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OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM IS PRODUCING CERTIFICATED UNEMPLOYABLES….
SIR SAM JONAH ON GHANA’S EDUCATION SYSTEM.

We must completely overhaul our educational system. I am not talking about the duration of school. I am talking about the quality of education and the prioritisation of what our children are taught. A useful educational system must be able to groom young people to believe in themselves and to have the necessary skills and attitudes to form an effective, efficient labour force.

As the legendary Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey opined, our education must train the heads, hands and heart of our youth. This calls for not only Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, but also vocational and technical education. Our inordinate obsession with degrees and certificates has turned most of our graduates into “certificated unemployables” hardly suited to the needs of industry. Are we preparing our graduates for the new skills sets needed for the future?

This is why I have never understood the kind of logic that informed the conversion of polytechnics into universities. Technical and vocational education has been crucial in Germany’s development.

Let us relook at our priorities and reform the educational system, shifting away from grades and certificates to technical know-how, values and attitude building; an educational system which inculcates into our young people flexibility and adaptability; communication and emotional intelligence; creativity and innovation as well as ethical leadership skills.

This is the only way we can compete in the 21st century, and from my perspective, we do not lack the human and material resources to create that kind of system. We must shape the future we desire for our country today!

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