Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, the Minister of Education, has denied misusing $1.2 million from the World Bank for teacher training under the Ghana Accountability for Learning Outcomes Project (GALOP).
“The good news is that the money is sitting in our account as I talk to you,” he says. So, ladies and gentlemen of the press, nothing could be further from the truth than the fact that Dr. Yaw Adutwum would be in charge of a program that will not benefit Ghanaians.”
“I will never do that; I did not come here to do that,” he stated emphatically.
He added at a news conference on Thursday that his Ministry has provided digital literacy training to over 41,000 teachers across the country, thus it comes as a surprise to him that the training has not been carried out.
He added at a news conference on Thursday that his Ministry has provided digital literacy training to over 41,000 teachers across the country, thus it comes as a surprise to him that the training has not been carried out.
“Ghana Education Service Teachers who were called in for a certain TV show yesterday, will tell you that they are aware 148,000 teachers have been trained on that platform, NTC platform has also trained 43,000 teachers. Ask my colleague teachers across the country and they will tell you they are on a platform and learning digital literacy,” he said.
Dr. Adutwum reiterated that no money has been misapplied by his Ministry.
He added that “he came to help project the President and ensure that his vision for the transformation of education is accomplished.”
The Minister declared that the Ministry of Education is not under any investigation by the World Bank.
Background
The Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, is reported to have been involved in an alleged phantom training scheme of teachers, costing $1.2 million from the World Bank.
According to correspondences from his office and the Ghana Education Service (GES), the Director-General of the GES, Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, appears to be unaware of the training of over 40,000 teachers on the digital literacy platform under the Ghana Accountability for Learning Outcomes Project (GALOP).
