Govt commits special funding to Free SHS: Double track to end 2027 - President Mahama

No approval Still on local education at the lower level, President Mahama stated that his administration had not approved the wholesale introduction of Arabic and Chinese languages into the educational programmes of public basic schools across the country.

Context The issue of the possible wholesale introduction of Chinese and Arabic into the curriculum of public basic schools came to the fore following the supposed recommendation by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) to the Ministry of Education.

President Mahama emphasised that while Arabic remained a part of the curriculum mainly for Islamic schools, it had not been approved to be introduced across the board for all public basic schools.