The Minister of Education has revealed plans of upgrading the Senior High School certificate into a National Diploma certificate which can allow graduates gain employment after completion of their programmes.
He said it is unfair for the young people in the country to be forced to complete University before being eligible for employment in the country.
Speaking at the 2019 Danquah Institute Leadership lecture under the theme: “World Class Education and Imperative for the Next Generation of Leaders,” Matthew Opoku Prempeh said a new curriculum for Junior High Schools in the country will see JHS graduates completing with National Higher Diplomas while qualified SHS graduates will be awarded with National Diploma.
Alsov he pointed out that such an upgrade for their qualification will make the graduates more relevant and not having to necessarily obtain University education to be qualified for employment in the country.
“The curriculum that will appear for the Junior High School will lead to a National Higher Diploma, and when you finish Senior High School, you get a National Diploma.
It is not everybody who must go to the University straight, but we must prepare our kids for the world of work.”
“And that National Diploma will ensure that our kids can go straight to work. If someone can go with the Middle School leaving certificate into the army, why can’t someone go now with Senior High School diploma into work? That should be good enough that anybody who has passed and has a certificate should be able to be employed provided we have prepared that person,” he said.
Mathew Opoku Prempeh further advocated for adequate training for Ghanaian students to make them technologically perceptive.
He said such a habit will make Ghanaian graduates compete favorably with their counterparts from other parts of the world.
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