She said that could be done only when the students were equipped with the basic resources such as quality tuition, infrastructure, and a free environment to learn, among others, with the aim of empowering them to match their western counterparts.
Ms Sanders, who was speaking at the TEDx Accra Summit during a panel discussion, indicated that access to quality education would be one of the major factors which would drive the development of the country in the future.
Skills-oriented students
“Improving educational systems on the local front would be in the national interest to help prepare students practically for the job market,” she said.
According to her, there was the need to strengthen the critical areas of the country’s educational systems in order to trigger skills-oriented students who could bring about practical change in the society.
“Students need to be given a solid, holistic education in order to help them to be innovative rather than reproduce the same thing taught in class,” she said.
She said access to basic education must be a fundamental right to citizens in the country and used the opportunity to laud the government for its effort at making education free and compulsory.
Needed support
Ms Sanders, however, indicated that making basic education compulsory would not be enough to satisfy quality but rather there should be access to library facilities, building of more schools, training and hiring of quality teachers, among others, with the aim of building the capacity of students for the near future.
“Looking at the various sectors that need support, it is virtually impossible for the government to effectively provide the necessary support for the educational sector in the short term. It is, therefore, important for the private sector to provide some of the core support needed for the educational sector in order to produce quality at the end of the day,” she said.
Source: Maclean Kwofi, graphic.com.gh
Ms Sanders, however, indicated that making basic education compulsory would not be enough to satisfy quality but rather there should be access to library facilities, building of more schools, training and hiring of quality teachers, among others, with the aim of building the capacity of students for the near future.
“Looking at the various sectors that need support, it is virtually impossible for the government to effectively provide the necessary support for the educational sector in the short term. It is, therefore, important for the private sector to provide some of the core support needed for the educational sector in order to produce quality at the end of the day,” she said.
Source: Maclean Kwofi, graphic.com.gh
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