Do not blame us for indiscipline; Catholic Bishops tells GES
The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has criticised its removal from the Ghana Education Service (GES) Council, saying the exclusion has weakened the Church’s voice in education policy.
The Conference raised the concern during an engagement with Parliament’s Committee on Chieftaincy, Culture and Religious Affairs on Tuesday, August 26.
President of the Conference, Most Rev. Matthew Gyamfi, lamented that although the Catholic Church is the second-largest provider of formal education in Ghana, it has increasingly been sidelined from key decision-making platforms.
“We used to be represented on the Ghana Education Service Council because of the number of schools we run and our involvement in education. For some reason, they eliminated us, as if we do not exist,” he said.
Most Rev. Gyamfi questioned why authorities lament rising indiscipline and immorality in senior high schools while excluding institutions whose core mandate is discipline and moral formation.
“Where decisions are made on education, we who have contributed to education are not there. Now we talk about indiscipline in schools as if we do not know why there is indiscipline,” he added.
“If the one whose core mandate is to instill discipline and morality in people is eliminated and not given the right to do this, then why lament there is indiscipline and immorality in the schools?”
The Conference said its exclusion from the Ghana Education Service (GES) Council has reduced its influence over decisions affecting education, and called for greater inclusion of faith-based providers in policy formulation.
The Catholic Church remains one of Ghana’s biggest partners in education, managing hundreds of basic and senior high schools across the country
Source: MyJoyOnline
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