Prof Adei calls on stakeholders to strengthen basic education in the country

The Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Professor Stephen Adei, has called on all stakeholders to strengthen the basic education structure in order to adequately prepare the children.

According to him, quality education at the basic level was vital to the success of the children educational career and future.

Speaking at the first-anniversary lecture of the Northern Accra Diocese of the Methodist Church Ghana at New Achimota last Thursday on the theme “Ghana’s development history and current agenda: Are we progressing”, Prof. Adei said the free senior high policy was a laudable initiative to aid children to further their education.

But he was quick to add that there was the need to improve the basic education to ensure a smooth transitioning to the senior high schools.

Prof. Adei also mentioned that teachers played a key role in quality basic education and stressed the need for them to be paid well and provided with incentives to motivate them to carry out their work and duties respectively.

He further called for the improvement of supervision in basic schools, saying the effects of proper teacher supervision on pupils were enormous.