Scrap national service, YEA – Frimpong Boateng

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blackbarnes 8 years ago

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OLD SOLDIER 8 years ago

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My friend, picture no lie. Or the picture too has been fabricated? This government is the most hopeless one in the annals of this country. How can you boast about your popularity and still be resorting to ...
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My friend, picture no lie. Or the picture too has been fabricated? This government is the most hopeless one in the annals of this country. How can you boast about your popularity and still be resorting to these communist-inferior tactics?
Yes We Can 8 years ago

National service should be a must, and should include 3~6 months military training.

National service should be a must, and should include 3~6 months military training.
Koj 8 years ago

I thought you were going to give the reasons why the vocational training outweighs the national service vice versa. If the existing scheme (national service) is useful then you should be seeking for funding instead for the TV ...
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I thought you were going to give the reasons why the vocational training outweighs the national service vice versa. If the existing scheme (national service) is useful then you should be seeking for funding instead for the TVET
SUNKWA 8 years ago

WHY SHOULD NATIONAL SERVICE BE SCRAPPED BECAUSE YOU WANT IMPROVED TECHNICAL & VOCATIONAL TRAINING? NEXT THING YOU'LL BE ASKING FOR PLANET EARTH TO BE EMPTIED BECAUSE YOU WANT TO ADDRESS GLOBAL WARMING... LEARN TO BUILD ON THE ...
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WHY SHOULD NATIONAL SERVICE BE SCRAPPED BECAUSE YOU WANT IMPROVED TECHNICAL & VOCATIONAL TRAINING? NEXT THING YOU'LL BE ASKING FOR PLANET EARTH TO BE EMPTIED BECAUSE YOU WANT TO ADDRESS GLOBAL WARMING... LEARN TO BUILD ON THE PRESENT NOT DESTROY BECAUSE YOU HAVE IDEAS TO BUILD...
Rev. Sam J 8 years ago

the view of a ghanaian professor 3y3 ase3m

the view of a ghanaian professor 3y3 ase3m
Foreigner 8 years ago

This is an idea worth considering.

The National Service program provides very little, if no, experience to graduates. They do little work, if even having to show up to work at all. I've seen it from first hand experience ...
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This is an idea worth considering.

The National Service program provides very little, if no, experience to graduates. They do little work, if even having to show up to work at all. I've seen it from first hand experience. Now, there will likely be some disciplines where it makes sense (e.g. nursing) but for the most part, it's a waste of taxpayers money and more importantly, the students are no further ahead in getting 'real work' experience.

The technical skill level is very poor in Ghana. Look at what happened when the Brazilian construction company working at Circle in Accra tried to get welders. NO ONE passed the welding test required for doing the work on the overpasses.
Isaac M Amofah 8 years ago

It is a good advised any government who will govern our country should improve TVET.

It is a good advised any government who will govern our country should improve TVET.
Naa Ami 8 years ago

It goes without saying that graduates being obliged to do National Service has outlived its usefulness and should be scrapped with immediate effect. The scheme is no longer relevant and irrelevant but as usual this incompeten ...
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It goes without saying that graduates being obliged to do National Service has outlived its usefulness and should be scrapped with immediate effect. The scheme is no longer relevant and irrelevant but as usual this incompetent government which lacks initiative does not have the vision to start the process of winding down the scheme.
papa kwaku 8 years ago

scrap national service,YEA..Frimpong Boateng

scrap national service,YEA..Frimpong Boateng
papa kwaku 8 years ago

scrap national service, YEA Frimpong Boateng

scrap national service, YEA Frimpong Boateng
KG 8 years ago

Those critisising or even condeming the Prof. do not have an idea of the practical realities of National Service on the ground. A large section of them spend the period doing nothing productive, not to talk of gaining any exp ...
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Those critisising or even condeming the Prof. do not have an idea of the practical realities of National Service on the ground. A large section of them spend the period doing nothing productive, not to talk of gaining any experience in their profession of choice and for that matter a large chunk of the money spent on the scheme gives the tax payer no value in return. The scheme should either be serously reformed or (prefarably)scrapped.
Quame Ghana 8 years ago

I think Prof. is making a good point here. National service and Gyeeda are jst vehicles for looting the state. Having a stronger technical base would help the country to develop. Prez Mahama should sit up and think of better ...
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I think Prof. is making a good point here. National service and Gyeeda are jst vehicles for looting the state. Having a stronger technical base would help the country to develop. Prez Mahama should sit up and think of better ways of helping the youth than creating Avenues for people to steal.
UAE 8 years ago

Prof u are on point but unfortunately we are dealing wit high profile nation wreckers who only think abt rigging elections n clinging to power to create loot n share. God is watching !!

