The Chief Executive Officer of Save the Society Ghana an NGO made this assertion at a meeting yesterday.
Mr. Adade Kwaku Stephen
He was a former student of the Institution.
Speaking to SSGNews yesterday, He said, he is very sad with the way this government is treating Social Work Education in Ghana, this is a government that is interested in implementing social policies and in the other hand they are destroying the very institution that will help them implement those policies effectively. the former government started building a new campus for The school in Madina, But the Akuffo Addo led administration has refuse to continue with the project.
He said there are a lot of difficulties that the school is facing currently, The former Student leader of School made mention of poor infrastructure, the school is currently not admitting students for the 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 academic years, and many other challenges.
He refer SSGNews to a publication made by Ghana News Agency outlining the way forward for the School in 2016, and how the NPP government came to distroy all those plans.
Below is the publication, published by GNA.
Thursday 13th October, 2016
School of Social Work to commence tertiary
programmes
By Kwamina Tandoh/ Edwina K. Ocansey, GNA
Accra, Oct. 13, GNA - Nana Oye Lithur, Minister of
Gender, Children and Social Protection has stated that
the School of Social Work is ready to commence
tertiary programmes and start awarding degrees and
post graduate diplomas.
The Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister
made this known in a keynote address delivered on her
behalf during the 12th annual matriculation and
graduation ceremony of the School of Social Work at
the Efua Sunderland Children’s Park in Accra on
Saturday.
She said the Ministry is finalising arrangement for full
tertiary status of the School of Social Works with the
University of Ghana and the University of Development
Studies.
Dr Mu-Awia Zakaria, the Principal of the School of
Social Work said: “The Quality assurance committee
has approved the programme of the school for
affiliation.”
Nana Oye Lithur speaking on the theme: “Child
Protection in Ghana: Implication for Sustainable
development,” said, there is the need to integrate child
protection into the curriculum of the school.
She explained that child protection was a new sector
and the understanding of the concept was limited to a
wide range of people involved in development work and
the academia.
“The curriculum reform will bolster social work training
and skills development of students as well as for
teachers,” she said.
She explained that adding child protection to the
curriculum of the school would expand and enrich the
field of social work practice for the students.
She said due to the relevance of the school to the
nation, the construction of a 12-unit Classroom Block,
Administration, Information Communication &
Technology Centre and a Library Complex for the school
was ongoing at Madina in Accra.
Dr Zakaria noted that the school was currently facing
some challenges in the areas of infrastructure deficit
and employability of graduates from the school.
He hinted that the management of the school was
engaging the private sector and donor partners to help
in the mitigation of some of the challenges currently
facing the school.
The event was used to welcome 170 fresh students into
the school and also graduated 387 students who have
finished their various courses in the school.
The Sandwich 2014/15, regular 2014/15 and the
Sandwich 2015/16 groups formed the graduates who
graduated on the 12th annual matriculation and
graduation ceremony.
Mr Stephen Cudjoe, Mr Desmond Kweku Attigah and Ms
Benedicta Dodua Cofie were adjudged overall best
students for the Sandwich 2014/15 group, regular
2014/15 group and the Sandwich 2015/16 group.
The School of Social Work, Osu which was established
in 1945 with a handful of students had seven men and
two women as its first products passing out in 1946.
The School currently runs certificate and diploma in
Social Work on regular and sandwich modules.
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