Francis Asumadu, the executive director of the ministry of education's agency for complementary education, claimed that the Volta Region's complementary education program had achieved outstanding achievement, which had a positive impact on the growth of complementary basic education and vocational skills.
According to him, Complementary Education's (CE) robust transitional road map, which was part of its transition to operationalize the Act, was the reason for the results.
He was addressing the attendees of the recently concluded Stakeholders Validation Workshop on the Complementary Education Agency Legislative Instrument (LI), Complementary Education (CE) Policy, and Resource Mobilization Strategy (RMS) in Ho, which was sponsored by the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom (FCDO).
With consultations on the need to meet stakeholders' opinions and aims, as well as confirm their ideas and skills from the workshops, three workshops have been organized in the northern and southern sectors as well as at the national level.
The legislative instrument aims to create a solid transitional road map and transfer responsibility for delivery to the Complementary Education Agency (CEA).
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Huge measures had been taken, according to Mr. Asumadu, to make sure that the supplemental education agency became a third force in the provision of education in Ghana.
In order to make sure that skill development and other avenues were included in Ghana's education, he said that the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Service had come on board aggressively.
In order to ensure that comprehensive education became a right for all people, he added, the non-formal and informal education subsector needed to advance with the change in education.
"We are filling every available spot in the educational system.
Complementary education aims to make out-of-school learning properly organized, individuals integrated into formal education, and capable of learning at the basic level, intermediate level, advanced level, and university level.
Therefore, CEA is making the lifelong learning framework a complete one for everyone in the delivery of education, he said.
However, he emphasized that it had been challenging to come up with ideas for a powerful legal tool and a strategy to run like a business.
He noted that there are many civil society organizations (CSOs) and implementing partners in complementary education who are not part of the public sector; as a result, it is necessary to bring them all together to have a focus and a direction.
The Complementary Education Agency Act 2020, Act 1055, was passed by the government in order to provide access to education in all forms, according to the Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Yao Letsa.
He pointed out that CEA was included in the 2022 budget and mentioned that the Finance Minister had said the Complementary Education Agency Act of 2020 would go into effect in 2023. He said that a number of workshops had been planned as part of the operationalization.
He urged everyone to do their share to make complementary education a success and assured everyone that the Coordinating Council was prepared to work with and support the CEA in the area.
Dr. Adam Baisie Ghartey, the team leader for the FCDO Complementary Education Technical Assistance Team, urged CEA to use adult functional literacy, complementary basic education, remedial education, occupational skills, and competency-based training to improve the outlook of complementary education.
According to him, a standard curriculum development process, which is a crucial requirement for curriculum content and teaching and learning methodologies, should be followed in the creation of curriculum, programs, and implementation.
Along with community involvement, he also advocated for the opening of learning centers around the nation.
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