From George Ernest Asare, Kumasi.
After assessing the education sector in the Ashanti Region since 2004, the Regional Directorate of Education has noted that the existing infrastructure do not match the phenomenal increase in enrolment in both first and second cycle institutions.
This, according to the directorate was creating acute congestion in the classrooms and undermining effective and efficient teaching and learning.
They have therefore appealed for the expansion of infrastructure at all levels to reduce congestion and enhance teaching and learning.
Mr J. K. Onyinah, Regional Director of Education, who made the appeal on behalf of the directorate, explained that at the Senior High School (SHS) level “enrolment has risen from a little over 70,000 to 117,000 in three years, and with the fact that no student would graduate from the SHS this year, space for admission has become very acute.”
Mr Onyinah made the appeal during the Ashanti Regional sector’s annual review programme in Kumasi.
The programme was meant to assess the overall performance of the education sector, consolidate the achievements made in the previous years and critically assess the challenges to enable them strategise and improve standards at all levels . About 200 participants attended the three-day workshop
Mr Onyinah noted that notwithstanding the serious challenges facing the sector, teachers were committed to their responsibilities and this wass impacting well on the academic performance of their students.
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