A SNAPSHOT OF HOW THE NEXT NDC GOVERNMENT WILL REVIVE THE EDUCATION SECTOR
A SNAPSHOT OF HOW THE NEXT NDC GOVERNMENT WILL REVIVE THE EDUCATION SECTOR
A SNAPSHOT OF HOW THE NEXT NDC GOVERNMENT WILL REVIVE THE EDUCATION SECTOR
1. Abolish the teacher licensure examination and integrate the licensing process into the final year examination of trainees.
2. Scrap the NPP’s mandatory national service policy for teacher trainee graduates and ensure the prompt employment of newly qualified teachers.
3. Provide Free Tertiary Education to all persons with disabilities.
4. Provide allowances, student loans, scholarships and other funding options for teachers and nurses.
5. Improve subventions to public universities and ensure timely disbursements.
6. Implement a ‘No-Academic-Fee’ policy for first-year students in all public tertiary institutions, including Universities, Colleges of Education and Nursing Training Colleges.
7. Prioritise the timely promotion of teachers and ensure the availability of funds for their remuneration.
8. Institute the ‘Teacher Dabr3’ Project to provide accommodation facilities for teachers within new and existing school buildings.
9. Introduce a special allowance—20 per cent of basic salary— for teachers who accept postings to rural and underserved communities.
10. Initiate a scheme to assist teachers own vehicles of their choice by offering flexible duty payment arrangements and employer guarantees in partnership with teacher unions and the banking sector.
11. Introduce the ‘Bright Beginnings Initiative’ to revive early childhood education for the well-being of Ghanaian children and facilitate seamless integration into continuous schooling and lifelong learning.
12. Launch a ‘Furniture for All Initiative’ in partnership with the local carpentry and furniture industry to address the acute deficit at the basic school level.
13. Significantly improve the pupil-to-textbook ratio through the comprehensive provision of curriculum-based textbooks.
14. Embark on an aggressive infrastructure drive to address the increasing phenomenon of schools under trees and rehabilitate dilapidated school buildings.
15. Improve the free SHS programme by providing a dedicated and sustainable funding source.
16. Decentralise the procurement of food for Senior High Schools to boost local economies.
17. Abolish the double-track system to restore a stable one track academic calendar.
18. Embark on an emergency infrastructure drive to complete abandoned E-blocks and expand infrastructure in existing SHS and TVET institutions.
19. Continue our policy of providing free laptops/tablets for students.
20. Implement a ‘Bed-for-All’ programme by building on-campus affordable student hostels and expanding accommodation facilities through Public-Private Partnerships with universities.
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