Nunoo-Mensah: Ghana's education system useless

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PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE P33) 8 years ago

Author:-OFOSUAA.....

JJ Rawlings knows too well that he has unleashed a group of monsters and nation wreckers on Ghanaians bcos this current ndc is never what he dreamt of at all at all…..this ndc fears to use the very w ...
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Author:-OFOSUAA.....

JJ Rawlings knows too well that he has unleashed a group of monsters and nation wreckers on Ghanaians bcos this current ndc is never what he dreamt of at all at all…..this ndc fears to use the very words JJ used to captivate the millions of Ghanaians across the length and breadth of the country…PROBITY TRANSPARENCY ACCOUNTABILITY INTEGRITY EQUITY…….this new ndc teams up with criminals and dupes Ghanaians and hide under the guise of TRIBALISM AND ETHNIC POLITICS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE POOR MASSES MOST OF WHOM ARE IGNORANT AND NOT WELL EDUCATED……so they don’t know the evils of ndc thro SADA GYEEDA SUBAH BURBRANDING WOYOME DUBIOUS JDGT DEBTS SOLE SOURCING OF CONTRACTS TO DRAIN OUR COFFERS ……..WHAT IS JJ GOING TO DO ABOUT THESE CRIMINALS DESTROYING GHANA BIG TIME
Ama Pontua 8 years ago

Ofosuaa, well said. One ought to cry at what these NDC people have done.
They just won't steal the money: they want to unleash tribal violence as well. Using acid on political opponents etc

Ofosuaa, well said. One ought to cry at what these NDC people have done.
They just won't steal the money: they want to unleash tribal violence as well. Using acid on political opponents etc
OLD SOLDIER 8 years ago

Author:-Mahmoud.....
Governance under the NDC government is all about 'opium of the people. They enjoy everything under the sun but ask us to wait for our basic needs in heaven. And as they ask us to tighten our belts for fu ...
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Author:-Mahmoud.....
Governance under the NDC government is all about 'opium of the people. They enjoy everything under the sun but ask us to wait for our basic needs in heaven. And as they ask us to tighten our belts for future betterment, they've already loosened theirs for immediate consumption. They didn't even respect our intelligence when they said there would be paradise in Ghana if we gave them another mandate after the 2016 elections. The truth is that, everything they promise is a mirage and we will never find comfort under them because; they are con-men with con plans.
Jones 8 years ago

Rawlings is the one who destroyed Ghana. He ruled Ghana the longest and then formed a political party whose members don't have a clue about governance.

Rawlings is the one who destroyed Ghana. He ruled Ghana the longest and then formed a political party whose members don't have a clue about governance.
SCHEMER 8 years ago

As for this one I am hundred percent with you. A graduate writes to you and you ask yourself, has this person really completed the University or College? Really we have to sit down and find a more viable approach to educatio ...
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As for this one I am hundred percent with you. A graduate writes to you and you ask yourself, has this person really completed the University or College? Really we have to sit down and find a more viable approach to education devoid of politics.
inercycl 8 years ago

There is too much mushrooming of the educational system. People who know nothing about education forming their own universities... there is just too many of them.And pretty soon the equivalent of a university degree would be ...
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There is too much mushrooming of the educational system. People who know nothing about education forming their own universities... there is just too many of them.And pretty soon the equivalent of a university degree would be like the old standard 7...the latter even better.#@ Indian education
Frank Agyena-Karikari 8 years ago

The main reason for the poor standard of education is how our JHS and SHS were implemented. It was in a crazy rush and no educationist could speak against it. The government had gone for IMF loan and Ghana was requested to re ...
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The main reason for the poor standard of education is how our JHS and SHS were implemented. It was in a crazy rush and no educationist could speak against it. The government had gone for IMF loan and Ghana was requested to reform her educational system. Reform was necessary but not in that rush.
There were no teachers and books for the reforms so the "Old teachers" taught the new subjects that were introduced. There are no workshops and labs constructed for the practical subjects. Even as I write, many schools have no workshops and labs, yet such practical subjects are supposed to taught. Some of us who opposed the way the reforms were being done were seen as AGAINST. I worked during vacations as an assistant examiner who helped with setting questions, develop marking schemes and marked WAEC exams at that time. Some of complained about the performance of the first batch of JSS. We were told that "if a student wants to write a cow and cannot write it but draw a cow, we should mark it correct for the student." What then do you expect?
We spoke against 3 year SHS but that we should maintain a 4 year one but because of politics, the government at that time stuck to 3 year SHS. Some schools like Okuapemman, Prempeh Achimota and the schools considered as First Class can do it in 3 years because they have experienced teachers and facilities that go into teaching and learning but we are talking about a whole country. Kuffour came and made SHS duration for 4 years only for Mills to come and change it to 3 years again. The politicians with Nunoo Mensah as one of them simply played politics with our educational system.
As at now, go to our universities and see the number of students a lecturer has to handle. Is it not true that some students stand outside to take lectures at Legon?
In all this, lecturers are not well paid and students have no access to new books. They still use books published in the 1950s. So, some lecturers don't care but just push the students into the system. After all, that is what the government wants. I don't want to write a thesis on the fallen standard of education in Ghana but I put the blame on Papa Jerry on how the educational reforms were carried out. How do you start a reform without even a pilot program?
For some time now, teachers are not well paid, some are not paid for close to two years, there are no Learning and Teaching materials in our schools. What do you expect? Alorvi who was the president of NAGRAT once said that if you don't pay us and you want to force us to teach, we shall teach the kids that a grasshopper is a Helicopter. During the time of the USSR, workers had a maxim which goes like this: "They pretend to pay us and we also pretend to work." Yes, many Ghanaians will be shocked on how Continuous Assessments are done in most schools. Nunoo, you were part of the government so take your share of the blame.
Eye Yen Dargartefour 8 years ago

