Gov’t to set Private Education Service for private education sector
The next government of the main political parties in the country, the New Patriotic Party and the National Democratic Congress have pledged to establish a Private Education Service for the private education sector if voted into power in the December 7, 2024 election.
The pledge to establish the Private Education Sector was made individually by representatives of the political parties during the Multimedia Group’s 3rd Edition of the Sectorial Debate, the National Executive Director of GNACOPS.
NPP’s representative who is also the Deputy Minister of Education, Reverend Ntim Fordjour on his part said the next government of his party will engage with private education sector players to ensure the establishment of the Private Education Service
“The NPP is committed to positioning private sector education in a collaborative approach. If voted into power, we will engage with private education sector players to ensure the establishment of the Private Education Service,” he said.
On the part of NDC’s representative also Deputy Ranking Member of Parliament’s Education Committee, Dr Clement Abas Apaak, said his party’s next government will consider establishing the Private Education Service as a crucial conduit to oversee private education delivery in Ghana.
“The next National Democratic Congress (NDC) government will consider establishing the Private Education Service as a crucial conduit to oversee private education delivery in Ghana
We have already promised an inclusive government of education delivery, where private senior high schools
will be part of the Free SHS policy,” the member of the Parliament Select Committee on Education stated.
The Private Education Service, according to the National Executive Director of Ghana National Council of Private Schools, Enoch Kwasi Gyetuah will regulate private education in Ghana separately from the Ghana Education Service.
The Education Service agency for the private sector comes after the Director of the GNACOPS, Enoch Kwasi Gyetuah 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
