NaCCA can’t sanction ‘Efo juju’ textbook publishers – Adutwum
The National Council for Curriculum Assessment (NaCCA) cannot take any punitive measures against some publishers who flooded the market with textbooks that contained “bigoted” content, Education Minister Dr Yaw Adutwum has told Parliament.
Answering a question filed by North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa on the floor of the Parliament on Thursday, 25 March 2021 about the textbooks, Dr Adutwum said the yet-to-be-approved Ghana Book Development Council Bill, will be able to deal with such cases in the future.
“The Ghana Book Development Council Bill has those provisions for sanctions to be taken against publishers like this”, he said.
“Unfortunately”, he noted, “the NaCCA Act does not make provision for that, so, inasmuch as you are scandalised and you do not want to see these things happening, in terms of the legal framework in which NaCCA operates, they do not have the room to do that but the Book Development Council is going to cure this deficiency.”
The books: History of Ghana, Textbook 3 authored by Badu Nkansah and Nelly Martinson Anim; as well as Golden English Basic 4 authored by Okyere Baafi Alexander, were widely condemned on social media.
NaCCA later came out to say they had not been approved.
The publishers issued apologies for the circulation of the books.
Source: ClassFMonline.com
Trending News
NPP sets up disability secretariat
02:46FGBMFI to honour Speaker Bagbin with distinguished Footprints Award for political leadership
09:11Asantehene commends Matthew Opoku Prempeh for conceiving GENSER Kumasi Pipeline Project
01:37Conditions of service: We're disappointed – Pre-tertiary unions to gov't
10:37I will form a truly representative government -Alan kyerematen
18:03Akufo-Addo launches NSS policy document
07:237 groups combine forces with Alan's MFC to form ARC
14:457-11pm dumsor attributed by ECG to overloaded transformers false – PURC
06:21Struggle for next NDC leader'll make Mahama gov't lose focus if he wins 2024 polls - Afenyo-Markin says Bawumia 'better' option
14:16Expand the policy space beyond the executive arm of gov't - Bagbin to Dev't partners
14:23