The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has expressed strong opposition to the appointment of Professor Smile Gavua Dzisi as Deputy Director-General for Management Services at the Ghana Education Service (GES).
According to NAGRAT, Professor Dzisi, a former Vice-Chancellor of Koforidua Technical University, lacks the requisite experience and background in the education sector to effectively occupy the position.
In an interview with Citi FM, Mr Angel Carbonu, National President of NAGRAT, described the appointment, saying “The person who was removed from that position was a professional teacher who rose to the rank of a regional director and was appointed as director of management services.”
He added that “The Ghana Education Service is not an extension of a political office. It is a professional institution. It is within the Public Services and we will not tolerate the appointment of somebody who is not a practitioner within the service space.”
Mr Carbonu called on the government to reverse the decision, saying “We are calling on the government to withdraw the appointment immediately. She is a professor. She operates very well in the university or the technical universities, but certainly not in the Ghana Education Service.”