According to Gifty Twum-Ampofo, the deputy education minister in charge of Technician and Vocational Education Training (TVET), teachers are to blame for Ghana’s current economic situation.
She argued that if the economy is struggling, Ghanaians shouldn’t place the blame on Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta.
The deputy education minister claims that studies have shown a strong correlation between a country’s gross tertiary enrollment ratio and its GDP.
“So, for our instructors, for our lecturers here, we see that once you have that responsibility and you get so much committed [to it], then you are sure that the gross tertiary enrolment ratio will definitely increase, and once that increases, the GDP of the country will increase,” Gifty Twum-Boafo spoke on the subject of “175 years of education, honoring our past, celebrating the present, and shaping the future” at the 175th anniversary of the Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong, in the Eastern Region.
She indicated that “And for this simple reason, if the economy is not doing well it is not the economists, it is the teachers. Let me say that again if the economy is not doing well, it is not the finance minister, it is not the economist, it is the teacher because the performance of the economy depends on the country’s gross tertiary enrollment ratio,” she told the gathering.”
The deputy education minister stressed that “Let me say that again: If the economy is not doing well, it is not the finance minister, it is not the economy but it is the teacher because the performance of the economy depends on the country’s gross tertiary enrolment ratio.”
According to Twum Ampofo, economies in nations with gross tertiary enrollment rates of 40% or higher have “fantastic” GDPs, but those of us with lower rates are experiencing economic hardship.
