The National Democratic Congress (NDC), in its 2024 manifesto, has outlined its plans for the education sector.
Since education drives and contributes significantly to the economy, the NDC has captured what it intends to do for the nation via the education sector when voted to power on December 7, 2024.
The party has listed numerous contributions that they deem to be fit for the wilting economy. The NDC has promised to abolish the Licensure Examination and integrate the
licensing process into the final year examination of trainees.
As it stands, teacher trainees (graduates) sit for their Licensure Examination while doing their one-year mandatory national service which to many sounds different because these prospective teachers are not qualified (no license) but they are allowed to manage a full class.Rewd
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The manifesto also captured what will be abolished, implemented, continued, prioritized, reviewed, promoted, decentralized, equipped, commenced, and provided if voted into power in December 2024.
In NDC’s 2024 Manifesto under “TRANSFORMING EDUCATION” they outlined numerous works they will undertake to transform education. Below is the list of transformative works the party has promised Ghanaians.
- Introduce the ‘Bright Beginnings Initiative’ to revive early
childhood education for the well-being of Ghanaian children
and facilitate seamless integration into continuous schooling
and lifelong learning. - Launch a ‘Furniture for All Initiative’ in partnership with the local carpentry and furniture industry to address the acute deficit at the basic school level.
- Significantly improve the pupil-to-textbook ratio through the
comprehensive provision of curriculum-based textbooks. - Embark on an aggressive infrastructure drive to address
the increasing phenomenon of schools under trees and
rehabilitate dilapidated school buildings. - Improve the free SHS programme by providing a dedicated and sustainable funding source.
- Decentralise the procurement of food for Senior High Schools to boost local economies.
- Abolish the double-track system to restore a stable one-track academic calendar.
- Embark on an emergency infrastructure drive to complete
abandoned E-blocks and expand infrastructure in existing SHS and TVET institutions. - Continue our policy of providing free laptops/tablets for students.
- Equip Science Resource Centres in all schools across the regions to support STEM/TVET education.
- Review the Computerized School Selection & Placement System (CSSPS) to make it merit-based and address corruption.
- Commence the establishment of regional TVET Centres of Excellence equipped with state-of-the-art facilities to promote innovation and simulate natural work environments.
- Promote the recognition of the Prior Learning Certification/ Step-Up Certification (SEC) programme to enable artisans in the informal sector to validate and improve their skills and knowledge for academic and career progression.
- Implement a ‘No-Academic-Fee’ policy for first-year students in all public tertiary institutions, including Universities, Colleges
of Education and Nursing Training Colleges. - Provide continuing students with financial assistance by reintroducing and redeploying our Student Loan Trust Fund
Plus and a reformed scholarship regime. - Provide Free Tertiary Education to all persons with disabilities.
- Provide allowances, student loans, scholarships and other funding options for teachers and nurses.
- Improve subventions to public universities and ensure timely
disbursements. - Promote the establishment of Tertiary Endowment Funds (TEF)
in partnership with alumni, philanthropists and corporate
Ghana, among others, to support students in public tertiary
universities. - Implement a ‘Bed-for-All’ programme by building on-campus
affordable student hostels and expanding accommodation
facilities through Public-Private Partnerships with universities
- Introduce legislation to streamline and regulate the awarding of government scholarships and prohibit the award of scholarships to political appointees.
- Halt the collateralisation of the GETFund and restore it to its
original mandate of educational financing. - Establish a National Research Fund to support and promote indigenous and commercialised research.
- Abolish the teacher licensure examination and integrate the
licensing process into the final year examination of trainees - Scrap the NPP’s mandatory national service policy for teacher trainee graduates and ensure the prompt employment of newly qualified teachers.
- Prioritise the timely promotion of teachers and ensure the availability of funds for their remuneration.
- Institute the ‘Teacher Dabr3’ Project to provide accommodation facilities for teachers within new and existing school buildings.
- Introduce a special allowance—20 per cent of basic salary—for teachers who accept postings to rural and underserved communities.
- Initiate a scheme to assist teachers own vehicles of their choice by offering flexible duty payment arrangements and employer guarantees in partnership with teacher unions and the banking sector.
- Continue with our policy of establishing a public university in
every region with a focus on newly-created regions
Download the full manifesto document which covers all the sectors the NDC party promised to reset when voted into power come December 2024 >>>here<<<
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