The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has lauded the Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, for the massive reforms he has brought into the nation’s education sector.
He explained that the reforms which span the areas of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), expansion of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education, Teacher professionalism, and effort to modernize education infrastructure to match up with international standard as well as effort towards enhancing access to quality education in the country were worth mentioning.
The Asantehene made the observation when the Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, led a high-powered delegation to meet the Ashanti Regional House of Chiefs in Kumasi on Wednesday.
The visit which was at the request of the House of Chiefs allowed the Minister to highlight all reforms taking place in the nation’s education space, especially in the Ashanti region.
Otumfuo Osei Tutu was upbeat that the ongoing education reforms continued for a long time stood the chance of transforming the nation’s development.
He tasked the traditional leaders to take a keen interest in the development of education in their areas by following up on projects as well as offering the needed support to stakeholders of education in the area
Appreciation.
The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, thanked Asantehene for his interest in the development of education in the Ashanti region and the nation as a whole.