Media blamed for tension between NPP, NDC

BY JAMES APPIAKORANG JNR., KUMASI

The Director of the International Community School at Pakyi in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of Ashanti, Dr. Charles Yeboah, has blamed the media for giving attention to what he calls non-essential matters that divide the two main political forces in the country.

He said the nation could no longer behave as if its problems could be solved by political debates.

Dr. Yeboah wondered why quality air time was always given to political issues and even non political issues were being debated on political grounds.

“When was the last time we heard a great debate by experts, not politicians, about what we need to do to address the challenges in the educational sector”? He quarried.

The ICS director was speaking at the school’s Speech and Prize Giving Day at Pakyi in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of Ashanti.

Several people including pupils, teachers and office staff received awards for their dedication and hard work aimed at assisting the school to achieve the excellence at which it aims.

Dr. Yeboah said Ghanaians sometimes behaved as if there was nothing at stake, hence there was no time allocated to address the problems in the educational sector and the market place.

“The president must receive every visitor in town, the ministers must attend every function ion town, and the politicians must debate every happening in town” He stressed.

He said the question every stakeholder in the educational sector should ask was whether the nation’s educational institutions and systems are resourced enough to prepare the children for the challenges of tomorrow.

He therefore advised media practitioners to give more attention to issues that would help improve upon the educational system of Ghana and also give more attention to experts and professionals who would not be bias towards any political party.

The ICS Director opined that the children of today needed an education that would make them competitors in their own right, one that would create a level playing field for them and also make them global players irrespective of where they find themselves.