{"id":71794,"date":"2023-05-30T08:22:08","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T08:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/30\/not-all-textbooks-on-the-market-have-our-approval\/"},"modified":"2023-05-30T08:22:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T08:22:08","slug":"not-all-textbooks-on-the-market-have-our-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/30\/not-all-textbooks-on-the-market-have-our-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"Not all textbooks on the market have our approval"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) of Ghana has stressed that not all textbooks on the Ghanaian market have been approved by the council.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Director General of NaCCA, Prof. Edwin Appiah, some publishers fail to get approval from the council before putting their books on the market for sale.<\/p>\n<p>This follows concerns raised by some parents and guardians that some textbooks with mistakes and are poorly written are on the market.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <strong>Citi TV<\/strong>\u2019s <strong>Point of View<\/strong> show, Prof. Edwin Appiah advised parents to be careful of the books they purchase for their wards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of the books out there have not been approved by NaCCA. The publishers falsely claim that their books are approved by GES and NaCCA, but this is a lie. These are some of the marketing gimmicks that publishers use.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbonu, however, said the sale of non-approved books is a result of the non-availability of approved books by NaCCA on the market.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"Sh1dsyJkhhs\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GNAAP apologises for misleading content in &quot;history of Ghana&quot; textbook\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sh1dsyJkhhs?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) of Ghana has stressed that not all textbooks on the Ghanaian market have been approved by the council. 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