First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu, has urged the Education Minister, Dr. Osei Adutwum, to address the issues of values and unpatriotism among students in the education sector.
Speaking in Parliament, Mr. Osei Owusu expressed concern that the current generation of students graduating from schools lacks virtues that demonstrate a willingness to protect and preserve their country.
The Member of Parliament for Bekwai pointed out that some students engage in activities such as embezzling public funds and destroying public properties.
He suggested that the absence of mechanisms to instill the spirit of patriotism in students could be contributing to these behaviors.
“How do we add value to our children who go through our educational system. By the time we leave school, we are not loyal to our country. We are dishonest and often careless about public property. I don’t know how we can inculcate that in our education system but if you ask me Mr Speaker, it is something that is lacking, missing.”
Joe Wise stressed that “in a properly organized educational system, every product of the school must demonstrate that you can trust him or her with public property.”
“Unfortunately, I don’t see any such thing in our educational system, from nursery through to the university,” he added.
He therefore entreated Parliament to urge “the educational management system to rethink what we call education and focus education on building people’s integrity, loyalty to the country, and building people who value what is in our earth”.