Former Spokesperson for the Education Ministry, Kwasi Kwarteng has debunked claims that the Parents Teachers Association was cancelled by the previous administration.
He indicates that it was restructured to benefit students and parents. "PTAs were in existence under the previous government but in different form.
The only change was that it was restructured to prevent situations of financial exploitation of parents which affected the academic activities of their wards," he said.
He argues further that "Before this reform, PTAs in some schools had turned into revenue-generating schemes, where students whose parents were unable to pay PTA dues were denied access to education, prevented from attending classes, or even barred from writing exams.
