Overemphasis on basic education leads to semi-literacy – Professor Goski Alabi

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Kwadwo T 6 years ago

Prof you've misfired. Both are important. If I'm to choice, l think the Basic is more important. We need 100% literacy up to 18 years.

Prof you've misfired. Both are important. If I'm to choice, l think the Basic is more important. We need 100% literacy up to 18 years.
ATSUKUOR TEI-WAYO 6 years ago

JOSHUA ALABI SHOULD ADVISE HIS WIFE TO REMOVE THE GOWN ASAP! WHAAAT...!!!! WE ALL KNOW THE PROBLEM WITH OUR SYSTEM IS TOO MUCH RELIANCE ON "PRESTIGIOUS" HIGHER LEARNING, INSTEAD OF A GOOD FOUNDATION. IF MRS. ALABI CALLS HE ...
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JOSHUA ALABI SHOULD ADVISE HIS WIFE TO REMOVE THE GOWN ASAP! WHAAAT...!!!! WE ALL KNOW THE PROBLEM WITH OUR SYSTEM IS TOO MUCH RELIANCE ON "PRESTIGIOUS" HIGHER LEARNING, INSTEAD OF A GOOD FOUNDATION. IF MRS. ALABI CALLS HERSELF A PROFESSOR, THEN MY POINT IS RIGHT: SHE RUSHED TO BE CALLED PROFESSOR JUST FOR SHOW. MADAM, WE KNOW JOHN MAHAMA'S AGENDA IS TO KILL NANA'S FREE BASIC EDUCATION IDEA. DON'T HIDE BEHIND THAT OBRONI WAAWU GOWN TO TALK NONSENSE. GO BACK WITH JOSHUA ALABI TO NIGERIA AND IMPLEMENT YOUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
Joe 6 years ago

Please with all due respect Joshua Alabi is not a Nigerian he is a full blooded Ghanaian!

Please with all due respect Joshua Alabi is not a Nigerian he is a full blooded Ghanaian!
Binatim 6 years ago

Mr Kwadwo, it is you who has misfired. The Prof is saying that we need emphasis on both basic and tertiary and not emphasis on only basic education.

Mr Kwadwo, it is you who has misfired. The Prof is saying that we need emphasis on both basic and tertiary and not emphasis on only basic education.
Kwobia 6 years ago

The biggest stumbling blocks facing Ghanain children at the early stages of their education from kindergarten thru JSS/Senior High School is inadequate nutrition.Send a child to school hungry and that child will not prosper b ...
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The biggest stumbling blocks facing Ghanain children at the early stages of their education from kindergarten thru JSS/Senior High School is inadequate nutrition.Send a child to school hungry and that child will not prosper bookwise.It's also that when babies are born they be properly fed for the sake of proper brain development before they hit the books.Finally, a question for everyone.Why is that sub-Saharan Africans perform so poorly at the Olympic Games?
Kwabena 6 years ago

Kwobia,you have made a very important point. I hope our policy makers on education will take note of it. You can also do our nation a great honour if you can lead a crusade to have good nutrition for the school children. God ...
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Kwobia,you have made a very important point. I hope our policy makers on education will take note of it. You can also do our nation a great honour if you can lead a crusade to have good nutrition for the school children. God bless you.
Yaradua 6 years ago

Prof Goski is a very intelligent lady. Remember her in Legon pursuing a Phil I Food science after graduating form Bsc Chemistry from UCC. Let's respect people for their hard work.
Congrats Prof. that was a super one

Prof Goski is a very intelligent lady. Remember her in Legon pursuing a Phil I Food science after graduating form Bsc Chemistry from UCC. Let's respect people for their hard work.
Congrats Prof. that was a super one
Dennis 6 years ago

Good point, comrade...

Good point, comrade...
O.K 6 years ago

Prof,I disagree with you.Come again.

Prof,I disagree with you.Come again.
Bad for Ghana 6 years ago

what do you expect from the fake degree holder. The emphasis is in the right direction, excerpt that people like her have adulterated the educational system with their fake qualifications. This is what is making it difficult ...
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what do you expect from the fake degree holder. The emphasis is in the right direction, excerpt that people like her have adulterated the educational system with their fake qualifications. This is what is making it difficult for education to have any impact. Get away!
Okuley 6 years ago

What do you expect from Joshua Alabi's wife? Both with fake PhDs???

What do you expect from Joshua Alabi's wife? Both with fake PhDs???
ato hanson 6 years ago

This is NO professor She lacks the basics. Where from her so called professorship.

