Senior High school students in Ghanaian will from 2017 study Arabic as a compulsory subject.
This was announced by the Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, when he interacted with the Muslim Community at Nsawam Zongo as part of his campaign tour of the Eastern Region.
“President Mahama has agreed that from 2017 Senior High School students will study Arabic like they do in the English language and we will introduce it at the basic level in 2018 and make it examinable.”
Julius Debrah added that the Wenchi Teacher training college has started a programme to train such teachers.
“The good news is that for the first time we have a teacher training college in Wenchi that will train our Arabic teachers to be posted to other schools after completion.”
He also announced several policies to be introduced by President Mahama if given another term in office to enrich the lives of Ghanaians.
“This is not all, under the Islamic education unit, we will have Islamic Junior High Schools and Islamic Junior Technical institutions so that graduates from these schools can be employed in other Arabic countries with the certificates they would acquire. Who will you trust to deliver, is it the one who is offering you fish or the one showing you how to fish?”.
The Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah also reiterated calls for the Muslim community in particular to vote massively for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and its candidates.
Government to strictly enforce teaching in local languages
The announcement comes on the back of moves by the Education Ministry to begin the strict enforcement of the use of local languages as the sole medium of instruction in basic schools in Ghana.
The Education Minister, Professor Naana Opoku Agyeman in June 2016 indicated that only pupils from kindergarten one to primary three will be taught mainly with the local languages.
98% of class 2 pupils can’t read English
A research conducted in Ghana in 2014 revealed that 98 percent of primary two pupils in basic schools can neither read nor understand English or any Ghanaian language properly.
This was contained in the “Early Grade Reading Assessment” report commissioned by the Ghana Education Service (GES) for primary two pupils.
Source: Citifmonline
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F0000ls in government... No vision, no ideas, no policy...... Why arabic? I will accept french.
Mr Chief of staff, please what is the rationale behind this NDC policy? Please we need to be very careful when we speak in this country. This statement is full of religious and and tribal undertones and it is not good for Ghana. I rest my case.
This i really unbelievable.......why will Arabic be a compulsory subject In Senior High School.As a muslim myself I don'tsupport tthis Ghanais a secular country making Arabic compulsory aaren't youtaking this thing too far.......Creating ddecision between the religious sect will not win you vote.Find something god to say rather this ***barred word***
ooh ho ndc arabic going to be compulsory subject? desperate and lack of ideas smh
NDC IS FULL OF FOOOOOOOOOOOLS
May be he is talking about Islam religious studies as in Christian religious studies. Hahaha,eiii,I need to read this article again,is it the recitation that will be compulsory or the written. Hahaha,these NDC people really don't want to think far koraaa.
What is happening in Gnana? ARABIC? Is that what NDC think will earn them votes. Remember moslems are in the minority in this country. In fact, my mind was to vote JDM, but for this singular reason they have lost my vote and those of my family members.
Mr Julius Debrah, before you continue your plan, ask your children and the numerous children of John Mahama including those he had out of wedlock whether they can fluently speak the french they learn't in school right from the Nursery School, through the Primary to the Junior High School. How many Ghanaians take the French language and let alone add Arabic? This shows how funny JDM has become in desperate need for votes. The is indeed true that John Dramani Has Gone Mad for Votes and that will only become a pipe dream! Kai!, Kia! Torfiaqwa
I regret for the President for sending this pig out there to campaign. Two important messages attributed to him out there aren't good for the president's campaign. 1. Kalypolitis 2. Compulsory Arabic Is this man not loosing it all? He is a loose canon on the president's campaign trail. negative policies are what he is promoting. He himself will never let his children learn Arabic, yet he goes out there to tout it! Let him ask all Ghanaians who had the opportunity of trying to learn French why they aren't speaking it? He would soon know that learning another language is not the Ghanaian's priority. Have our leaders lost it all or become too desperate for votes or both? What non/sense!
Julius is on the loose with loose talk but we hear him loud and clear. To be forewarned is to be forearmed. From 2017 when we pay our children's school fees they will be asked to study Arabic and be thought by a Cleric as a core subject in addition to the other compulsory subject just because John Mahama needed muslim votes to sail through the 2016 election. We are wise so we will vote against JDM to prevent this extra burden. What do the children need Arabic for. Are we in the Middle-East, are we surrounded by Arab speaking countries. Are we on the verge of becoming an Islamic state that requires all children to convert to Islam. Has President Mahama and his family been converted to Islam in Dubai to neutralise Alhaji Dr. Bawunmia. Nsem piii