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Education Minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has warned the country’s teachers not to vote for the standard-bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, in the December polls.
Speaking on the NPP Volta Region Teachers Network, with the theme “With Nana in our classrooms we have performed better,” the Minister emphasized that bringing back the Mahama government would only spell ruin for the teaching profession.
For him, teaching and learning under Mahama was appalling because of the bad decisions made under his administration.
“Teachers are the largest group on the payroll and for four years [under the Akufo-Addo government] there has been no demonstration or strike by teachers. That in itself should send the NDC into the woods, because they were handling it well.
“They never achieved leadership. They wielded power but never dignity. During four years under his administration, we not only had ‘dumsor’, which in itself means that teaching and learning cannot happen, we had strikes, “he said.
Dr. Opoku Prempeh then added: “Because the worst policies since Ghana’s founding occurred between 2012 and 2016.”
The Manhyia deputy further claimed that the NDC’s promise to cancel teacher licensure exams and mandatory National Service if they win the 2020 polls is false.
“When it comes to teacher licensure exams and mandatory service, what they say and what they have written in the manifesto is aimed at misleading you again,” he said.
Volta Regional Minister Dr. Achibald Letsa, for his part, indicated that the education sector in his region has seen an improvement under the Akufo-Addo government.
“We have a success story to tell, many things to tell people, so that they give us four more years to do more for the country,” he said.
