{"id":275820,"date":"2011-02-10T06:29:21","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T06:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=51736"},"modified":"2011-02-10T06:29:21","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T06:29:21","slug":"betty-mould-iddrisu-to-use-innovative-means-to-solve-teachers-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/10\/betty-mould-iddrisu-to-use-innovative-means-to-solve-teachers-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Betty Mould-Iddrisu To Use Innovative Means To Solve Teachers\u2019 Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even though she is yet to settle  finally into her new office, Education Minister, Betty Mould Iddrisu is  upbeat about her new assignment.<br \/>\nMrs. Mould Iddrisu has been in  office at the Education Ministry close to a month after a presidential  reshuffle saw her moved from the Attorney General and Ministry of  Justice office.<br \/>\nSpeaking extensively on her new post with Emefa Apawu, host of the <strong>Big Bite<\/strong> on <strong>Xfm 95.1<\/strong>,  a privately owned commercial radio station in Accra, Mrs Mould-Iddrisu,  who is also passionate about education issues apart from legal matters,  considering her legal background, is hopeful that her tenure would see a  reduction, if not an eradication of strike actions which are synonymous  with the Education Ministry.<br \/>\nSince her inception into office,  Mrs. Mould-Iddrisu revealed that she has met some unions under her  jurisdiction, to know their priorities. This she says, will enable her  to know firsthand what their grievances have been and how to  \u201cinnovatively\u201d solve them, not necessarily putting money in their  pockets.<br \/>\n\u201cI have a deep concern for the condition of teachers at  all levels, and I also have an acute sense of the problem which ordinary  people are going through in this country; while undertaking a very  difficult job, especially, those who are teaching in the more deprived  areas of Ghana.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cSo I think that I should be able to listen to  their concern. I am not saying that I will be able to put money in their  pocket, but we should be innovative. There are innovative ways which  have been used in other countries to address concerns of teachers\u201d.<br \/>\n\u201cI  have already met several of the unions and they were extremely pleased  that I made meeting and getting to know them one of my priorities. There  are many unions, but I have told them that I would try and meet at  least two of them every week, so that I will get to know them and their  concerns\u201d.<br \/>\nThe Education Ministry is one of the few  \u201cuncomfortable\u201d Ministries in the country but this is not unknown to the  accomplished lawyer and versatile scholar. Spelling out a plethora of  challenges and difficulties that await her, Mrs Mould says she is  bringing on board \u201cnot only a certain amount of capacity of  understanding negotiation and understanding empathy for problem of  education, but also obviously, being a woman, I am a bit more  sympathetic, maybe than the men\u201d.<br \/>\nShe says, \u201cthe problems are  many; in a ministry which has the largest budget of government, you can  imagine the multiplicity of problems that await me. We have 255,000  teachers on our payroll. Paying them as a government is extremely  challenging, that I think is one of the major concern.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThen  there is the infrastructure development which my predecessor started;  there are a significant number of developments taking place all over the  country. There is so much more to be done in respect of the monitoring,  evaluation and supervision of the ongoing projects\u201d.<br \/>\n\u201cThere is a  whole plethora of issues which I have to discuss with the Minister of  Finance in terms of ensuring the government commitment to the capitation  grant, the school feeding program, the provision of free school  uniforms, text books, etc. I also have to look at the GETFUND, and  manage what resources are going to be allocated to it\u201d, Mrs Mould says,  and adds; \u201cthere is so much to do\u201d.<br \/>\nAfter all these have been  done however, Betty Mould Iddrisu is hopeful that she would be  remembered as one Minister who judiciously used resources allocated to  her Ministry \u201cto develop educational infrastructure, content and quality  in the country\u201d; and as one who \u201cmanaged those resources to achieve an  optimum significant increase in uplifting educational standards in  Ghana\u201d.<br \/>\nSource: Abena Asiedua Tenkorang\/Xfm 95.1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even though she is yet to settle finally into her new office, Education Minister, Betty Mould Iddrisu is upbeat about her new assignment. 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