The President, John Dramani Mahama has appointed an eight-member committee to organise the National Education Forum, fulfilling his pledge to the people of Ghana.
The committee, chaired by former Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Professor George K. T. Oduro, has two weeks to submit its report and plan.
The other members are Professor Goski Alabi, Professor Rosemary Bosu, Samuel Awuku, Ph.D, and Professor Smile Dzisi.
The rest are Kofi Asare, Stephen Owusu and Inusah Shiraz.
This was contained in a statement signed by Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Spokesperson to the President.
Meanwhile, below is the Planning Committee’s Terms of Reference (TOR) :
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.
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