Anglican Church commends govt for supporting private universities
The Anglican Church in Ghana has applauded the government for its decision to support the development of private universities through the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund).
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President John Dramani Mahama, in a speech read on his behalf at the 16th matriculation of the Catholic University College of Ghana, at Fiapre in the Sunyani-West District in the Brong Ahafo Region, recently announced that the government would ask the GETFund to provide minimum support annually for staff training in the private tertiary institutions in the country.
Applauding the significant decision, the Anglican Church, which recently established the University College of Technology with the first campus at Nkoranza in the Brong Ahafo Region, said, “We support the government on this laudable endeavour and hope the promise will be executed in due course.”
In a communiqué issued at the end of the conference of the Standing Committee of the Internal Province of Ghana of the Anglican Church in Cape Coast on November 14, 2013, the church said it valued the partnership between the government and mission schools. It, however, called for clear guidelines in educational policies so far as faith-based schools were concerned.
“The Ghana Education Service should define the specific role and authority that empowers managers of schools in the control of their administrative work,” it said.
It also touched on the environment and called on the government and its agencies and affiliated bodies to continue to enforce existing laws and regulations to end the menace.
The communiqué further called on the government to organise stakeholders’ conferences to address the challenges resulting from the implementation of the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS).
It noted with regret that the SSSS, which aimed at ensuring fairness in the payment of salaries of public sector workers, had many challenges in its implementation, especially in the areas of market premiums, conversion differences and allowances.
The communiqué noted the recent developments relating to corruption and implored the government to adopt legal means to retrieve all money that had found its way into illegal hands.
“In this regard, the findings of the Auditor General, Public Accounts Committee, Economic and Organised Crime Office and the Justice Apau Judgement Debt Commission should be critically analysed and necessary action taken.”
The communiqué also urged the church to live above reproach in spearheading the fight against corruption.
Touching on the economic challenges facing the nation, the church stressed the need for the government to continue to dialogue with stakeholders to brainstorm on finding solutions to the challenges.
The church also congratulated the President on the Supreme Court’s affirmation of his election, and applauded Nana Akufo-Addo for readily accepting the verdict of the court.