Frank thanks a lot for your assessment and analysis of this problem. Any adult who understands education is sad of how Ghana's standard of education has fallen from grace to grass. Gone were the good old days when one had to ...
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Frank thanks a lot for your assessment and analysis of this problem. Any adult who understands education is sad of how Ghana's standard of education has fallen from grace to grass. Gone were the good old days when one had to burn the mid-night oil just to go through "O" Level exams. Now Masters degrees are just given on silver platters. The irony of the whole situation is that these very politicians who destroyed the education simply send their children overseas to study, eg JJ Rawlings. Still people don't see the damage these politicians and soldiers have done to this country. Let JJ's car pass and you'll hear people showering praises him JJ,JJ,JJ. It's equally sad that Ghanaians can't call spade a spade.
asem 8 years ago

Those who implemented these policies send their children out of the country to educate them. They know very well they are not doing the rest of the population any good.

Those who implemented these policies send their children out of the country to educate them. They know very well they are not doing the rest of the population any good.
David Ansah 8 years ago

I did not know you are that stupid.Infact,you are a moron.Who made a dunce like you an examiner?

I did not know you are that stupid.Infact,you are a moron.Who made a dunce like you an examiner?
Mensah 8 years ago

nothing under your skull, goat

nothing under your skull, goat
KING LOMOTEY 8 years ago

Since Nkrumah's administration Ghana has been saddled with piecemeal education, from cyto to chew & pour & forget, to fairly good, but devoid of critical thinking for the very few.

To make matters worse, our young ones hav ...
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Since Nkrumah's administration Ghana has been saddled with piecemeal education, from cyto to chew & pour & forget, to fairly good, but devoid of critical thinking for the very few.

To make matters worse, our young ones have been sucked into the age of distraction. Though they can't read & think critically, they are on social media 24/7.
Truth Hurts!! 8 years ago

When Kuffour gave the quota system for Asantes to enter the universities to pursue courses of excellence.They're born to be bloated in the head,thus educating them affect every part of the skeleton of education.

When Kuffour gave the quota system for Asantes to enter the universities to pursue courses of excellence.They're born to be bloated in the head,thus educating them affect every part of the skeleton of education.
Sam 8 years ago

Your comment is exactly what Gen. Nunoo is talking about. With such puerile knowledge and ingrained tribal sentiment and psychotic aberration, go and get some psychiatric treatment with the hope of acquiring some "KNOWLEDGE"

Your comment is exactly what Gen. Nunoo is talking about. With such puerile knowledge and ingrained tribal sentiment and psychotic aberration, go and get some psychiatric treatment with the hope of acquiring some "KNOWLEDGE"
Kojo Billy Duncan 8 years ago

Yes, the problem is the only literature that captures the brain of our people is religious stuff. They are not keen to discover the magic of mathematics, science, engineering and technology. They would rather seek development ...
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Yes, the problem is the only literature that captures the brain of our people is religious stuff. They are not keen to discover the magic of mathematics, science, engineering and technology. They would rather seek development in mythical fables.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 8 years ago

Billy, the Developed Countries also teach fables and legends. They even teach Moral and Cultural values. Ask any educationist how much inputs the government put into the Sciences, particularly engineering and technology even ...
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Billy, the Developed Countries also teach fables and legends. They even teach Moral and Cultural values. Ask any educationist how much inputs the government put into the Sciences, particularly engineering and technology even right from elementary schools. Ask any student even at te tertiary level the number of times they do labs. The government is now interested in turning Poly institutions into universities without taking into consideration what it takes to build a modern university. Mushroom universities are being allowed to spring up everywhere without even qualified lecturers and supervision. Why should this happen and who should we blame? The brochure that was used for Ghana@59 tells how rotten our educational system has become. Too many MBAs and PhDs with nothing to show for. Many of them are even fake.
Nana Kasapreko III 8 years ago

It is absolutely not true that the developed countries also teach fables and legends. I educated my children across several developed countries and nowhere were they required to submit to fables, legends hocus-pocus(religion ...
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It is absolutely not true that the developed countries also teach fables and legends. I educated my children across several developed countries and nowhere were they required to submit to fables, legends hocus-pocus(religion).

They know the damage that religious education can cause to the human mind and human society and that is why they rather encourage us to go overboard with that stuff which they forced upon us whilst they avoid it like the plague. As a result, Africans have become intellectually emasculated and dispirited. We wait upon poor ol God to come down and do everything for us whilst we cheat, steal, lie, commit adultery profusely and go to sleep.

The problem with the education sector in Ghana is not whether govt puts in more money here or there. It is because the govt has lost control and grasp of education. They do not know what the problems with it are and they do not know what to do to make it relevant and beneficial to our peculiar needs.

Our govts are being blackmailed and mesmerized by global capitalist institutions such the IMF and the World Bank to adopt all sorts of unfriendly, unsuitable and unproductive western oriented educational policies that dont work and have never worked to our interest.

