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Northerners are still struggling to break internal colonisation that impedes quality education – Robert Ajene

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A Retired Educationist, Robert Ajene has explained that one of the numerous reasons affecting the quality of education in the five regions of the north has to do with the internal colonisation the northerners continue to struggle with.

According to Mr Ajene, the regions since independent still struggle to attain the needed quality of education other regions in the southern parts of Ghana are benefiting of and all could be attributed to the lip service paid by successive governments.

He said after the reign of President Dr Kwame Nkrumah, successive governments in terms of the educational sector, have contributed little to expanding and equipping the infrastructure and materials needs at the various schools in the North.

They normally say northerners are benefiting from free education since independence and there is no need to add more, but how can that be possible when the infrastructure and materials needed to drive that is not there, he asked.

He said, “Just compare some of the Senior High Schools in the region to those in the Ashanti region or elsewhere in the South, in terms of structures and laboratories for students to study, you would understand where I’m coming from.”

Mr Ajene commented on Daybreak Upper East Show on A1 Radio on the topic, the need for quality education in the Northern sector; the way forward as a country.

Disparaging some lawmakers, the Educationist asked why some of them despite knowing the challenges confronting the educational sector still failed to put in pragmatic measures to address them if not all.

This, he noted is due to the greedy nature of some Members of Parliament and their continued love for votes rather than improving the sector.

“Our MPs and leaders in the North are not helping in that regard and will rather channel their resources to amass votes and power. They do not care what is happening in the educational sector, and that is sad, to begin with.”

The change, Mr Ajene however noted could only come when leaders from the Northern sector begin having a voice on how collectively they can help realise and equip the sector.

Source: A1radioonline.com |101.1 MHz| Moses Apiah| Ghana

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