GEA calls for bipartisan push to align education with development
Nana Dr Emmanuel Adu-Sarkodee Afriyie, the President of the Ghana Employers Association (GEA), has urged Parliament to enact a law to redefine the country's development objectives and align them with the human capital produced by universities. Speaking during an engagement with the New Patriotic Party Minority Caucus, Dr Afriyie emphasized that Ghana's current human capital base did not match its development needs, warning that the mismatch was affecting business growth and employment. The GEA President said, "We are still producing lots of MBAs, and nobody needs them for anything," highlighting the need for a fundamental shift in the country's approach to human capital development.
Mr Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the Minority Leader, described unemployment as a structural challenge affecting productivity and national development, citing data indicating that more than 1.3 million young Ghanaians were unemployed. He said, "Education or training and youth unemployment is not a pipeline problem, but it is a national emergency… Youth unemployment stands at 32.5 per cent among those aged between 15 and 24 years, and this is a measure of deferred human potential and deepening inequality that no government can afford to normalise."
Participants considered establishing a joint working group to meet quarterly to exchange ideas and propose reforms to strengthen the private sector.
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The Ghana Employers Association (GEA) engaged with the New Patriotic Party Minority Caucus to discuss aligning education with national development. The GEA President emphasized the need for human capital to match developmental needs - but what does this mean for Ghana's future?
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