As I have stated above, we need strong intelligent and dedicated honest leaders to stand firm and take us out of the rut. The wishy-washy, namby-pamby insipid types like the Rawlings, Kufuors and Mahamas are just typical dozy dumb third world leaders who do not know whats going on around them in the world.
David Ansah 8 years ago

Shame on you moron.You have been exposed.

Shame on you moron.You have been exposed.
SAINT 8 years ago

GHANAIAN YOUTH HAVE BEEN INTO RELIGIOUS ZOMBIES READING ONLY THE BIBLE. THEY HATE ANALYTICAL SUBJECTS EG MATHS,SCIENCE. GOVT SHOULD OFFER SPECIAL INCENTIVES TO ENCOURAGE THEM DO MATHS, SCIENCE

GHANAIAN YOUTH HAVE BEEN INTO RELIGIOUS ZOMBIES READING ONLY THE BIBLE. THEY HATE ANALYTICAL SUBJECTS EG MATHS,SCIENCE. GOVT SHOULD OFFER SPECIAL INCENTIVES TO ENCOURAGE THEM DO MATHS, SCIENCE
Charles Agbenu 8 years ago

Since 1979, u have been one of Rawlings evil cohorts who have visited foolishness and misery on the sverage Ghanaian. Are you now seeing the light?

Be bold and condemn your Master Paul Gyamfi

Since 1979, u have been one of Rawlings evil cohorts who have visited foolishness and misery on the sverage Ghanaian. Are you now seeing the light?

Be bold and condemn your Master Paul Gyamfi
Kofi 8 years ago

Thank you Charles, this man pops out to tell us things he and his cohorts have visited on Ghanaians and wants to blame us for that? By the way, who told him if you complete university you should be able to build a bicycle?

Thank you Charles, this man pops out to tell us things he and his cohorts have visited on Ghanaians and wants to blame us for that? By the way, who told him if you complete university you should be able to build a bicycle?
Nana Kasapreko III 8 years ago

Mr Agbenu, now that the man is showing that he is not a complete buffoon but that he also has visible strains of good sense, let us embrace his ideas.

I mean I am 100% in support of what he is saying here on this subject. ...
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Mr Agbenu, now that the man is showing that he is not a complete buffoon but that he also has visible strains of good sense, let us embrace his ideas.

I mean I am 100% in support of what he is saying here on this subject. The only thing is that the solutions he is offering will not work.

If he is saying that we must form committees, obviously comprising the same kind of people who are themselves victims of the unsuitable and unproductive educational system and who call themselves experts, to rectify the bad situation that we find ourselves in, in the educational sector, then we can all assure ourselves that nothing will ultimately be solved.

What we need here are intelligent people who can think outside the box to revolutionize the entire educational system. At our level of development, we need an educational system that is geared towards nation-building and not greedy and capitalist educational pursuits.

An educational system based on greed and capitalist pursuits, only produces a few successful individuals who naturally, would end up being satisfied only with their small glamorous corner and not the myriad of nagging problems that faces an entire developing society.

If only we can get a few no-nonsense and disciplined leaders of the caliber of Kwame Nkrumah to either reinvigorate the state educational sector to produce the kind of quality student material that made this country a great country in the sixties, illiterate graduates who dwell mainly on institutional privilege would be a thing of the past.

If we can do that, nobody will waste unnecessarily huge amounts of their hard-earned small income to educate their children in fanciful private institutions when the state can do better. The state has the capacity to do this but this ability is continuously hampered, undermined and frustrated by a collaboration of criminals in the administrative depts of the state educational system and the ownership of private schools whose major interest is not aimed at a developed society but by how much money he can make out of client-students to make him stand out from the deprived crowd.

Of course the string of inept and daft govts since 1966, are the supervisors of this cruel system that seeks to make a few individuals in society better and therefore richer than the rest. A good example is Rawlings who totally destroyed what was left of the then educational system that Nkrumah left and subsequently and selfishly sent his own children abroad to get better training to lord it over their peers. His daughter who is not even a registered voter, but wants other inferior, stupid and badly educated registered voters to vote for her, is a clear example of the capitalist lust to look down upon, use and dominate others in society for our individual benefits only.
Constable Joy 8 years ago

EDUCATION SYSTEM NOT ONLY USELESS BUT THE GRATS ARE AIMLESS

EDUCATION SYSTEM NOT ONLY USELESS BUT THE GRATS ARE AIMLESS
Raila Odinga 8 years ago

Are you a product of this broken educational system ? That bogus JSS system is what caused all these problems.

By the way what is " grats " ? You wrote it. There is no such word in the English language

Are you a product of this broken educational system ? That bogus JSS system is what caused all these problems.

By the way what is " grats " ? You wrote it. There is no such word in the English language
Minua 8 years ago

Oh!!. Where from this ma? I thought he was dead. Long live Brigadia.

