You Are “Criminals” – Prof Adei Blast Public School Teachers

You Are “Criminals”…Are teachers really criminals?  The educationist has been bashing teachers in recent times because of their refusal to go back to the classrooms. In his view, the tactics deployed by these teachers amount to crime because the teachers have refused to go back to school yet, they are happily enjoying their monthly salaries.

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The former rector of GIMPA who is now heading Ashesi University holds the view that public school teachers are negatively impacting the quality of education in the country at the basic level.

In an interview on Class91.3FM he argued that quality in education has nothing to do with the double track but the kind of teaching and products of the primary schools.

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He added that whiles 80% of children in Ghana pass through the public schools, many of the educators paid by the government are “Pure Criminals” . In his view, these teachers do not perform their teaching duties as expected but are paid at least GHS1000.00 a month then they send their wards to private schools where SHS leavers perform better than them and polish their wards.

“Why? Because, there, their children will pass and go to secondary school”, Prof Adei explained.

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He minced no words when he revealed that the woes of Ghana’s education sector lie squarely on the toes of these teachers in public basic schools. Supervision and accountability at the basic school are key to success in all levels of learning above the basic school. He called for stakeholders like the GES to fire non-performing teachers. In his estimation, once quality basic school graduates are produced, it will have a rippling effect on those who enter secondary school and also those who graduate

He said, Ghana is worse placed in terms of basic school education and that, in nearby Togo, a child with just two years in school can read but that is not the case in Ghana.