The Ranking Member of Parliament’s Select Committee of Education and Member of Parliament for Akatsi North, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe has expressed some disquiet about the introduction of the new semester system for Kindergarten, Primary and Junior High School students.
He argued that pupils at the lower levels of education may not be able to cope with the stress of the new system along with its attendant effects. He was speaking to Samuel Mbura on A1 Radio’s Day Break Upper East in Bolgatanga, the Upper East Regional capital.
“The new system as we have it now if you look at it, it is not a professional calendar. If you look at a 6-year-old boy or girl going to class one, and you expect him to be in school for five continuous months, 20 weeks, what is he or she going to learn? It is unprofessional for the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service to come out with this timetable,” he argued.
“We have look at it, we are not happy with it and we are going to call for the withdrawal of the new academic calendar,” he continued to say.
Meanwhile, four major teacher unions have also raised reservations about the announcement by the Ghana Education Service (GES) of a new academic calendar for public schools.
According to the teacher unions, the Service failed to engage widely before making the announcement.
A1radioonline.com|101.1|MHz Mark Kwasi Ahumah Smith|Ghana