Oh!!. Where from this ma? I thought he was dead. Long live Brigadia.
Akosua atta 8 years ago

Minua this is what we r talking about , ready to insult people. The man is totally right, these young generation can not do anything only quick money greedy n lazy

Minua this is what we r talking about , ready to insult people. The man is totally right, these young generation can not do anything only quick money greedy n lazy
NO COMMENTS 8 years ago

Ewes and the northerners are claiming that they are more educated and can speak better english than any tribe in ghana. May I ask them what have any of them create or bring on board apart from buga buga someones language (eng ...
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Ewes and the northerners are claiming that they are more educated and can speak better english than any tribe in ghana. May I ask them what have any of them create or bring on board apart from buga buga someones language (english) they speak. SOFO KWADJO SAFO IS MORE INTELLIGENT THAN OUR USELESS UNIVERSITY GRADUATE who cannot even manufacture even toilet roll.
YOU SAID WHAT? 8 years ago

NO COMMENTS, YOU ARE AN IGNORANT TRIBALISTIC PERSON WHO DOES NOTHING BUT STIR EVIL SENTIMENTS.

AND THEN YOU WONDER WHY OUR COUNTRY IS SO BACKWARD, GROW UP!!

NO COMMENTS, YOU ARE AN IGNORANT TRIBALISTIC PERSON WHO DOES NOTHING BUT STIR EVIL SENTIMENTS.

AND THEN YOU WONDER WHY OUR COUNTRY IS SO BACKWARD, GROW UP!!
inercycl 8 years ago

So let's go back to the basics.Give mission schools back to their rightful owners, the Catholics, the Methodist, the Anglican Ahmadiyas, and all religious groups under a single GES syllabus. Then we will be back to the good o ...
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So let's go back to the basics.Give mission schools back to their rightful owners, the Catholics, the Methodist, the Anglican Ahmadiyas, and all religious groups under a single GES syllabus. Then we will be back to the good old days.For now the ideas of the JJs and his Anna Ennings was a big flop, the reason for the low standards in our educational system, not to talk about dwindling infrastructure in our schools, kids crawling on floors to be able to write...literally!
yaw 8 years ago

yes duration of sss became a problem.from 4 years to 3 years why

yes duration of sss became a problem.from 4 years to 3 years why
Frank Agyena-Karikari 8 years ago

Add to it that the students have no books, labs, workshops and sometimes even chalk and furniture. I blame PNDC for the fallen standard of Ghana's education. They should have listened to the educationists and started the educ ...
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Add to it that the students have no books, labs, workshops and sometimes even chalk and furniture. I blame PNDC for the fallen standard of Ghana's education. They should have listened to the educationists and started the educational reforms with pilot programs and appoint qualified people to handle that sensitive ministry.
ELI 8 years ago

The man is just right .

The man is just right .
EMMANUEL AGBESI 8 years ago

The situation in Ghana was generated by military drop-outs. What have they brought to the party???? Ghana Army destroyed the beauty of Ghana. God punish them for ever.

The situation in Ghana was generated by military drop-outs. What have they brought to the party???? Ghana Army destroyed the beauty of Ghana. God punish them for ever.
Kofi Ameko 8 years ago

The man spoke the truth.

The man spoke the truth.
Nana Yaw 8 years ago

To be able to build or invent something is done through research which is suppose to be led by the government and private institutions alike. What kind of research do we undertake in Ghana? The Ghana military can lead this fi ...
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To be able to build or invent something is done through research which is suppose to be led by the government and private institutions alike. What kind of research do we undertake in Ghana? The Ghana military can lead this fight too. The reason why countries like the U.S. is so successful is not only because of educationist, but because of the military. Most of the major researches from Internet to GPS navigation were all brought about by the U.S military. What is Ghana military waiting for? Do something.
KnYc(USMC) 8 years ago

After 26 plus years of P/NDC implementing your selfish social agenda to undermine education in Ghana, whiles your moron children educate in western culture. It has now come to your consciences how fucked up you guys have mess ...
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After 26 plus years of P/NDC implementing your selfish social agenda to undermine education in Ghana, whiles your moron children educate in western culture. It has now come to your consciences how fucked up you guys have mess this country up. You don't need to be an Einstein to figure out that P/NDC led JJ Raw...shit including this Nunoo-Mensah are part of the problem, but now he have the balls to insult students, who did not put in place policies that is leading to the decline of our country education programs, it is about time they contribute to improve our education programs and stop blaming poor little kids.
POLO 8 years ago

Dead on Right -Ghana's Education is Useless! The quality is pathetic!

Dead on Right -Ghana's Education is Useless! The quality is pathetic!
daladam 8 years ago

WE REMMBER HOW YOU TLK TO GHANA PEOPLE LIKE SHIT SO GET LOST MAN

WE REMMBER HOW YOU TLK TO GHANA PEOPLE LIKE SHIT SO GET LOST MAN
Bobo Dialoso 8 years ago

The government needs incorporate practical educational lessons into the curriculum. Students should learn to make their own school furniture, paint campuses and even cook meals for themselves. We need to incorporate a stude ...
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The government needs incorporate practical educational lessons into the curriculum. Students should learn to make their own school furniture, paint campuses and even cook meals for themselves. We need to incorporate a student work-study into programmes.
YOU SAID WHAT? 8 years ago

THEY ALLOW PEOPLE TO OPEN "UNIVERSITIES" AND COLLEGES WITHOUT ANY ACCREDITATION..GHANA IS LOST. NO RULE OR LAW IS EFFECTIVELY APPLIED.

