Education Minister 'defends' new GES boss; says he taught Geography in SHS - Adomonline.com

The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has said the new acting Director General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Dr Eric Nkansah, has been his lead person on all labour negotiations which the teacher union leaders knew very well.

Making his first public comment on Dr Nkansah on Tuesday since his appointment to acting position last week, the minister said the acting GES boss taught Geography in secondary school, contrary to claims by the unions that he was not a professional teacher.

So for almost two years, he has been the Director for Tertiary Education,” he said when he introduced Dr Nkansah to delegates at the opening of the 29th Annual Conference of Directors of Education.

Dr Adutwum said Dr Nkansah was the Ministry of Education’s lead person for negotiations of Cost of Living Allowance, saying that “for everything that we have done on labour negotiation, Dr Nkansah has been the lead person

So I am happy that I have somebody that the unions know, very happy”.

He said the new GES boss was very sharp and focused, with his calm demeanor and believed that he would do well when given all the support.

That I need somebody who can help me with the promotion and the financing issues and fortunately he also knows the classroom environment,” he said.