The Ministry of Education has dismissed reports of privatization of pre- tertiary education in the country insisting such claims are misrepresentation of facts and lack evidence.
The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition at a press conference held in Accra said the government and the Ministry of Education wanted to privatize pre-tertiary education in the country.
But a statement from the Education Ministry and signed by the Director of Communications at the Ministry, Vincent Ekwow Assafuah said:”The ministry challenges GNECC to provide evidence to the privatization claim in their press conference.”
The statement further explained: “It must be put on record that when the Ministry met GNECC in 2018, the discussion was on partnership schools and NOT privatisation of schools. The government has never contemplated privatization of schools. In its 2016 manifesto, page 108, which reads “We will build an effective partnership with religious bodies, civic organizations and the private sector in the delivery of quality education. This partnership will also include areas of management, supervision and training of teachers in their units*.”
The Ministry in its statement challenged GNECC President to either substantiate his privatisation claim or choose the honourable path of an unqualified apology to government over the false claims it put out in the public domain.
