Financing of basic education should be an all-hand-on-deck affair, not govt alone - Prof Fletcher

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A Professor at the , Jonathan Fletcher, has said that he does not believe that financing of should be left in the hands of the government alone.

He says that in order to achieve Goal 4 of the Sustainable Goal (SGD) which states that “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all,” all stallholders must come board to support education financing.

Speaking at a Media General-Star Ghana organized Thought Leadership Forum on Financing of Basic Education in Ghana on Thursday, November 9 he stated that “we know of the District Assembly Common Fund, we know of the Common fund, MMDCE's IGFs and .

“Should it be the sole responsibility of any government?

In addition to these, we need to look for other sources.

In other countries, individual philanthropists and communities come together, families and households come in to support.

“We should see education as an all-hand-on-deck affair to achieve Goal 4, government alone can't do that.”

Prof Fletcher further proposed that managers of education should pay close attention to inequality.

“Inequality in education, we need to look very carefully, if education will be free and compulsory, in cities and urban areas go to school and children in rural areas unable to go.