THEY ALLOW PEOPLE TO OPEN "UNIVERSITIES" AND COLLEGES WITHOUT ANY ACCREDITATION..GHANA IS LOST. NO RULE OR LAW IS EFFECTIVELY APPLIED.
Adroba 8 years ago

Please let's make technical and vocational education free and increase fees for the useless subjects

Please let's make technical and vocational education free and increase fees for the useless subjects
imani 8 years ago

Thank you Brig. Nunoo.
I was a former student of University of Science and Technology in the 80’s. I studied Graphic Design and most of our contribution to society is shown in the advertising sector. I also recognized the ...
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Thank you Brig. Nunoo.
I was a former student of University of Science and Technology in the 80’s. I studied Graphic Design and most of our contribution to society is shown in the advertising sector. I also recognized the medical field as a reasonable contributor to society.

The actual technology sector such as Architecture, Building Technology, Agriculture Computer Science, etc, have nothing to show. Show me any magnificent edifice produced by our architects in Ghana. Is the agricultural department able to feed itself? It could not even have a chicken or “ampesi” farm in Kumasi or Accra campus. Now the whole educational system is watered down to incomprehensive and unwarranted levels such as levels 100, 200, what a heck is that? We have a proliferation of pocket universities producing excess liberal minds who desire to carry laptops around but don’t know the value of them except 419 deals.

In 70’s we went to elementary schools in clean buildings with desks in remote Ghana country side. Today we have children in the rural areas sitting on dusty floor.

Every high school kid wants a phone more expensive than many folks use in the western world. Don’t let me talk about the sleeping ministry of education. They are non-functional.

I and so PROUD of Asafo who is building cars. What is the government doing to help him? It will be great if the government has a sizable share in it. Oh! Africa.

Look, if you contribute to this topic don’t bring any traditional or political issues on board.
KKO 8 years ago

And what exactly did you do with your high faluting military training? Weren't you saluting a Flt Lieutenant as a Brigadier, just for your stomach?

How about your political prostitution, jumping into any party that seems t ...
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And what exactly did you do with your high faluting military training? Weren't you saluting a Flt Lieutenant as a Brigadier, just for your stomach?

How about your political prostitution, jumping into any party that seems to be winning power at any one time?

You are sensing that Mahama is losing power so you are about to jump ship again? What a waste of space!
TWWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEAAAKAI 8 years ago

you helped jj rawlings to make ghana education useless. you are the problem and useless soldier

you helped jj rawlings to make ghana education useless. you are the problem and useless soldier
Yawdonkor 8 years ago

When you have book writers, the examination board and educational authorities who see the poor standards as opportunity to exploit parents, this is what you have. We have books writers focussing on writing books for just exam ...
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When you have book writers, the examination board and educational authorities who see the poor standards as opportunity to exploit parents, this is what you have. We have books writers focussing on writing books for just examination purpose: an exams board that is happy to fail 75% in maths exams so that they can make money from re-sitters and managers of who have no clue what they are doing, what do you expect?
Kwadwo 8 years ago

Most of the contributors of this site have very short memories like Mahma said, 'Ghanaians have short memories' Nunoo Mensah's ndc destroyed our hitherto worldwide accepted educational system so he should answer with his Rawl ...
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Most of the contributors of this site have very short memories like Mahma said, 'Ghanaians have short memories' Nunoo Mensah's ndc destroyed our hitherto worldwide accepted educational system so he should answer with his Rawlings and to add insult to injury Rawlings took his children and educated them Overseas because he was the controller of the national purpose and could sponsor them and this same man will form a political party and say 'we are social democratically. Rawlings and his people don't even have an iota of Credibility and integrity to be in politics as they've ruined our nation which education is her bedrock.
Kwei Nmetey 8 years ago

Fair enough Kwadwo. Assuming that you are right and that he and his compatriots visited this rot on Ghana by their impetuous military adventures; is it not better to wake up from that darkness than never? Remember, the probl ...
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Fair enough Kwadwo. Assuming that you are right and that he and his compatriots visited this rot on Ghana by their impetuous military adventures; is it not better to wake up from that darkness than never? Remember, the problem is not about Nunnoo-Mensah. The problem is about Ghana. Ghana does not belong to Nunnoo-Mensah, nor any of his comrades. So rescuing the country is what is of utmost importance. Don't you think so?
ASAP 8 years ago

Its just one of the many things that your Rawlings destroyed in his clueless "revolution". Education, the Military, Political System, Banking System, Public Morality, Cultural Values such as reverence for elders, etc -- he de ...
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Its just one of the many things that your Rawlings destroyed in his clueless "revolution". Education, the Military, Political System, Banking System, Public Morality, Cultural Values such as reverence for elders, etc -- he destroyed them intending to bring about some fundamental changes. That was okay. Problem is he had no clue as to how to repair them. The result is the huge mess that Ghana is in today in nearly every aspect of our national body politic. History will not be kind to that half Ghanaian.
Osu Klottey 8 years ago

Nobody should mind Nunoo Mensah,he was directly involved in the imposition of this rubbish style of education on Ghanaians,so what is his course now,bring back the old system,class1-10 elementary,Form 1-5 Secondary,Lower and ...
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Nobody should mind Nunoo Mensah,he was directly involved in the imposition of this rubbish style of education on Ghanaians,so what is his course now,bring back the old system,class1-10 elementary,Form 1-5 Secondary,Lower and Upper 6th Forms,then the diversions is free will,University,Teachers Training,Technical,Nursery,Agriculture etc
kwabena 8 years ago

I urge Ghanaians to vote for this educated and multi skilled individual to transform our workforce and students into people who can truly develop our nation.