Prof u are on point but unfortunately we are dealing wit high profile nation wreckers who only think abt rigging elections n clinging to power to create loot n share. God is watching !!
Abaabia 8 years ago

Okay a retrospect into the period of the passage of the national law and its impact on its beneficiaries and the nation as a whole. Lets also consider whether the lack of vocation and technical knowledge left any economic den ...
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Okay a retrospect into the period of the passage of the national law and its impact on its beneficiaries and the nation as a whole. Lets also consider whether the lack of vocation and technical knowledge left any economic dent in our lives as Ghanaians.Lets also consider the present state of unemployment that left many ex-service personnel with no option than some of them resorting to joining ISIS and then ask ourselves whether the learned prof is making sense.
Joe Turkey 8 years ago

Remember when National Service was a Cuban-borrowed revolutionary idea to get the youth involved in the so-called national development and vigilanteism? There was no long-term plan for this exercise and there is no need for i ...
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Remember when National Service was a Cuban-borrowed revolutionary idea to get the youth involved in the so-called national development and vigilanteism? There was no long-term plan for this exercise and there is no need for it, then or now. This is why we need more sensible people in power, cadres.
Ansah Benjamin 8 years ago

Prof ,where were you for this while, we need people like you in the economy.I am interested in just the saying we want to action from you our leaders.
stay blessed

Prof ,where were you for this while, we need people like you in the economy.I am interested in just the saying we want to action from you our leaders.
stay blessed
AMN 8 years ago

FRIMPONG-BOATEND NEVER MAKES SENSE. HE IS TOO POLITICAL WITH HIS NPP IDEAS.GHANA CAN DO BETTER WITHOUT HIM.

FRIMPONG-BOATEND NEVER MAKES SENSE. HE IS TOO POLITICAL WITH HIS NPP IDEAS.GHANA CAN DO BETTER WITHOUT HIM.
Charles 8 years ago

The well respected professor is creating the wrong impression that national service and vocational training are alternatives. The two are very good and must be encouraged; there is no reason why one must be dropped for the ot ...
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The well respected professor is creating the wrong impression that national service and vocational training are alternatives. The two are very good and must be encouraged; there is no reason why one must be dropped for the other to thrive.
What the professor should have done was to patiently study how the national service (NS) and other current youth programmes are running before attempting to offer any proposal. If he had done that, he would have seen that NS and YEA are as important as the vocational training he is trying to promote.
ACCRAMAN 8 years ago

Not sure how much we spend on the Ghana military but, we should scrap that as well. Besides helping with UN duties, I do not see the relevance of Ghana having a military institution. Empower the police force instead. The poli ...
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Not sure how much we spend on the Ghana military but, we should scrap that as well. Besides helping with UN duties, I do not see the relevance of Ghana having a military institution. Empower the police force instead. The police force with the proper training should be capable of quelling any civil unrest in the country. We should stand resolute and not wage any wars with our neighbouring countries. It is only USA that solves matters with military might.

Like it or not, there will eventually be a coup in Ghana and the soldiers will be used by the so-called Western powers to achieve their aim of overthrowing an elected government if things don't work in their favour.

Expand the police to incorporate all the military servicemen. Make them (the relevant ones) police officers.

The prof is right, scrap the national service and follow his ideas. We can make Ghana proud. Professor Adei (formerly of GIMPA)is another strongman the government needs to listen to when searching for leaders with vision.
I be your paddy 8 years ago

Are u alright, do u really understand what the GREAT PROF Frimpong Boateng is proposing? I don't think so

Are u alright, do u really understand what the GREAT PROF Frimpong Boateng is proposing? I don't think so
I be your paddy 8 years ago

They will never come out with any ideas and also instead of analysing ideas people come out with, they always read unecessary politivs into it. An example is this daft AMN boy. Instead of him to analyse what Frimpong Boateng ...
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They will never come out with any ideas and also instead of analysing ideas people come out with, they always read unecessary politivs into it. An example is this daft AMN boy. Instead of him to analyse what Frimpong Boateng is proposing,he claims he doesn't like him because he is political. Such crap from an idiot like him.
KEKELI 8 years ago

Good evening, Prof. In as much as I agree with you on Vocational & Technical education, I do not support the idea of stopping National Service. Though after long years of neglect of Vocational & Technical education, the Natio ...
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Good evening, Prof. In as much as I agree with you on Vocational & Technical education, I do not support the idea of stopping National Service. Though after long years of neglect of Vocational & Technical education, the National service scheme has to be reorganized to benefit the organizations and communities that they serve. In addition, military training must be included to rebuild a degrading moral values we are currently experiencing as a nation.
VICTORIA 8 years ago

IF GHANA IS TO LEAP FROG IN HER DEVELOPMENT, IT WILL BE THROUGH TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING. PARENTS AND GUARDIANS SHOULD ENCOURAGE THEIR CHILDREN AND WARDS IN THIS AREA. GOVERNMENTS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR ...
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IF GHANA IS TO LEAP FROG IN HER DEVELOPMENT, IT WILL BE THROUGH TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING. PARENTS AND GUARDIANS SHOULD ENCOURAGE THEIR CHILDREN AND WARDS IN THIS AREA. GOVERNMENTS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR SHOULD SUCH INSTITUTES THAT OFFER TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING.
VICTORIA 8 years ago

GOVERNMENT ANT THE PRIVATE SECTOR SHOULD FUND THE TVET. INDUSTRY SHOULD PROVIDE BE INVOLVED IN PROVIDING THE RELEVANT SKILLS REQUIRED FOR DEVELOPMENT. NO ARM CHAIR LECTURERS.

GOVERNMENT ANT THE PRIVATE SECTOR SHOULD FUND THE TVET. INDUSTRY SHOULD PROVIDE BE INVOLVED IN PROVIDING THE RELEVANT SKILLS REQUIRED FOR DEVELOPMENT. NO ARM CHAIR LECTURERS.
Joe McKing, UK 8 years ago

KNUST should be stopped from running law courses and the like. they should concentrate on technical courses which is the reason why it was set up. polytechnics should solely run technical courses too

KNUST should be stopped from running law courses and the like. they should concentrate on technical courses which is the reason why it was set up. polytechnics should solely run technical courses too

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