According to him, appointment of the minister to the sector is not the panacea to the challenges facing the technical education as a nation.
“Appointment of a deputy minister to handle technical and vocational education is very unnecessary and useless because there’s already a deputy minister in charge of pre-tertiary institutions” Peter Anti stated.
“The problem with our vocational education is not about getting a minister and getting him a V8 car and fueling it to be in charge when the same thing was said in the 2012 manifesto but failed to implement the policy” he stressed.
Speaking at the State Banquet Hall on Wednesday to highlight of the NDC manifesto as a precursor to the main launch this weekend in Sunyani, President Mahama promised that government will appoint a Deputy Minister with the sole purpose of managing technical education should Ghanaians grant him a second term.
The president also promised that his future government will also increase the capacity for technical training by 30% and fit them with technical training equipment and establish a new college of education to specialise in training instructors to teach in vocational institutions.
But speaking Wednesday on Adom FM’s current affairs “Burning Issues” programme hosted by Afia Pokua, Peter Anti said he was surprised to hear the president who failed to implement the same policy as it was captured in the 2012 manifesto.
He expressed his disappointment in government for failing to restructure and rebrand the technical and vocational schools as it promised ahead of the 2012 general elections.
On the sharp rebuttal, a deputy General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress, George Lawson disagreed with the Country Manager of the VIAM Africa Centre for Education & Social Policy, adding that Ghanaians should commend the president for admitting that there were some challenges in implementing some of his policies as promised in the 2012 manifesto.
He assured the general public that President Mahama will deliver all his promises if the electorate gives him another term mandate during the general elections.