I urge Ghanaians to vote for this educated and multi skilled individual to transform our workforce and students into people who can truly develop our nation.
tweaa 8 years ago

WHEN OTHER HEADS OF STATES ARE THINKING DEEPLY AND SERIOUSLY ABOUT THE ECONOMIES OF THEIR COUNTRIES, SOME PRRSIDENT WE HAVE IN GHANA IS GOING ROUND AND BOASTING.

WHEN OTHER HEADS OF STATES ARE THINKING DEEPLY AND SERIOUSLY ABOUT THE ECONOMIES OF THEIR COUNTRIES, SOME PRRSIDENT WE HAVE IN GHANA IS GOING ROUND AND BOASTING.
samuel villa 8 years ago

Very honorable retired brigadier, any time I hear your take on issues of National interest, I say why are some of not in government.You are always right but who will take it? .Simply this why our beloved country continues to ...
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Very honorable retired brigadier, any time I hear your take on issues of National interest, I say why are some of not in government.You are always right but who will take it? .Simply this why our beloved country continues to cry for people like you and other like true,patriotic sons and daughters of Ghana to rule her,but now even subversionist are making frantic moves to take over mother Ghana to ensure her(Ghana)needless perfect death for their foolish,myopic and vain boastful parochial interest.How many general practitioners(physicians) in Ghana want to work in a health centre or a hospital in Bayirebabon,Kalba,Mpasaso Dotiem,Sambule ,kyibrinyuo,etc.?White doctors,highly qualified specialists and consultants lived and work in deprived corners of Ghana where so many preventable deaths occur every second,minute,hour and day.In short Ghanaians need a very serious mental and moral orientation. Carrier diplomats have no room and say in Ghana,what an accademc falacy !
maame afriyie 8 years ago

I agree in totality. we need to sit up as a country. am not sure a 20 years old Ghanaian can compete a 12 years old from china. lets be creative and stop the theories..

I agree in totality. we need to sit up as a country. am not sure a 20 years old Ghanaian can compete a 12 years old from china. lets be creative and stop the theories..
Nsafoah 8 years ago

Brigadier Sir, who told you that an infantry soldier cannot be productive to society? He can strip, assemble, aim, hold and fire a G3 rifle. That's productivity

Brigadier Sir, who told you that an infantry soldier cannot be productive to society? He can strip, assemble, aim, hold and fire a G3 rifle. That's productivity
Kofi 8 years ago

You contributed to it under PNDC and NDC.

You contributed to it under PNDC and NDC.
Akosua 8 years ago

HIS TEETH.SOMEONE WHO LEFT THE SHORES OF GHANA WITH TEACHER CERTIFICATE A IS A REGISTERED NURSE. ANOTHER WITH GCE PASS IS A DOCTORED IN PHARMACY.

HIS TEETH.SOMEONE WHO LEFT THE SHORES OF GHANA WITH TEACHER CERTIFICATE A IS A REGISTERED NURSE. ANOTHER WITH GCE PASS IS A DOCTORED IN PHARMACY.
DDT 8 years ago

Wise talk. Jah bless nunoo.

Wise talk. Jah bless nunoo.
Dr Kwame Tamakloe 8 years ago

I did comment earlier on the General's comment on Ghana as an importing country and its educational system. What I want to add is that the General should be extremely careful in assessing our educational system. What studies ...
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I did comment earlier on the General's comment on Ghana as an importing country and its educational system. What I want to add is that the General should be extremely careful in assessing our educational system. What studies has done to prove support his conclusion about our educational system? Academic programs do have different goals and different expectations. One should not expect someone who reads history to be able to fix his car and build his house. I have a degree in pubic policy, however I can fix my car and build my house not because of my degree but because I have been able to learn other things on my own.
I challenge the General to test our graduates in construction technology and automotive engineering to see if they will be able to build a house or fix a car. Knowledge must be related to practice and tend to be forgotten over time for lack of application.
The General should tour the entire globe to see the contribution of Ghana's educational system to world development. If the products of our educational are not productive at home some of the blame could be put at the door steps of the General for the culture of silence he imposed on Ghana during his time as a member of the PNDC. Also, one can conclude that he failed as general because he could not link with our universities to match skills that are demand in the armed forces in interest of so-called national security.
The General should behave like a statesman by having an honest conversation with the educational authorities about his concern with the educational system.
The issue with our educational system has do do with lowering of admission standards and this includes JSS, SSS, the polytechnics and the universities and inadequate infrastructural facilities.
Apau 8 years ago

Nonsense! Dr Wireko-Brobbey holds Ph.D in solar science.What he he done with it in Ghana other than manning Nkrumah"s 1966 Akosombo Dan?

Nonsense! Dr Wireko-Brobbey holds Ph.D in solar science.What he he done with it in Ghana other than manning Nkrumah"s 1966 Akosombo Dan?
Heavens 8 years ago

Massa you again!!!!! Can't you be silence and work. Remember your small school you made public announcement about. U know what I like you but be quiet abit and work

Massa you again!!!!! Can't you be silence and work. Remember your small school you made public announcement about. U know what I like you but be quiet abit and work
Kwame 8 years ago

Why change the old educational system were inherited from the british? The JSS SSS system introduced by the PNDC has destroyed the system. There were deficiences in the sytem but look I have lived in Europe for more than 25 y ...
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Why change the old educational system were inherited from the british? The JSS SSS system introduced by the PNDC has destroyed the system. There were deficiences in the sytem but look I have lived in Europe for more than 25 years and must tell you we had one of the best systems as regards basic education. How come an African who was educated in Africa can come to Europe and can teach mathematics if his school education is inferior.
BRIGHT 8 years ago

