{"id":18134,"date":"2022-04-05T20:24:23","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T20:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/uncategorized\/uds-lecturer-calls-for-national-dialogue-on-education"},"modified":"2022-04-05T20:41:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T20:41:02","slug":"uds-lecturer-calls-for-national-dialogue-on-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/uds-lecturer-calls-for-national-dialogue-on-education","title":{"rendered":"UDS lecturer calls for national dialogue on education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Dr Michael Ayamga-Adongo, Senior Lecturer and Head of Applied Economics Department of the University for Development Studies has called for honest national dialogue on education to collectively generate concrete plan for the sector.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that the education system needed clear cut plan and investment outline, especially at the tertiary level to prepare students for the job market and future challenges. Dr Ayamga-Adongo made the call in an interview with the Ghana News Agency in Tamale on measures to improve the country\u2019s educational system.<\/p>\n<p>He said current conditions and posture of government indicated that the education system was tiptoeing in a negative direction and added that it did not augur well for sustainable knowledge acquisition and use by generations to come.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasised that \u201cWe must stop this one-man show that is toying with destinies of the next generation&#8221; and said &#8220;the prospect of government weaning off public universities was horrifying, since it will further restrict access to higher education for the poor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dr Ayamga-Adongo expressed need for the government &#8220;To develop a blueprint to restructure tertiary education institutions and invest meaningful resources to ensure Ghana was not left behind in preparing the next generation.&#8221; He said, &#8220;Government is pretending to fund tertiary education and universities are pretending to train manpower.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\">Ghana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. 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