More often than not, Ghana’s educational system has been said to focus on the pillars of ‘chew’, ‘pour’ and forget, a system which does not promote creativity and initiative.
Human Resource Director for Vodafone Ghana, Hannah Ashiokai Akrong, has shared measures the Ghanaian educational system can be made better, producing creative students who also think outside the box.
Hannah stated Ghana needs to transform its educational system into an experiential one dominated with case studies which will see students apply what they learn to real world scenarios.
“In Ghana it is about sitting in the class and taking notes repeated by a lecturer. Some lecturers even expect you to produce word for word what they teach you in an exam,” she shared on Y107.9FM’s Leaderboard Series hosted by Rev Erskine.
According to her, Ghanaian students face some challenges whenever they travel outside the country to study.
“During my first lecture in the USA, I took along my notes and I realized the other students had their laptops with them. I asked myself how they were going to type fast enough to meet the speaking pace of the lecturer. But I realized the class was more like a conversation.”
With students having read on the day’s lecture and conducted thorough research, they asked questions and challenged theories for clarity rather than let the lecturer feed them.
“Literally everything has to be your own idea because they are keen about copyright so you cannot copy and share. This helps assess students and their understanding of lessons taking into consideration their opinions,” she shared.
Hannah Ashiokai Akrong reiterated that with the experiential system of education, “you always learn something new and that is what we need. We need people who think on their feet, outside the box and have new ideas. We can’t just follow all the time because we are not sheep.”
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