Kofi: by not finishing reading your article; let me j"jump in" and say this:. Who are the courses of the failure of these "disgruntled "youth grads.govt or our educational instituition.One may say the govt, yes,the happening ... read full comment
Kofi: by not finishing reading your article; let me j"jump in" and say this:. Who are the courses of the failure of these "disgruntled "youth grads.govt or our educational instituition.One may say the govt, yes,the happening is on the current govt but it is really the part of th gov't or our educational instituition or part of the youth themselves.In my mind: the instituition is partly to blame.Iur institution need drastic changes if their culliculum and their teaching and methods of teaching to cope with current Global trend to meet employable force and the parent also should find a way of achieving good career for their kids.it is very astonishing seeing a grads with not being able to draft a Resume/COV and most even don't know about Resume
KA 7 years ago
I call him young man only in comparison with me. It's interesting a piece cos those of us who left Legon in the 70s think by the late 90s, the standard of education being offered at the same university had fallen to abysmal l ... read full comment
I call him young man only in comparison with me. It's interesting a piece cos those of us who left Legon in the 70s think by the late 90s, the standard of education being offered at the same university had fallen to abysmal levels. It is that "abysmal" level that he is talking of as being far better than today's level.
Where is the truth?
Perhaps there is no truth anywhere. Who knows if those who left Legon in the 60s don't say that standards had fallen by the 70s when Ernest Aryeetey and I graduated? And won't today's graduates say in 20 years time that it was far better in their time?
What one can say is that there are always brilliant individuals at every time. These individuals will shine no matter the prevailing standards of the time. They will go on to do great things.
The present writer may lament at today's standards at Legon but it doesn't mean that the university can still not produce brilliant individuals - individuals who are naturally gifted and will do well everywhere. Such individuals will not come begging Annan for a job and persisting in doing so. Indeed, Annan will rather be the one begging to employ such exceptional individuals.
For me, I have faith in our youth. Those who will shine will do so. They will be few but they will shine. The thousands of First Classes turned out by Legon may not all be super brilliant but the topmost decile will probably be.
Times have changed. Reading habits have changed. Concepts have changed too. The basis of knowledge has changed as well. We may make a mistake if we judge today's standards by yesterday's measures...
Let us not despair! Oh, let us not.
Dessie 7 years ago
Great piece Sir but your opinion sound like a" dream or wish".How many natural wisdom youth out there and probably those natural wisdom kids stucked somewhere in remote village couldn't get money to register for university c ... read full comment
Great piece Sir but your opinion sound like a" dream or wish".How many natural wisdom youth out there and probably those natural wisdom kids stucked somewhere in remote village couldn't get money to register for university courses and eventually becomes a wasted talent: Case point my own junior high mate; Henry Adjei, a super genius peer who had outstanding score marks throughout entire classes and me always behind him because of math.He is super genius yes I refer him as genius : a mathematicians who could have been either medical doctor or aircraft engineer or working in Aerospace company as I am doing but guess what; I was shocked hearing Henry carrying or doing petty trading carrying ear rings and fake watches trying to put better and bread on the kitchen table: So my point here is: we need conventional wisdom but it take good curriculum and good educational structure to moved it forward We need to create an educational system that will match global trend. Youth in Ghana should get access to computer using internet for studies: now anything you need to do is on internet and if these kids can't get access to computer with internet how will they meet global working force .Sir, I dispute your opinion eventhough you're entitle to your opinion
KA 7 years ago
Thanks for your input and disagreement but I think your submission supports my point. Not all super brilliant kids will have the opportunity to shine as the example you mentioned shows. But this was true in 1950 as it was in ... read full comment
Thanks for your input and disagreement but I think your submission supports my point. Not all super brilliant kids will have the opportunity to shine as the example you mentioned shows. But this was true in 1950 as it was in 1960, 1970, late 1990s when Annan was in Legon and today that he is disparaging. Yes, you're right in saying we need to create an educational system that matches global trends. I think we're trying hard to do that. Whether we are succeeding or not is a different thing but you can't blame the effort. I am currently in the country and seeing for myself the resourcefulness of Ghanaians.
