Mr. Godwin M.K. Sadzi, Chairman for the Hohoe
Municipal Conference of Heads of Basic Schools (COHBS) in the Volta Region of Ghana
has urged the various party politicians in the country to stop playing with the
nation’s education to save the nation’s education from collapsing.
He made this request in an interview with the
Educational News on Wednesday at Akyawkrom in the Ejisu Juaben Municipality
when he led members of the Hohoe COHBS embarked on a three day educational trip
to the Ashanti Region.
He explained that politicians in the country should be
blamed for the crisis and challenges schools in the country, particularly the basic
schools were facing since they had been playing politics with the management of
the basic schools.
Mr. Sadzi, observed that politicians had been
interfering in the running of basic schools in the country since independence
and it had not yielded the nation any good.
He stated that it was time for government to stop
paying lip services to the development of education rather government should
focus on performing it core duties in relation to provision of education.
He reminded the authorities of Ghana Education Service
(GES) to be ready to provide the needed teaching and Learning Materials (TLMS)
earl next academic year to avoid shortage of such materials as it happened last
academic year which forced some teachers to use part of their Salaries to buy
TLMS like chalk, Teachers Lesson Note Books, Registers and terminal report
cards to enhance teaching and learning process in their schools in the Hohoe
Municipality.
Mr. Sadzi, indicated that the trip forms part of the
Hohoe Municipal COHBS annual activity and during such trips they used the
occasion to honour dedicated and hardworking members of the association. Five
members who had retired from GES were awarded.
During the three days trip they visited Barekese Dam,
Manhya Museum, Culture Centre and GNAT Village at Abankro near Ejisu