This is NO professor She lacks the basics. Where from her so called professorship.
ONIPANA 6 years ago

All these fake professors are just disturbing our ears.

All these fake professors are just disturbing our ears.
Wasteman 6 years ago

Tell us where you acquired your professorship from. It it time to weed out the fake degrees from our system because that is the cause of semi-literacy in Ghana not basic education.

Tell us where you acquired your professorship from. It it time to weed out the fake degrees from our system because that is the cause of semi-literacy in Ghana not basic education.
ghana 6 years ago

"Prof" the 400,000 that wrote their WASSCE in 2016 have not even finished first year at the university, so how do you use that as a statistic and compare it to the 100,000 that graduate from the tertiary institutions? Is the ...
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"Prof" the 400,000 that wrote their WASSCE in 2016 have not even finished first year at the university, so how do you use that as a statistic and compare it to the 100,000 that graduate from the tertiary institutions? Is the 2016 wassce figure averagely the same over the years? The problem in my unprofessorial opinion is not the number of graduates, but the quality. If people like you are full professors, how can we have the needed resources to develop this country? quality is key and it starts with you and your husband.
Baba 6 years ago

This prof is fake. It is more important to have a basic grounded primary education than a higher one.

This prof is fake. It is more important to have a basic grounded primary education than a higher one.
Faith 6 years ago

Rather weak and poor foundation is the major problem.

Rather weak and poor foundation is the major problem.
Cowboy 6 years ago

It is very difficult to be looking at tertiary education in isolation when people have to struggle in getting their wards through the basic one. The Prof is right but she must be told a child crawls, tries to stand and hold o ...
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It is very difficult to be looking at tertiary education in isolation when people have to struggle in getting their wards through the basic one. The Prof is right but she must be told a child crawls, tries to stand and hold onto something and finally walks. One step at a time.
Kweku 6 years ago

Prof of what and from which University? The public needs to read your profile. I hope that your PhD is not one of the online degrees.as UPSA lecturers are noted for.

Prof of what and from which University? The public needs to read your profile. I hope that your PhD is not one of the online degrees.as UPSA lecturers are noted for.
ISSA ABONGO 6 years ago

A GOOD BASIC EDUCATION WITH EMPHASIS ON MATHS, LITERACY AND SCIENCE WITH IT, THE STUDENTS ARE READY FOR ANYTHING FURTHER TRAINING IN TECHNICAL SKILLS, VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND ACADEMIC EDUCATION IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS. THIS ...
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A GOOD BASIC EDUCATION WITH EMPHASIS ON MATHS, LITERACY AND SCIENCE WITH IT, THE STUDENTS ARE READY FOR ANYTHING FURTHER TRAINING IN TECHNICAL SKILLS, VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND ACADEMIC EDUCATION IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS. THIS LADY IS ALWAYS MISFIRING IN HER THOUGHT AND LECTURE AND STATEMENTS IN EDUCATION POLICY. SHE HAS GOT IT ALL WRONG AGAIN HERE AND NEEDS TO STOP MAKING NOISE. GERMANY IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A NATION WHICH PLACES EMPHASIS ON BASIC EDUCATION AND AS RESULT COMES TOPS IN ITS DEVELOPMENT. PROF. ALABI SHOULD ANSWER THE QUESTION WHY GHANA WITH ALL THE UNIVERSITY GRADUATES CHURNED OUT, GHANA IS STILL UNDERDEVELOPED AND MOST GRADUATES ARE UNABLE TO HANDLE WORK, EVEN WHEN THEY FIND EMPLOYMENT.
gabielorm 6 years ago

I strongly do agree with you prof. Africa for that matter Ghana is practicing method or theory which does not work in our black settings. The politicians has also contributed to the problem by changing of educational policies ...
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I strongly do agree with you prof. Africa for that matter Ghana is practicing method or theory which does not work in our black settings. The politicians has also contributed to the problem by changing of educational policies whenever a new administration is in power.
Amaliba 6 years ago

Foundation is very important in education. You can not recite the alphabets from the middle, you have to start from the letter 'A' and you cannot count numbers from the middle, it should be started from one to. .. Good f ...
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Foundation is very important in education. You can not recite the alphabets from the middle, you have to start from the letter 'A' and you cannot count numbers from the middle, it should be started from one to. .. Good foundation will ensure higher progression.
Sam, Konkonpe 6 years ago

Folks , this woman is no Professor at all. Just like the husband they bought this title and are misleading all of Ghana and the world. What a scam!
They are a disgrace to academia in ghana. I I had the resources, I will cha ...
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Folks , this woman is no Professor at all. Just like the husband they bought this title and are misleading all of Ghana and the world. What a scam!
They are a disgrace to academia in ghana. I I had the resources, I will challenge them in a law court
Yaw, USA 6 years ago

Just look at who is talking about quality education in Ghana. This woman has no shame at all. Where did she get her USELESS PhD? Let me remind her that she is the semi-literate. You don't get your PhD from such a non-entity c ...
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Just look at who is talking about quality education in Ghana. This woman has no shame at all. Where did she get her USELESS PhD? Let me remind her that she is the semi-literate. You don't get your PhD from such a non-entity called "Swiss Management Centre University". Nonsense!!!!!!!

