GES DG appointment criteria must be reviewed – Mr Gyetuah

The Director of the Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS), Enoch Gyetuah following the selection of a banker as a Ghana Education Service Director-General has said the appointment criteria must be looked into.

Speaking to AcademicWeek on the appointment of the new GES Director-General, Eric Nkansah, Obenfo Gyetuah said “the appointment system to become the Director General of GES should be looked at from the Service point of view.”

The Ghana Private Schools Council Director furthered that “the appointment should be based on the Projectory Experience Qualification system, where ranking and longevity in the service become the heart of the appointment.”

Asked why the appointment criteria to select a Director-General to head the Ghana Education Service (GES) must be reviewed he said “because there is a varied difference between A faculty of Academics and a faculty of Educationists.”

In line with Kwasi Gyetuah, the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has rejected the appointment of Dr Eric Nkansah saying they want an individual with an education-related background to be Director-General of GES.

President of NAGRAT, Angel Carbonu speaking to journalists said the appointment of Dr Nkansah with a banking background as GES Director indicates there are no qualified teaching professionals to manage education in Ghana.

“We want a Director General who is a professional teacher, who has passed through the mill and can bring his knowledge, skills and influence to bear on the activities of teachers and non-teachers in Ghana Education Service

Contrary to that, the gentleman who was appointed yesterday is not a teacher, he is a banking officer, who was a special assistant in the office of the Minister and has been appointed as the DG of the Ghana Education Service

We are not happy with this development, it is as of we don’t have professionals and well-educated people who have gone through the mill in education in this country to run education,” the teacher union President told the media.

But the Executive Director of Africa Education Watch (EduWatch), Kofi Asare on his part has encouraged the newly appointed Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Mr Eric Nkansah to do a good job at his new post.

“I back Dr Nkansah to do a good job at GES. He only has to be firm, listen, engage, be non-vindictive, negotiate in good faith, build consensus and be inclusive. You don’t need to be an educationist to manage GES,” he stated.