But my main point is that we cannot dismiss all our youth as useless because the standard of education in Legon has fallen. Annan may have had someone with tons of certificates looking for a job from him who he thinks doesn't measure up. But it doesn't mean every one of our youth is useless. You, Dessie, is an example of the shining ones who will do well - no matter the circumstances. Huh?
That is why I say I have faith in our youth...
Princess Ovivi 7 years ago
well said...I agree with you.
well said...I agree with you.
Apostle Mawuetornam Dugbazah 7 years ago
...to ditch university education for something else.
Ghanaians love "education" so much that many of them never learn how to actively engage in the process of visioning in order to add value to anything.
I am a visiona ... read full comment
...to ditch university education for something else.
Ghanaians love "education" so much that many of them never learn how to actively engage in the process of visioning in order to add value to anything.
I am a visionary by trade and teach fervently about how to transform an idea into reality. Where are the visionaries of Ghana who can teach on this subject? It is highly necessary in order to instill life skills in the next generation.
Sincerely,
Apostle Mawuetornam Dugbazah
No vision, no life!
Dessie 7 years ago
Great piece Apostle we need to entail skills and trade into our educational system: I support technical university where skills and trade could be taught
Great piece Apostle we need to entail skills and trade into our educational system: I support technical university where skills and trade could be taught
Wil 7 years ago
Nice piece,I think this is the kind people our society need. Will love to keep in touch with you for more of such speeches
Nice piece,I think this is the kind people our society need. Will love to keep in touch with you for more of such speeches
zakk 7 years ago
Mr, Annan, when I returned from the U.S.A .seven years ago, as a electrical contractor , I applied for the E.C.G . license,paid the necessary applicable fees and during the interview I made a lame statement which I thought w ... read full comment
Mr, Annan, when I returned from the U.S.A .seven years ago, as a electrical contractor , I applied for the E.C.G . license,paid the necessary applicable fees and during the interview I made a lame statement which I thought would generate laughter:..."GHANA HAS ENOUGH THEORISTS". The panel took offence and resolved the meeting.
When it comes to practical engineering you will find industrial engineers sitting in offices and drinking tea!
You see, Kofi in a civilised country, vmy practical knowledge alone would have been a hot cake. But not in Ghana.
I tell you what; Ghana is not going anywhere anytime soon. We are not prepared to learn or change. Thats why the Indians are also here awarding paper degrees and packing our dollars!
joseph acheampong 7 years ago
well said,i am a student,most of my mates are doing nothing of their own interest. if you go off course and do your own study that interests you they see you as not being serious.thanks for motivating me, i will follow my pas ... read full comment
well said,i am a student,most of my mates are doing nothing of their own interest. if you go off course and do your own study that interests you they see you as not being serious.thanks for motivating me, i will follow my passion whiles learning.
Jeff Wilson 7 years ago
Very inspiring words.. Ghana needs more incite full and principled people like yourself
Very inspiring words.. Ghana needs more incite full and principled people like yourself
Kwakye 7 years ago
Kofi has a point though, but folks, think of it this way, ones ability to use the English language proficiently does not make him intelligent. Most Ghanaian students are intelligent but linguistically handicap the L2. They ca ... read full comment
Kofi has a point though, but folks, think of it this way, ones ability to use the English language proficiently does not make him intelligent. Most Ghanaian students are intelligent but linguistically handicap the L2. They can perfectly express their thoughts in L1. You should have engaged the lad in a conversation in Fante or Ga before drawing that hasty conclusion. Ghanaians mistakenly measure a person's intelligence by their mastery over the queen's language. for instance, your article by all standards is linguistically rich but it can be flawed logically and/or psychologically. As a people we need to rethink our language policy, because our thoughts can best be borne/communicated in a language we speak and understand best.
Samuel Soffessels 7 years ago
Everybody is right for the beauty of expressions made. I believe we are all doing our best on every facet of our human cycle of activities and events.
What I want to put in is that, we all cannot be expertly perfect on all ... read full comment
Everybody is right for the beauty of expressions made. I believe we are all doing our best on every facet of our human cycle of activities and events.
