Eight former ministers of Education meet the Minister of Education

Eight former education ministers of Ghana have called for the use of accumulated knowledge of all to help get the best for the nation's education.

The former ministers made the call at a meeting with the current minister of education, Dr. Yaw Adutwum at his office on Monday.

The former ministers who spoke in turns said, bringing people with diverse expertise to bear would go a long way in getting the best strategies and ideas which when harnessed would push the nation's development agenda forward.

Present at the meeting were Mr. Yaw Osafo-Maafo, Ms Betty Mould Iddrissu, Prof. Dominic Fobih, Dr. Ekow Spio-Garbrah, Ms Joyce Aryee, Prof. Ameyaw Ekumfi, Paapa Owusu Ankomah and Dr Mrs Christiana Amoako Nuamah who joined the discussion via zoom.

The former ministers lauded Dr. Adutwum for such an opportunity to discuss issues relating to the development of education in the country.

Dr Adutwum on his part, commended the ministers for the roles they played in the past towards the development of education in the country and assured them of his readiness to engage them regularly to share more ideas with the view to continuing some of the good ideas which were not executed due to lack of time, change of leadership, and change of policy.

He called for the deepening of ties between the ministry and the former ministers.

AFG.

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