Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has announced plans to lead the unsealing of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund). This move aims to provide readily available funds for the Ministry of Education, enhancing essential physical systems and facilities that support urban development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iddrisu emphasized the importance of Ghana’s participation in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and addressing the restriction on accessing a specific amount of funds. Resolving this issue would greatly benefit the education sector, as the GETFund would provide full assistance to ensure the nation’s educational progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Minister also highlighted the disparity in education quality between rural and urban areas, stressing the need for equal access to quality learning. To achieve this, Iddrisu suggested allocating a specific percentage of the national output and total income to the education sector. Alternatively, the sector could be settled continually for ten years from the Gross Domestic Product funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Furthermore, Iddrisu advocated for the government to provide job opportunities for final-year students of the free Senior High School (SHS) program. This initiative would ensure a smoother transition for students entering the workforce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Haruna Iddrisu Vows to Unseal GETFund for Enhanced Education Sector<\/p>\n
Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has announced plans to lead the unsealing of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund). This move aims to provide readily available funds for the Ministry of Education, enhancing essential physical systems and facilities that support urban development.<\/p>\n
Iddrisu emphasized the importance of Ghana’s participation in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and addressing the restriction on accessing a specific amount of funds. Resolving this issue would greatly benefit the education sector, as the GETFund would provide full assistance to ensure the nation’s educational progress.<\/p>\n
The Minister also highlighted the disparity in education quality between rural and urban areas, stressing the need for equal access to quality learning. To achieve this, Iddrisu suggested allocating a specific percentage of the national output and total income to the education sector. Alternatively, the sector could be settled continually for ten years from the Gross Domestic Product funds.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, Iddrisu advocated for the government to provide job opportunities for final-year students of the free Senior High School (SHS) program. This initiative would ensure a smoother transition for students entering the workforce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5304,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5305,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5300\/revisions\/5305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}