Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh
The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has revealed
that the government will employ 56,000 teachers by the end of this month.
“By the close of the month, 56,000 teachers would have been employed
by the government. Last year at the advent of the double track, we employed
8,700 teachers to support teaching staff. We are also about employing over
1,500 school support staff to support the kitchen staff who seems to have been
overly burdened by the double track,” Dr. Prempeh said.
Addressing students of Nkawkaw Senior High School in the Kwahu West
Municipal of the Eastern Region as part of President Akufo-Addo’s three-day
tour of the region, the Education Minister said under the Free SHS policy,
students also get free uniforms, food and other stuff and this has not happened
in many years.
He said the government was keen on resolving all problems associated
with the Free SHS to make it even better. “Your Excellency, you said at the
beginning of your government that if there was any sector that Ghana should put
its investment in, it is the future of the country, and that future is
represented by the beneficiaries of the Free SHS,” he added.
Dr. Robert Forson, Headmaster of the Nkawkaw Senior High School, urged the government to continue to improve infrastructure in the various schools, including his outfit to enhance teaching and learning.
From Daniel Bampoe, Nkawkaw
