The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been advised to critically ‘look’ at subjects that will be taught at its new school.
Kwesi Pratt Jnr, managing Editor of the Insight newspaper says if this is not done, ‘we will poison ourselves’ in terms of learning the right thing and that will lead to the ‘twisting of history’.
The NDC has established a school called the Ghana Institute for Social Democracy.
The Institute is aimed at ensuring that members are grounded in the ideals of the party.
According to the Director of Research of the party who also doubles as the Acting Rector of the Institute, Dr William Ahadzie, “we are not looking at NDC people only but people who share our ideals from other countries in the sub-region”.
Programmes that the institute would run include the philosophy of the party, history of the party, history of Ghana, constitutional studies, party management, political communication, leadership skills, elections and electoral systems.
It is located at the party’s headquarters ‘for now’.
Speaking to this during a panel discussion on Radio Gold’s Alhaji and Alhaji, Kwesi Pratt said: “…it’s not a bad enterprise but …there are those in the National Democratic Congress who claim falsely that social democracy is a variant of socialism; it is not. Social democracy has always been a variant of capitalism and since the school was announced, I have seen publication that gives me cause for concern…I think what is taught in that institution needs to be looked at very carefully otherwise we will poison ourselves. For example I saw one publication which said what social democracy seeks to achieve is the same as what Marxist seeks to achieve; through a revolutionary process and so on; I think that is a complete distortion…but nonetheless I think it is a good beginning…”
Source: Rebecca Addo Tetteh/Peacefmonline.com
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hahaha what school is this, teach how to loot state monies or loot state cars, no serious person will go to this school, n,d,c members are now going to school, from gh
Great news from the obvious party NDC am proud of Ghana and NDC
Thank you this will be a school of stealers remember that the NDC alway come in government to loot.
This school is a foooooooooooooolish idea and concept. What kind of stuuuuupppidity is this? It is merely a school to teach incompeetence. Ghana needs engineers and scientists and people who can teach such things in the different Ghanaian languages. We don't need a fooooolish thing like this school. NDC, you are exceedingly fooooooolish people. How on earth did you win elections in 2008 & 2012. Nkwasssssiafuor
Ghanaians are only good at introducing new process. Ideology is not the most important problem facing Ghana. The most important problem is the insatiable greed and selfishness of persons in public office. Any leader who can successfully check this greed and selfishness of public officials will succeed in leading Ghana into prosperity.
Wonderful. During the teaching of the History of the Party, I pray that the teachers go as far back as the days of the TTC Transvolta Togoland Congress. NDC has its roots in Western Togoland. Hence, the World Bank of Votes. Just like the NPP has its roots in the Ashanti Region. I hope that Members are taught that the current nation of GHANA is made up of the former nation of the GOLD COAST and the former nation of Western Togoland. I wish that Ghanaians learn that the "DEMOCRACY" has demonic roots. "THEOCRACY" is the way of probity, accountability, integrity, and respect for the Humankind. Moreover, "Social" is very limited in scope regarding human progress as a nation. The Party must consider the Biological, Psychological, Social, Economic, and Spiritual aspects of the individual and the nation. Finally, let us make the ideals Afrocentric.