Adutwum Is The Worst Education Minister In Ghana’s History – Educationist

An Educationist, Ekow Djan has added his voice to the many calls for the dismissal of Ghana’s Education minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum for his abysmal performance.

According to him, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has proven to be the worst minister for the education sector in the country’s educational sector.

The minister has come under a series of attacks for reversing back to the Trimester system a few days after changing it to semester, as done by the tertiary.

Mr Ekow Djan in his statement emphasised: “This is a minister who lacks vision, his decisions are shaky and not backed by research, bad at policy formulation, struggles to implement policies which are both teacher-centred and student-centred, lacks effective managerial skills etc”.

Full statement below:

AKUFO-ADDO SHOULD GET RID OF ADUTWUM AS EDUCATION MINISTER

The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has proven to be the worst minister for the education sector since 1992.

It does appear, Dr Mathew Opoku-Prempeh who performed abysmally as Education minister is far better than Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum.

The current minister, Dr Adutwum has demonstrated time without number is not fit for the job.

Every well-meaning Ghanaian today agrees that Ghana’s education sector is in deep crisis.

This is a minister who lacks vision, his decisions are shaky and not backed by research, is bad at policy formulation, struggles to implement policies that are both teacher-centred and student-centred, lacks effective managerial skills etc.

1. Under Adutwum as Minister, three education unions—UTAG, CETAG, TEWU— are currently on strike over poorer conditions of service.

2. Teachers in pre-tertiary schools are lamenting over poor salary conditions and undue deductions from their salaries.

3. Non-payment of allowances like responsibility allowances to pre-tertiary teachers.

4. Trainee teachers have not been paid their allowances for six(6) solid months.

5. Students in the universities are struggling to find accommodation.

6. Textbooks have not been supplied to basic school pupils since 2019.

7. Academic calendar has become problematic.

8. CHASS is lamenting over the non-release of funds for Senior High Schools.

9. Uncleared backlog of 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 trained teachers.

10. Growing indiscipline in our schools

11. Etc

Without mincing words, Dr Adutwum is not fit for the job as education minister, and the earlier he is fired by President Akufo-Addo, the better.