY, FOR THE PAST FORTY EIGHT (48)YEARS SINCE THE EXIT OF DR KWAME NKRUMAH OF BLESSED MEMORY,HAVE THERE BEEN ANY CAMPAINGN AIMS TO EMPHASIZE THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL TRAINING AND ENCOURGES DIVERSE TRAINING AT THE PUBLIC SECTOR-JOB LEARNING WITH THEORETICAL INSTRUCTIONS.

THE CIVIL SERVICE FOR THE PAST FIFTY SEVEN(57)YEARS IS STILL STRUCTURED ON WHAT THE DEPARTING BRITISH GOVERNMENT HANDED OVER TO GHANA:

FROM CLERICAL ASSISTANT THOUGH TO PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

THE STRUCTURAL TRASFORMATION AS A PATH WAY OUT OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY INVOLVES FOUR MAIN FEATURES:

A FALLING SHARE OF AGRICULTURE IN ECONOMIC OUTPUT AND EMPLOYMENT,A RAISING SHARE OF ECONIMIC ACTIVITY IN INDUSTRY POWERED BY PRACTICAL PRECISION PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, NATURAL SCIENCE PERSONNEL AND QUALITY SKILLED WORKFORCE TRAINED IN THE VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL TRADES AS (ARTISANS, TECHNICIANS) AND TO ENABLE GHANA TO TURN THE WHEELS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION,ECONOMIC GROWTH, EMPLOYMENT,INCOME,CONSUMER SPENDING AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

OPAYIN, LET US NT BIDE BEHIND THE CURTAINS AND PASS JUDGEMENT,

THE EDUCATED IN GHANA AND MOST ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH ECONOMICS,COST AND WORKS ACCOUNTANTS, BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION DEGREE TITLES,HAVE INDEED FAILED TO APPLY THE TEACHINGS AS CONTAINED IN THESE BOOKS.

WHY SHOULD THE ECONOMISTS AND THE EDUCATED CONTINUE TO ASK HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT MAHAM TO TRAVEL ADDITIONAL BOUNDARIES AND TO BEG FOR BAILOUT FROM THE WORLD BANK AND IMF.

ARE WE NOT VERY SHAMEFUL AND DISGRACEFUL PEOPLE ON EARTH.
OYIWA 9 years ago

Heeerrrrhhhh...half-baked is calling others half-baked. Is this not the character who said the US dollar was appreciating against the cedi under their watch at the MoF, at the time the cedi was falling like a ton of bricks. I ...
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Heeerrrrhhhh...half-baked is calling others half-baked. Is this not the character who said the US dollar was appreciating against the cedi under their watch at the MoF, at the time the cedi was falling like a ton of bricks. It is a known fact that the dollar has been the reserve currency for ages and thus, has certainty with respect to it's stability.
I remember, the day he said that, the next day he was transferred to where he is now...lol.
I never knew these NDC characters had a unique talent for comedy...lol.
Jojo 9 years ago

PARDON ME:

IT IS AT THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND NOT PUBLIC SECTORTHAT A TRUE MARKET SYSTEM WORKS.

INPUT-OUTPUT.

PARDON ME:

IT IS AT THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND NOT PUBLIC SECTORTHAT A TRUE MARKET SYSTEM WORKS.

INPUT-OUTPUT.
DENTE 9 years ago

tTHAT'S THE PLAIN TRUTH. I RECEIVE LETTERS FROM UNIVERSITY GRADUATESFROM
GHANA AND I CANNOT BELIEVE THEY ACTUALLY WROTE THEM. OUR UNIVERSITIES
CURRICULUM NEED REFORMS

tTHAT'S THE PLAIN TRUTH. I RECEIVE LETTERS FROM UNIVERSITY GRADUATESFROM
GHANA AND I CANNOT BELIEVE THEY ACTUALLY WROTE THEM. OUR UNIVERSITIES
CURRICULUM NEED REFORMS
daigreenon fui thackley 9 years ago

well said dr. l've always wondered how on earth could a student graduates from school from say a business program without been taught such critical stuff like preparation of business plan & proposals, financial & marketing pl ...
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well said dr. l've always wondered how on earth could a student graduates from school from say a business program without been taught such critical stuff like preparation of business plan & proposals, financial & marketing plans, strategic investments in the stock markets. besides there is such a heavy & skewed emphasis on graduates been just job seekers jobs & playing subservient roles and the like other than trying to direct students attention to creativity and identifying opportunities in practicals hands on value additions to our basic raw materials which abounds all arounds us. at this point, once again l appeal to the president to ensure that of the proposed 200 community day shs's half this number should be purely technical & vocational schools with highly trained instructors and be highly equiped to offer cutting-edge training and skills to students to enabled them be self-reliant. one realized that even a lot of the stuff and examples taught student at school are simply lifted from foreign texts which thus fails to meet the understanding of students without identifying local examples. our vice chancellors are also partly to be blame for just adding new courses without considering its relevance to the nation.
Godfried 9 years ago

It is worth noting that even if the University graduates were competent, they are too small in number to address the 21st Century socio-economic issues that Ghana faces. Rather it is the duty of every Ghanaian to be innovativ ...
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It is worth noting that even if the University graduates were competent, they are too small in number to address the 21st Century socio-economic issues that Ghana faces. Rather it is the duty of every Ghanaian to be innovative and entrepreneurial. A paradigm shift is, therefore required in Ghana for the thinking that entrepreneurial economy requires all. Such an approach would put us ahead of the world. I am sure of it.

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