Government’s ‘New Schools’ a Facade – Prof Opoku-Agyemang
Prof Opoku-Agyemang Urges Voters to Support Mahama for a Real Education Overhaul
- Prof Opoku-Agyemang criticizes the government for refurbishing old schools and presenting them as new
- She demands that the government disclose the number of schools it has genuinely completed
- Prof Opoku-Agyemang emphasizes the need for a reset in the education sector
Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, vice-presidential candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has challenged the government’s practice of refurbishing old school buildings and inaugurating them as new.
Speaking to NDC supporters in Kpetinga, Gushiegu Constituency, during her Northern Region campaign tour, she labeled the act as misleading and questioned the government’s dedication to quality education.
“When we commissioned schools, they were fully equipped with stocked libraries, furnished classrooms, operational computer labs, and assigned teachers ready to teach. That’s what we called a completed school,” she explained.
Prof. Opoku-Agyemang called on the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia administration to transparently account for the schools it has genuinely completed over its eight years in office.
She criticized the government for taking credit for projects initiated and completed under the Mahama administration, adding that mere repainting doesn’t equate to infrastructure development.
The former Education Minister lamented that the current government has failed to build on the robust interventions of the Mahama era, which included free textbooks and sandals for students.
She urged voters to support NDC’s John Dramani Mahama in the December 7 elections, promising a revival of Ghana’s education sector and solutions to the country’s broader challenges.
