Genesis 1:26–28 – “Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion…’”
For Ghana to experience transformation, the most important step is to rethink our educational and training systems, both at home and in school.
There should be an actionable and measurable policy on transformational education, focusing on the mind (cognitive), the heart (affective), and the hand (psychomotor).
There must also be a long-term roadmap to achieve this goal over the next 10 to 15 years —perhaps under a framework such as “Ghana’s Educational Transformation Agenda 2040.”
Unfortunately, the 4 to 8-year political shift system, where each new government introduces its own educational vision, continues to worsen the situation.
Our education and training systems do not deliberately transform us.
What makes it even worse is that whenever we notice the world moving in a certain direction, our educational system quickly creates new courses or subjects and integrates them into the curriculum without considering their transformational aspect.
For instance, since time immemorial, we have become mere consumers of technological advancements, including Artificial Intelligence, instead of using them as tools to transform our country.
Sadly, most of our research, the subjects we study, and the exams we write in school are simply academic exercises designed to help us graduate and find jobs, not to transform our lives or communities.
I have come to understand that until our education and training become tools for transformation, our continent will never be transformed.
Transformation will not happen by chance; it will only happen when we become deliberate, intentional and even ruthless about it.
God will not transform Africa, especially Ghana. That is why He gave man dominion: to take charge of the world.
So I ask:
Why does Ghana produce educated minds but not transformational thinkers, and how do we bridge this gap?
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