This woman paaaaa. Now every idiot in Ghana is a Professor, asem ooooh.
Sankofa 6 years ago

Without a solid foundation,a person's education will be stalled.

it is necessary to focus on primary and secondary education, but not to the detriment of tertiary education.

This is why all this talk about providing fre ...
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Without a solid foundation,a person's education will be stalled.

it is necessary to focus on primary and secondary education, but not to the detriment of tertiary education.

This is why all this talk about providing free SHS education is misplaced. The money from fees which could have been used to support senior secondary education is not available. The shortfall in funding will have to be found from elsewhere, making less available for other parts of education, including tertiary.
James Osei Kofi 6 years ago

There are too many people masquerading as Profs in Ghana, yet they have not done much!

There are too many people masquerading as Profs in Ghana, yet they have not done much!
Fillla 6 years ago

how is this person a professor with such shallow reasoning.

how is this person a professor with such shallow reasoning.
The True GhanaMan 6 years ago

the lady has spoken the truth. education must ultimately equip the student to be capable of doing something with his or her knowledge whether employed by someone or self employed. this capacity is acquired at post secondary ...
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the lady has spoken the truth. education must ultimately equip the student to be capable of doing something with his or her knowledge whether employed by someone or self employed. this capacity is acquired at post secondary levels of education and not at basic level.

comments and attacks against this female prof show clearly that our higher education graduates are half baked literate. the lady did not say basic education is not important, She said OVEREMPHASIS.

Whats the sense in attending best kindergarten to senior high school and finally finding yourself in say mechanical engineering school that has no single engine to practise with or a college of mechanised agriculture that has no single tractor, planters and harvesters to learn with ? the only importance of basic education is to know how to read, write and know some basic science and maths theories. higher education should be able to teach how to get specific tasks such as building a house, fixing an engine, ploughing farm land, designing and making clothes, diagnosing and treating patients, making furniture etc. you realise that even some of these tasks can be learned by people who did not attend primary school at all so why OVEREMPHASIZE on basic education instead of furnishing our post basic education with all the equipment that will make us know how to get jobs done ?

The minister of education should listen to prof Mrs Alabi.
CRITICAL OBSERVER 6 years ago

Where is this one too coming from? Another joker of a professor.

Where is this one too coming from? Another joker of a professor.
ATYCO #ONE THE CITIZEN! 6 years ago

Many guys here are praising and endorsing mediocrity. What has this fake Professor said that it makes sense and many of you are applauding? It shows how low IQs of generation of people we have in this country and manning affa ...
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Many guys here are praising and endorsing mediocrity. What has this fake Professor said that it makes sense and many of you are applauding? It shows how low IQs of generation of people we have in this country and manning affairs. Thanks@ Atukuor and Kwobia. Shameless and brainless people with fake and useless academic accolades and kokoase titles. Goski claims only 100,000 students graduate representing 25% enters tertiary education with 400,000 sitting for WASSCE. How can you build a house and put everything in, on and around it without a land? How can you build a house without good and better foundation to make it strong? You spoil our education systems and send your children to overseas schools and they end up coming back to Lord it over us again right? Like recycling thd system. Hahahahaha! It won't work this time and present generation wate! This time, those down here after education won't let them occupy higher posts again. Even God has cursed and destroy your descendants because you are a bunch of criminals, thieves, corrupt people. Shameless woman holding a unmeritorious title. You women want to go further but just look at an ilk saying rubbish? You present generation of leaders and people manning various offices and affairs have no brains. You had the best of education which was even, free scholarships and best of job opportunities which were readily at your doorstep the very day you had your graduations and handed your certificates in 60s, 70s ,80s and early 90s but you are destroying everything in this country including our education systems. Have destroyed this country and anything your hands can lay hold on. Either monies, cars, assets, land and any resource. Useless, satanic, corrupt, thieves, cursed and ungodly of crop of generation. Unproductive PhD and Prof titles and heads.

Overemphasis on basic education leads to semi-literacy – Professor Goski Alabi

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