Sunday, 23 February

President Mahama appoints 8-member team given 2 weeks to plan National Education Forum

Education
Prof George K. T. Oduro

President John Dramani Mahama has appointed an eight-member committee to organise the National Education Forum.

This was communicated in a statement signed by the Spokesperson to the President, Felix Kwakye Ofosu (MP), dated Sunday, February 2, 2025.

The statement indicated the committee was chaired by former Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Professor George K. T. Oduro, with other members being: Professor Goski Alabi, Professor Rosemary Bosu, Samuel Awuku, Ph.D, and Professor Smile Dzisi, The rest are Kofi Asare, Stephen Owusu and Inusah Shiraz.

It added the committee had two weeks to submit its report and plan.

See the planning committee's terms of reference (TOR) below:

1. Develop a theme and sub-themes to guide the stakeholder engagement.

2. Identify key stakeholders in the education sector, including students, parents, teachers (pre-tertiary and tertiary, including the private sector), researchers, civil society organisations, development partners, religious bodies, political parties, Ghanaian educational researchers in the diaspora, chiefs, heads of educational institutions, Parliamentary Select Committee on Education etc. to be invited as participants. 3. Develop a stakeholder activity agenda with time allocations (e.g. thematic breakout sessions, plenaries, etc).

4. Propose a venue and date(s) for the forum.

5. Set up a secretariat to document activities.

6. Provide a budget for the National Education Forum.

7. Develop a comprehensive report detailing the findings and recommendations of the Forum.

8. Draft a national education policy framework and propose an action plan for implementing recommendations within three weeks after the Forum.

9. Consider any other issue relevant to the organisation of the Forum.

Source: classfmonline.com