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Mr David Abeseabe, chairman of Ghana National Association of Private Schools in the Ejisu municipality of the Ashanti Region has made a passionate appeal to the Ministry of Education through the Ghana Education Service to as a matter of urgency reform the school placement system.
“One of the major challenges facing private schools in the country is the unfair school placement system because parents have started withdrawing their wards from upper primary and especially in JHS 1 and 2 to registered in public schools to write BECE the reason being that they want better placement for their wards which is collapsing private schools in Ghana.
“This system of giving priority to public basic schools over private schools is unfair. It is affecting the population of our schools,
“These students are all Ghanaians and ought to have their fair share of what they deserve from the nation. They can’t be sidelined,” he stated.
On his part, Nana Berko, Executive Member Ghana National Association of Private Schools GNAPS in the Ejisu municipality also added his voice by appealing to our politicians to exclude private schools from their politics because development of the country is the topmost priority of private schools.
He calls for urgency
of reform the school placement system to favor both private schools and public schools.
Finally, Mr Owusu Agyapong Deputy Director and supervision Ghana Education Service Ejisu Municipal Directorate also expressed the hope that the Ghana Education Service (GES) will forward their appeal to the Government to take a second look at the negative effects of the present school placement system on private schools in the country.
He commended the private schools for their unflinching support to the education sector in the country
as such their children should benefit from their contribution to national development.
He said the best legacy Ghana can leave for its future leaders is quality education.
By: Alexander Nti (Despite Media)
