{"id":115472,"date":"2023-11-01T12:02:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T12:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/01\/procurement-must-be-an-elective-shs-subject-dr-adutwum\/"},"modified":"2023-11-01T12:02:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T12:02:50","slug":"procurement-must-be-an-elective-shs-subject-dr-adutwum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/01\/procurement-must-be-an-elective-shs-subject-dr-adutwum\/","title":{"rendered":"Procurement Must Be An Elective SHS Subject \u2013 Dr. Adutwum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong><em>Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum with GIPS leadership <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, is advocating for the introduction of procurement and strategic sourcing as an elective subject in the secondary education curriculum to give a firm foundation to students who might want to take on the profession.<\/p>\n<p>He made the call when the leadership of the Ghana Institute of Procurement and Supply (GIPS) paid a courtesy call on him to submit the policy document and draft copy of the Procurement Practicing Bill for onward submission to Cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>GIPS President, Simon Annan and Professor Douglas Boateng, an expert on strategic sourcing, lead the team during the visit.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Annan emphasized that the passage of the Procurement Practicing Bill is a game changer because it will provide standards, accountable procurement and regulations for practitioners to responsibly undertake their functions to support Act 663 as amended.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that the study of procurement in second-cycle institutions will expose the citizenry to an inextricable link between procurement, industrialization, and sustainable job creation for long-term socio-economic development.<\/p>\n<p>He indicated that graduates who aspire to study procurement and supply chain at the university level after senior high school will be well-equipped with the fundamental understanding of the practical application of procurement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a good decision because it supports the students to understand the real application of procurement or the linkage between procurement and sustainable development in the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the minister, the tenet of the procurement profession requires discipline, ethical standards, code of conduct and practical applications, which should be introduced to aspiring professionals at the early stages of their education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fundamental aim of this proposal is to champion the integration of procurement as an elective discipline within Ghana\u2019s second-cycle educational framework,\u201d the minister added.<\/p>\n<p>He, therefore, tasked the leadership of GIPS to work with the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) and related parties to develop the right course content and methodologies for implementation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Samuel Boadi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum with GIPS leadership \u00a0 Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, is advocating for the introduction of procurement and strategic sourcing as an elective subject in the secondary education curriculum to give a firm foundation to students who might want to take on the profession. 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