GNACOPS asked to become autonomous private education service
The Executive Director of the Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS), Enoch Kwasi Gyetuah has urged President Akufo-Addo to grant his outfit a presidential Charter to become an autonomous private education service
The Private Schools Council Director says the request is in line with Article 25(2) of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, which guarantees the right to establish and maintain private education and participation in the education sector.
Obenfo Gyetuah made the call speaking at the launch of the 2nd edition of the GNACOPS 2024 Annual Educational Leadership Summit on the theme “Reimagine, Rethink, and Redeliver: Crafting Education for Perpetual Revolution,”
If granted the Charter, he said the Ghana National Council of Private Schools will establish a formal and statutory framework for private education institutions, ensuring effective coordination and administration with the government.
The formal and statutory framework he said will facilitate collaboration on national education strategies and policies while protecting the unique needs and contributions of private schools from exclusionary tactics.
The Executive Director of the Council of Private Schools emphasized that the granting of the Presidential Charter by current or successive governments will help them become a private education service body, fully representing private education in Ghana.
Citing his outfit’s enormous contribution to the country’s education sector, Mr Gyetuah indicated that the private education sector has 22,000 private schools, three million learners, and 548,632 teaching and non-teaching staff.
“We must advocate for an inclusive policy environment that values diversity in education and provides equal opportunities for all institutions to thrive
We can continue to contribute to the growth and development of Ghana’s educational landscape with the recognition and support that we rightfully deserve
We must reimagine what inclusivity means in this context. It is not just about ensuring that every child has access to education, but also about ensuring that private education institutions are recognized and supported as essential partners in national development,” he said at the GNACOPS 2024 Annual Educational Leadership Summit.
Reacting to GNACOPS’s call to be granted a Presidential Charter, the Deputy Inspector of Schools on behalf of the Director of the National Schools Inspectorate Authority (NaSIA), Michael Yaw Acheampong said the request will be considered for discussion.
“We think that it will call for broader consultation, but I think that with over three million learners, it is a great call for consideration,” the National Schools Inspectorate Authority (NaSIA) official said the the Private Schools Council event.
