­An advocacy organisation, Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), has urged the Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, to prioritise the principles of equity in resource allocation in education.

This is in addition to transparency, accountability, spending efficiency and inclusive policy governance.

“As the leader of the government’s education re-set agenda, we expect the new Minister for Education to prioritise the core principles of equity in resource allocation, transparency, accountability, spending efficiency and inclusive policy governance.

Support

“We are pleased to provide the necessary technical support and collaboration for a successful tenure as Minister of Education,” Eduwatch said in a statement. It said Mr Iddrisu, who is also the Member of Parliament for Tamale South, becomes the 16th Minister of Education in the country’s Fourth Republic.

Notably, it said he is the first Education Minister hailing from northern Ghana, where educational disparities are particularly significant.

“The new Minister of Education has experience as a student leader, government minister, parliamentary leader and a Member of Parliament. He has spent two decades advocating for social development, including education, in his constituency in northern Ghana.

Experience

“Based on these experiences, we trust that Haruna Iddrisu is knowledgeable about the inequalities in Ghana’s education system, particularly at the basic level, and is familiar with the public sector, public policy, and the public finance system,” it said.

The statement said it was expected that he would use his leadership, experience and influencing skills to contribute to the reform of the education system and address challenges such as the rural-urban divide in basic education and inadequate financing.