Kofi Asare, the Executive Director of Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), has called on the government to prioritise bridging the rural-urban gap in education service provision and learning outcomes.
In an interview on Eyewitness News on Citi FM on Thursday January 16, Asare emphasised the need for the government to leave a lasting legacy by addressing the disparities in the education system.
He highlighted the stark contrast in educational attainment between rural and urban areas, pointing out that only three out of ten children who attend kindergarten in the Northern part of the country make it to Junior High School 3, compared to eight or nine out of ten in urban areas.
Asare stressed that the current education system continues to deepen inequality, despite its intended role as an instrument to reengineer society and eliminate disparities. "One thing should be clear in the mind of the government that if there is a legacy to leave it should be making frantic efforts to break the rural urban gap in education service provision and learning outcomes because we can't live in a country where only three out of 10 who attend kindergarten gets to enter Junior High school 3 in the Northern part of the country and then you have about eight or nine who enroll in kindergarten one completing the same JHS at the national level or urban areas," Asare stated.
