A private legal practitioner, Robert Nii Arday Clegg has clearly stated his “abhorrence” for Ghana’s current second cycle education system.
The Senior High School, according to the lawyer, is not popular across the world, and most importantly does not meet international education standard, hence his dislike for it.
Speaking in an interview with ghanaweb.com, he said, “In the first place I’m against the SHS system. My reason for being against it is not the people who attend the system. If it had started before I came to Achimota I’d have gone through the system.”
He argued that the previous O and A Level education system produced better results and widely accepted among other countries.
“I’ve come to realise that you’re as good as what you’re exposed to. The O and A Level system that we had is international. It’s recognised around the world. We took it away, replaced it with a system that’s recognised in only a handful of countries in West Africa. Even though WAEC did O and A level, it was the same as what was done in England, Singapore, etc.” Nii Arday Clegg posited.
The journalist further described the current system as a “political mistake” resulting from games played by the country’s political leaders.
In order to produce quality second cycle education graduates, Clegg advised government to reintroduce the O and A Level which he says was “a very solid level of education which we have taken away”.
“Our students are bright, Ghanaians are sharp! Let’s give ourselves an internationally recognised sort of level of doing things to make it happen,” he maintained.
Source: ghanaweb.com
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mikki and the nincompoop who commented before you, you are bereft of analytical intelligence. Nii Arday Clegg should not think being trained as a lawyer in Ghana means he understand he knows about educational policy. Look, most advanced countries have the 6-6-4 (6 years of primary- 6 years of high school 4 years of college)system. Check all over the world you see that, the leaders who initiated the JSS/SSS system in Ghana were following international best practice. Ghanaian journalists are narrow-minded. Just find out what systems countries like Australia and Japan run. Stop the know it all attitude and learn. The problem with educational system in Ghana is "Implementation". I have found out that Ghanaians are very narrow-minded but act as though they know everything. Study and grow and stop being "know-it-all".
Truth hurts but truth stands. I agree with you Clegg. Remember he said he is not against those who attended but the system. If you went through the 0 and A levels you would understand...but if not you wouldnt know what you missed or are missing...and Darko Baafi you supposed to be a PHD Student so I was expecting you to be more critical in your reading and analysis because this has nothing to do with free SHS...You are indeed showing a classical sign and symptom of one of the effects of the new system: Lack of thoroughness and critical thinking/analysis sacrificed in the name of being more 'practicals' oriented.....
@James you’re so ***barred word*** and uneducated you wrote CRAIG instead of Clegg! @see him - you have no arguments just insults, and Darko Baafi...you obviously don’t know who Clegg is. All of you, have seats! PHD candidate and so what?
It is only in Ghana that people with no policy background sit on the national television and speak with an authority on education. How can a lawyer becomes an educational experts and wants to tell Ghanaian that Professor Yankah, Napo, and Dr. Osei Adutwum do not know anything about educational policy and he knows. Furthermore,there is no country in the world which has a perfect educational system including the UK, the USA and Australia. A nation initiates somethings especially the Free SHS and perfects it along the process. For example, New Zealand was the first nation in the world to accept the Neoliberal doctrine in 1980=s. After almost 40 years of educational marketisation and standardisation, in 2018, the government has introduced a free tertiary education for the citizenry with the aim to give equal opportunity and accessibility to citizens. This came about after realising that fee paying system of education has rendered the country as number one advanced country in the world with a high school dropout rate.This Free first year tertiary education has been instituted to give an accessibility and equal opportunity to all in New Zealand and free SHS in Ghana is a step in a right direction.
What of countries like the US whose system is similar to ours? Our problem is not the system but implementation. Craig should tell us what we have achieved with the so called solid O and A levels.
you ***barred word*** like that ibi say why bola ray sack you. siaaaa