THE NDC GOVERNMENTS STARTING FROM RAWLINGS DESTROYED OUR ONCE RESPECTED EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
IN VIEW OF THIS, YOU ARE TECHNICALLY ONE OF THE GUYS WHO DESTROYED IT

THE NDC GOVERNMENTS STARTING FROM RAWLINGS DESTROYED OUR ONCE RESPECTED EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
IN VIEW OF THIS, YOU ARE TECHNICALLY ONE OF THE GUYS WHO DESTROYED IT
kofi 8 years ago

God bless you Mr. Nunooo-Mensah

God bless you Mr. Nunooo-Mensah
philipo Dahotmoney-Tema 8 years ago

Massa,we have individual difference so u have to think twice b4 posting such a tin here

Massa,we have individual difference so u have to think twice b4 posting such a tin here
Ankobra 8 years ago

Gone were the days when even Lodina an elementary brute attended GIMPA and then came out with Doctor. Look at that Doctor Lodina and what thesis and project work she swam on to be giving such a badge. Many mushroom doctorate ...
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Gone were the days when even Lodina an elementary brute attended GIMPA and then came out with Doctor. Look at that Doctor Lodina and what thesis and project work she swam on to be giving such a badge. Many mushroom doctorate degrees and nothing happens
Newsite bansah 8 years ago

It is very refreshing to hear these sentiments from Brigadier General Nunoo-Mensah (rtd). Our school system has deteriorated considerably. The problems extend beyond the students to poorly trained/qualified teachers, terri ...
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It is very refreshing to hear these sentiments from Brigadier General Nunoo-Mensah (rtd). Our school system has deteriorated considerably. The problems extend beyond the students to poorly trained/qualified teachers, terrible school administration, and bad learning conditions. How many public libraries do we still have in Ghana?

It is true that our school system is mainly "chew and pour" with very little application of knowledge. This is especially true for our regular secondary schools and universities. The exceptions used to be the polytechnics, where applied knowledge was the back-bone of their programs. Teachers had applied experience which they could teach to their students. Applied programs such as plumbing, electricals, engineering, auto mechanics, catering, etc., were taught in these schools.

It is therefore very sad and uninformed that the government sees a need to convert the polytechnics to universities. Soon, their students will join the generation of chew and pour graduates with no ability to apply what they have learned. Instead of moving forward, we continue to move backwards!
HONESTLY 8 years ago

YOU WERE PART OF THE DESTRUCTIVE SYSTEM.

NO WONDER THE LEADERS SENT THEIR KIDS TO BE EDUCATED ABROAD WITH STOLE OR TAX PAYERS MONEYS.

UK FEES PER ANNUM = £15000.00 or 60000 CEDIS.

STRANGE STRANG STRANGE

YOU WERE PART OF THE DESTRUCTIVE SYSTEM.

NO WONDER THE LEADERS SENT THEIR KIDS TO BE EDUCATED ABROAD WITH STOLE OR TAX PAYERS MONEYS.

UK FEES PER ANNUM = £15000.00 or 60000 CEDIS.

STRANGE STRANG STRANGE
Boss 8 years ago

Useless talk. We do have doctors, nurses, pharmacists who are working in various health facilities and applying their knowledge. We do have lawyers working in our law courts. We do have finance, business and policy experts wo ...
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Useless talk. We do have doctors, nurses, pharmacists who are working in various health facilities and applying their knowledge. We do have lawyers working in our law courts. We do have finance, business and policy experts working in both public and private sectors and doing well. Granted that our educational standards have fallen, however there is still good work being done. The fact that you can remember Pythagoras theorem and be very good with your hands does not mean that you are better educated than others. This man really needs to think before he speaks.
Taniba 8 years ago

Well said,old soldier good on you,I hope those idiots in charge will take notice.

Well said,old soldier good on you,I hope those idiots in charge will take notice.
kwam 8 years ago

The old soldier is right, we produce nothing in Ghana, even toilet rolls are imported, this shows how useless our education system has become . Ghana is just a failed state.

The old soldier is right, we produce nothing in Ghana, even toilet rolls are imported, this shows how useless our education system has become . Ghana is just a failed state.
chris-elymas 8 years ago

Would fully baked, cultured, trained, educated and disciplined people be so quick to attack and insult on every topic without decorous? Know that you are the ambassador of your family. If your delight is to spew insult on peo ...
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Would fully baked, cultured, trained, educated and disciplined people be so quick to attack and insult on every topic without decorous? Know that you are the ambassador of your family. If your delight is to spew insult on people regardless of the depth of the issue, then, you need to examine your thinking ability. After all insults doesn't make one a hero.
OKOROMANSA 8 years ago

THAT MAN KNOWS EVERYTHING IN THIS WORLD. BUT WAIT, HE WAS AN PNDC APLANKE DURING THE TIME OF RAWLINGS. MAYBE MAHAMA WOULD GIVE HIM ANOTHER APPOINTMENT.

THAT MAN KNOWS EVERYTHING IN THIS WORLD. BUT WAIT, HE WAS AN PNDC APLANKE DURING THE TIME OF RAWLINGS. MAYBE MAHAMA WOULD GIVE HIM ANOTHER APPOINTMENT.
Snazzy 8 years ago

I share the same thoughts with you

I share the same thoughts with you
Empty bottle makes the most noice 8 years ago

These r the people many platforms should be given to not these brainless politicians who will criticise to suit them selfish interest, good advice though.

