New Education Reform: Is the Philosophy Right?
Educational reform is a necessary measure for reorienting the content of the educational enterprise to meet the developmental goals of every nation. Some Ghanaian educationists and politicians writing about educational reform have argued for a system and curriculum that would let us catch-up with the rest of the world. In pursuance of this goal,the basic education must be of nothing but PATRIOTISM till the child reaches upper-primary. This will go along way to at least curb corruption, which has become the country's endemic illness. If this proper measure is been done the next posterity we are bringing up will be matured and well trained to stand for the test of times. Recent educational policy debates have reiterated the need to emphasise the teaching of science and information technology, and it is not surprising that the new educational reform recently announced by Government seeks to make educational products more employable in the global market. However, the question for Gh