WASSCE 2023: Final Year SHS Students In KTI In Ashanti Region Sacked By Headmasters

2023: Final Year SHS Students In KTI In Ashanti Region Sacked By Headmaster

KTI is the abbreviation for Kumasi Technical Institute. The school is located in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. KTI is a technical school where all students are thought practical about how to be successful in life after school. Most of them can go higher by becoming engineers and other professions related to technical.

On this day, the headmaster of Kumasi Technical Institute had taken a bold decision to sack some of the irresponsible and deviant students from the school. The decision of the headmaster did not consider the final year students who will be writing their final year examinations in the few months to come.

According to the headmaster, enough is enough, and the Kumasi Technical Institute can no longer harbor criminals and disobedient students. It was reported on Angel TV that, some of the students even jump and wall to escape to town and come back late even after light-out. Some do cause demand for some of the properties of the school

A lot of issue was happening in the school and the headmaster decided to talk with all the student to caution them about discipline and the head to go by all the rules and regulations of the school. To the surprise of the headmaster, most of the students did not show up at the meeting. The few who went were given cards to show that they had a meeting with the headmaster

After the meeting, the Headmaster made it known that all students who did not receive the cards shared at the meeting are expected to go home and bring their parents to explain their absence. The sacked students numbered about 700. Those students are from various Forms. That’s, some. Of them in Form 1, others in Form 2, and final-year students who are preparing for their exams.click the link the full version education 

take a look at some of the photos from the school

Thank you by Sirdeen 

President Akufo-Addo courts support for unpopular COVID Levy to address expenditure challenges

 In his address tonight on updates regarding Ghana's enhanced response to the coronavirus pandemic, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo emphasized the significance of the COVID Health Recovery Levy in addressing the unforeseen expenses caused by the crisis.

While acknowledging that this levy may not be well-received by the public, he urged citizens to support the government and understand the necessity of this measure in bridging the financial gaps created by the pandemic

President Akufo-Addo reassured the public that the COVID expenditures, which were primarily unplanned, underwent an audit initiated by the Auditor-General and are currently undergoing parliamentary processes. He stated, "I want to make it clear that the COVID expenditures, which were essentially unplanned, were audited by the Auditor-General at my request and are currently going through parliamentary processes. We all deserve to be reassured that the crisis was not exploited for corrupt activities."

The President acknowledged the introduction of the COVID Health Recovery Levy Act, 2021, Act 1068, as a necessary step to address the financial implications of the pandemic. 

He recognized that it might not be the most popular tax, but he appealed to the people of Ghana to comprehend the need for this levy during these challenging times

He stated, "The COVID Health Recovery Levy, which was implemented to help address some of the financial gaps, may not be widely favoured, but I urge all of you to be patient with us."

Additionally, President Akufo-Addo expressed his gratitude to the Covid Trust Fund, emphasizing its pivotal role in providing support during the pandemic.

According to the Ministry of Finance's fiscal data released on April 22, the government collected GH¢773.93 million in revenue from the COVID-19 Health Recovery Levy imposed last year. This amount, received between May and December, fell approximately 12.7 percent short of the GH¢889.07 million budget target. However, expenditures related to COVID-19 and its effects totaled over GH¢2.8 billion for the previous year.

According to the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), the COVID-19 Health Recovery Levy applies to both standard rate and value-added tax (VAT) flat rate registered individuals and businesses. This levy is calculated at a rate of one per cent on the value of taxable supplies, encompassing goods and services supplied within Ghana, with the exception of exempt items. It also extends to the import of goods and services into the country.

The implementation of this levy was announced during the presentation of the 2021 Budget in March by the then-acting Minister of Finance, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu. He emphasized that its purpose was to provide substantial support to the health sector's efficient functioning following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu stated, "To address COVID-19-related expenditures, we propose a one percentage point increase in the national health insurance levy and a one percentage point increase in the VAT flat-rate." The objectives of this levy encompass various critical areas.

Firstly, the levy aims to generate additional revenue to employ a greater number of healthcare workers across the country's health facilities. It also seeks to facilitate the construction of new health facilities and the financing of nationwide deployment of COVID-19 vaccines.

Furthermore, the funds raised through this levy will support the establishment of 14 medical waste treatment facilities throughout the country. These facilities will collaborate with the private sector to ensure the safe disposal of medical waste, an essential aspect of public health management.

NaCCA orders withdrawal of controversial history textbook indicting Christianity

 The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has demanded the immediate recall of the textbook titled “History of Ghana for Basic Schools – Learners’ Book Four,” published by Excellence Publications.

NaCCA has clarified that the content in the published book does not accurately reflect the approved curriculum.

Parts of the circulating textbook falsely state that Christianity is responsible for poverty and that religion has incited physical conflicts in Ghana and world-wide 

The textbook also claims that religion makes people lackadaisical in their attitude toward finding practical ways to improve their undesirable living conditions.

In response, NaCCA has written to Excellence Publications, urging them to promptly withdraw all copies of the textbook from the market.

“The attention of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has been drawn to a publication making rounds in the media about the content of a textbook “History of Ghana for Basic Schools-Learners’ Book Four” published by Excellence Publications.

“The said publication from Ex NaCCA orders withdrawal of controversial history textbook indicting Christianity. Excellence Series was taken through the standard protocols established under the approval process of the Council and therefore comes to us as a surprise. This is because the content as published by NaCCA orders withdrawal of controversial history textbook indicting Christianity the media is not the true reflection of what NaCCA approved.

“The Council wishes to state that the material in question is not an approved content material by NaCCA. The Council urges the general public to continue to bring to its notice, any suspicious material in the market that may be deemed to have been emanated from NaCCA............,by citi newsroom. 

Let us take a look at the points raised in the book 

1. Religion is a major cause of physical conflicts, and doctrinal disputes in Ghana and the world as a whole.

2. Christianity has led to an increase poverty: There is a direct link between religion and laziness which contributes to poverty in Ghana and Africa as a whole. Religion makes people lackadaisical in their attitude towards finding practical ways to improve their undesirable living conditions.

3. Some religious doctrines brought by missionaries create a sense of fear or timidity in their adherents.

4. Religion creates an avenue for many tricksters,or charlatans to parade as men of God to fleece the poor of their meagre resources. 

5. Most religious groups discriminate against women.in so many ways.

6. Many politicians in Ghana use religion as a vehicle to cause disaffection among people in a bid to advance their political interests.

7. Religion in Ghana does not encourage creativity, invention or critical thinking, because of its conservative or static nature.

My opinion 

The above points are the reasons why our leaders wants to remove the book from the Ghanaian market because they think what has been said in the book is against Christianity. My fellow Ghanaians and who ever reading this write up, come to think of it, is it not true?

It's true that religious leaders hid under religion and dumb our poor parents, brothers and sisters all in the name of religion, we now have churches everywhere, everyone wants his or her own church in order to make money, youths who are very vibrant to be fit in some job areas are a street preachers with collection boxes.

  So what has been said in the book is the truth and should be maintained because the truth is always painful.

I want to urge everyone to voice out your opinion for us to save our country from these unnecessary spendings and use the limited resources for development to ease our suffering. 

Thank you. by Sir Deen