These r the people many platforms should be given to not these brainless politicians who will criticise to suit them selfish interest, good advice though.
solomon 8 years ago

this guy must keep mute untill he enters his grave , what has he done or is he doing? a lot of us are strugling even go into craft work their wickedp policies are killing us, he should go to hell with his military ideas

this guy must keep mute untill he enters his grave , what has he done or is he doing? a lot of us are strugling even go into craft work their wickedp policies are killing us, he should go to hell with his military ideas
Yentumi Mensah 8 years ago

He has said it right. The politicians should stop stealing the money and begin to invest into the future generation. Thank you.

He has said it right. The politicians should stop stealing the money and begin to invest into the future generation. Thank you.
Addai Sarfo Yeboah - Canada 8 years ago

I thought you said if the kitchen is too hot people can look elsewhere? Stupid Nunoo Mensah

I thought you said if the kitchen is too hot people can look elsewhere? Stupid Nunoo Mensah
Daniel Danquah Damptey 8 years ago

I wholeheartedly agree with the Retired General. What have we achieved with all the degree we are peddling around? Nothing! We have to study how the Japanese with no natural resources were able to make their islands one of th ...
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I wholeheartedly agree with the Retired General. What have we achieved with all the degree we are peddling around? Nothing! We have to study how the Japanese with no natural resources were able to make their islands one of the leading nations in the world. Well done, General
Beninmie Yakubu 8 years ago

Thank U

Thank U
Beninmie Yakubu 8 years ago

On the Pont.

On the Pont.
THE CRUSADER 8 years ago

Now you are talking as an experience professional soldier.Thank you for that an if only they will listen to this interligence call away from propaganda and insults. God helps Ghana.

Now you are talking as an experience professional soldier.Thank you for that an if only they will listen to this interligence call away from propaganda and insults. God helps Ghana.
Ansah Yaw Peter 8 years ago

well said

well said
Nana 8 years ago

Hahaha look at that, it's indeed true but Ghana is not ready for quality education. You build just the infrastructure without the necessary materials not even chairs, do you stand to learn? where an SSCE police man earns more ...
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Hahaha look at that, it's indeed true but Ghana is not ready for quality education. You build just the infrastructure without the necessary materials not even chairs, do you stand to learn? where an SSCE police man earns more than a graduate teacher , where the Ministers entertainments allowance is more than the Salary of the Director General of Education?. So be it
THE VOICE 8 years ago

MEMBER OF JJ GANSTER TRABUNAL WHO MURDERED GHANAIANS MAY GOD PUNISH YOU VERY WELL.

MEMBER OF JJ GANSTER TRABUNAL WHO MURDERED GHANAIANS MAY GOD PUNISH YOU VERY WELL.
JM 8 years ago

OUR LEADERS CAN TALK AND BLAMED EVERTHING.ALL IS MAHAMA.

OUR LEADERS CAN TALK AND BLAMED EVERTHING.ALL IS MAHAMA.
Odikro 8 years ago

The Ghanaian educational system is as useless as the Ghana army. Who is Nunoo Mensah? Was he not the one who was running away and calling on his fellow officers to give up and surrender to junior officers led by Jerry Rawling ...
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The Ghanaian educational system is as useless as the Ghana army. Who is Nunoo Mensah? Was he not the one who was running away and calling on his fellow officers to give up and surrender to junior officers led by Jerry Rawlings? Strong only in uniform and in the mouth. Why did he not as his ask fellow officers to arrest the mutineers and lock them up? Stupid, useless soldier.
shakamora 8 years ago

Ofui

Ofui
HAWA YAKUBU 8 years ago

Mr. its a world wide problem not only in Ghana.Home made politicians don't want hear any been to. How long have you been on the forefront on Ghana affairs. Yes!!from army to politics and you have now seen the truth of the poo ...
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Mr. its a world wide problem not only in Ghana.Home made politicians don't want hear any been to. How long have you been on the forefront on Ghana affairs. Yes!!from army to politics and you have now seen the truth of the poor educational system in Ghana.
Don't be a copy clerk give credit to the person who raised the issue on facebook mr.
Ayim 8 years ago

Truth hurts, this is a serious issue.

Truth hurts, this is a serious issue.
kkjhhu 8 years ago

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Jjj8aIihiyuiijiijjjyqkjiiua
kkjhhu 8 years ago

Ouuusyuaiiuqiqk

Ouuusyuaiiuqiqk
Anthony Opoku 8 years ago

I 100% site with Mr. Mensah

I 100% site with Mr. Mensah
Baron 8 years ago

Don't just talk about it, use your little coins you got from government as a soldier to site such practical school in your own small way by God's Grace we will get there, but if we all only concern about our selves and turn t ...
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Don't just talk about it, use your little coins you got from government as a soldier to site such practical school in your own small way by God's Grace we will get there, but if we all only concern about our selves and turn to blame government always, then we shall go a long way to either get there or never
owsu Yaw 8 years ago

what he is saying is true

what he is saying is true
Sly 8 years ago

The Continent have over 52 universities combined and nothing done. Compared to MIT.

The Continent have over 52 universities combined and nothing done. Compared to MIT.

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