Okudzeto Ablakwa reacts to ‘Ghana’s schools of shame’ documentary

According to the former Deputy Education Minister, the fallouts shown in the documentary should be a scar on “our conscience”, adding citizens should be outraged by such things.

He said that it’s all because the Minister of Education and the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) want to sit in Accra and control all resources and don’t empower the districts enough.

He suggested that the Ministry of Education needs to engage other stakeholders in the sector at the District and Municipal assembly levels.

He recommended: “So they present their budget, the district Director of Education, it’s approved and the money goes directly to them

 He continued that “Imagine a situation where the District Directors of Education, are held by a performance, assessment, clear KPIs, based on the needs that they have submitted, and then they are funded

“If mid-year they receive their funds and they are not addressing those needs, you can take them on, you can even fire them based on the fact that you gave them resources, they have no excuse.”

Meanwhile, Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, says he felt embarrassed by the documentary.