<<Print>>

Dr Ekwow Spio - Garbrah, the Minister of Trade and Industry, has admonished Old Student Associations to channel their support towards improving the content and quality of the education at their respective schools.

  “Creating funds to support educational infrastructure is good but one of the most important aspects of education that needs much attention is the body of knowledge,” he said. 

    Dr Spio-Garbrah gave the advice at a youth colloquium in Cape Coast on the theme: “Falling Standards of Education in the Cape Coast Metropolis, the stakeholders’ responsibility”.

    The colloquium, which was organised by the Cape Coast Youth Association, in collaboration with the National Youth Authority, was aimed at bringing stakeholders together to deliberate and find solutions to the falling standards of education in the Cape Coast Metropolis.

      He acknowledged the immense contributions of old students in the area of infrastructural development in their respective schools, but said the focus should be shifted towards deepening the curriculum content. 

       He said it was about time Ghana made a paradigm shift from the content of the educational system to focus on production and manufacturing.

            Dr Spio-Garbrah is an old student of the Achimota School and a Former Minister of Education.

            Professor Nyarko Simpson, a Senior lecturer at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), said the provision of a sustainable education could only be achieved if stakeholders played their respective roles effectively and efficiently.

          He urged parents to endeavor to sustain their children in school with their little incomes.

         He entreated parents to educate their wards with purpose and provide all their necessary needs to enable them to stay in school.