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Publishers of unapproved 'ewe-hating' textbooks cannot be sanctioned by NaCCA – Adutwum

Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 5:22 PM by Priscilla Aklorbortu

- Education Minister has stated that publishers of the textbooks with the 'ewe-hating' content cannot be sanctioned by NaCCA

- Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum blamed the circulation of the textbooks on the lack of an enforcement regime for NaCCA

- He was responding to questions on the content of books that cast a slur on the Ewe people

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Education Minister Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has stated that the publishers of the text books with the 'ewe-hating' content cannot be sanctioned by the National Council for Curriculum Assessment (NaCCA).

He however blamed the circulation of textbooks with bigoted content against Ewes on the lack of an enforcement regime for NaCCA.

Publishers of unapproved 'ewe-hating' textbooks cannot be sanctioned by NaCCA – Adutwum Photo credit: Graphic.com.gh
Source: UGC

Responding to questions on the content of books, Dr Adutwum said the yet to be approved Ghana Book Development Council Bill will provide a framework to sanction such deviant publishers.

“...in terms of the legal framework in which NaCCA operates, they do not have the room to do that but the Book Development Council is going to cure this deficiency,” he said.

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