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After the government’s failure, the National School Inspection Authority (NaSIA) to support private schools through the National Small Industries Board (NBSSI) Covid-19 Recovery Program, the recent National Authority directive School Inspection Commission (NaSIA) ordering banks to inspect their certificate in private schools before granting their own savings suggests that it is a grand plan by government agencies to victimize private education in the country.
According to the National Council of Private Schools of Ghana (GNACOPS), the NaSIA directive is outside the law, it can only be issued by the Bank of Ghana and by court order.
GNACOPS Executive Director Mr. Enoch Kwasi Gyetuah said the Council saw a letter dated February 12, 2021, reference number NaSIA / Banks / 02/21/01, presenting NaSIA, to banks in Ghana and also signed by Haggar Hilda Ampadu. , PhD Executive Director / Inspector General of Schools.
Mr. Gyetuah said GNACOPS, found that the directives issued in the letter in paragraph three lines 1, 2 and 3; which states that in this letter we are asking all banks in Ghana to ask all pre-tertiary schools for evidence of their registration with NaSIA, in the form of a provisional certificate, provisional license or full license, before conducting any business transaction with said schools. outside the law, a right that can only be exercised by the Bank of Ghana and possibly by court order.
After the Council’s careful evaluation, “we asked who bears the losses of schools who were not allowed to access their accounts for very important transactions due to their instructions,” he said.
He said the Council hinted that, “if the banks refuse to comply with the NaSIA directives, does NaSIA have the authority to take action against the banks for non-compliance with the directives?
Gyetuah said to assume without admitting that NaSIA has the mandate to write the letter to authorize the banks not to do commercial transactions with the schools. “How did your office expect these same schools to pay the registration fee that your office requests for them to pay into your account while you have ‘frozen’ your accounts?”
He said the Board considers NaSIA directives and sanctions without the board’s decision and approval to amount to a violation of the charters and the very spirit of Section 94 (1).
“The Inspector General of Schools is responsible for the implementation of the decisions of the board and the daily administration of the affairs of the Authority” of the Law of Regulatory Bodies of Education, Law 1023 of 2020.
About the issuance of the certificate
The Executive Director said that ordering banks not to do business with private schools that are not registered with NaSIA is outside the mandate of the Inspector General of Schools unless at the request of the board, which does not exist at this time.
“So under what mandate or by what court order did your office implicitly freeze the accounts of schools that are not registered with your office?” he questioned the advice.
GNACOPS said again that NaSIA is an authority that works with and under the Ministry of Education, other sister agencies, associations, developed partners, civil society organizations and others, as enshrined in Section 90.1 (a) to (k) in the Education Regulatory Bodies Law, Law 1023, 2020, but the interesting thing is that none of these collaborators was consulted before issuing external directives to the banks.
Gyetuah said that while NaSIA is mandated to register schools, it is not mandated to do so by paying a fee, as the registration of schools is not a service to the school. Section 89.1 and 122 expressly states that “so what type of service the schools have asked NaSIA to pay them those fees and charges. “
“The Council wishes to inform you how Act 1023 has directed NaSIA in matters of administration and finances in Section 122, (a) and (b)) that the funds of a regulatory body established under this act include; money approved by Parliament and money derived from fees and charges for services rendered and finally Article 123.1 of the same says “the money of each regulatory body will be deposited in a bank account opened for this purpose with the approval of the Comptroller and Accountant General.
Therefore, the Board seeks clarification from the CEO of NaSIA as to why the letter was sent to the banks and the immediate withdrawal of the letter to avoid further losses to our members.
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