Right Reverend Francis Benjamin Quashie says the lack of adequate access to education had left the country with an illiteracy rate of 46.3 percent and an army of semi-literate population who are unprepared for the increasingly sophisticated economy.
Bishop Quashie, Bishop of the Koforidua Diocese of the Anglican Church said the products of the country's current educational system lacked the initiative and drive hence the over-dependence on government for almost everything; he is calling for a national consensus to be reached on the nation's educational policy.
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