What I want to put in is that, we all cannot be expertly perfect on all things. One might not be good in writing, but might be very wonderful in oral grounds.
We cannot use just any single parameter to judge a person's credibility.
I am very good at writing, but find it a bit difficult to talk. The reason being that I was injected with a drug which constantly made me weak each time I attempted talking.
Let us keep hope and trust that the future is brighter.
For my case, I am trying to overcome the weakness and so I believe everyone is doing their best.
University education is not all there is. I purposely went to the university not to study, but to go and see for myself what it is that people learn there that makes them talk 'plenty' and boast like that.
Follow your passion, and keep traction!
critic 7 years ago
I am a university graduate not long out of school but I have noticed this trend, people seem to want to "damn" our graduates, Always one negative report after the other inferred on the entire population of graduates and this ... read full comment
I am a university graduate not long out of school but I have noticed this trend, people seem to want to "damn" our graduates, Always one negative report after the other inferred on the entire population of graduates and this upsets me.
mr Kofi Annan, I oppose your motive vehemently and what ever pleasure you derive from this "act". I bet you someone like me including many others would make significant contribution to your "whatever it is you've got going on".
don't think that I've missed the import of your article, however, the first few paragraphs ticked the wrong nerves.
ike, ksi 7 years ago
Dessie, per your small piece, you were not suppose to contribute. Why? Simply, correct your own. Yours too nothing to write home about.
Dessie, per your small piece, you were not suppose to contribute. Why? Simply, correct your own. Yours too nothing to write home about.
Nana Tirimdehene 7 years ago
Education which is supposed to remove us from the shackles of ignorance is rather placing us in the shackle of ignorance.
Education which is supposed to remove us from the shackles of ignorance is rather placing us in the shackle of ignorance.
Kofi: by not finishing reading your article; let me j"jump in" and say this:. Who are the courses of the failure of these "disgruntled "youth grads.govt or our educational instituition.One may say the govt, yes,the happening ...
read full comment
I call him young man only in comparison with me. It's interesting a piece cos those of us who left Legon in the 70s think by the late 90s, the standard of education being offered at the same university had fallen to abysmal l ...
read full comment
Great piece Sir but your opinion sound like a" dream or wish".How many natural wisdom youth out there and probably those natural wisdom kids stucked somewhere in remote village couldn't get money to register for university c ...
read full comment
Thanks for your input and disagreement but I think your submission supports my point. Not all super brilliant kids will have the opportunity to shine as the example you mentioned shows. But this was true in 1950 as it was in ...
read full comment
well said...I agree with you.
...to ditch university education for something else.
Ghanaians love "education" so much that many of them never learn how to actively engage in the process of visioning in order to add value to anything.
I am a visiona ...
read full comment
Great piece Apostle we need to entail skills and trade into our educational system: I support technical university where skills and trade could be taught
Nice piece,I think this is the kind people our society need. Will love to keep in touch with you for more of such speeches
Mr, Annan, when I returned from the U.S.A .seven years ago, as a electrical contractor , I applied for the E.C.G . license,paid the necessary applicable fees and during the interview I made a lame statement which I thought w ...
read full comment
well said,i am a student,most of my mates are doing nothing of their own interest. if you go off course and do your own study that interests you they see you as not being serious.thanks for motivating me, i will follow my pas ...
read full comment
Very inspiring words.. Ghana needs more incite full and principled people like yourself
Kofi has a point though, but folks, think of it this way, ones ability to use the English language proficiently does not make him intelligent. Most Ghanaian students are intelligent but linguistically handicap the L2. They ca ...
read full comment
Everybody is right for the beauty of expressions made. I believe we are all doing our best on every facet of our human cycle of activities and events.
What I want to put in is that, we all cannot be expertly perfect on all ...
read full comment
I am a university graduate not long out of school but I have noticed this trend, people seem to want to "damn" our graduates, Always one negative report after the other inferred on the entire population of graduates and this ...
read full comment
Dessie, per your small piece, you were not suppose to contribute. Why? Simply, correct your own. Yours too nothing to write home about.
Education which is supposed to remove us from the shackles of ignorance is rather placing us in the shackle of ignorance.