MoE indicates public basic schools to wear blue and white uniform

The spokesman for the Ministry of Education, Kwasi Kwarteng says the newly introduced uniform by the Ministry of Education (MoE) is for prospective students to be admitted into the newly built government basic schools.

In a blog post sighted by Thisterm.com, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) said the initiative which focuses on the newly built schools aims to uplift their appearance and enhance public confidence in government basic schools.

“The Ministry isn’t changing uniforms for all public schools. Neither is the Ministry repainting existing ones. The initiative focuses on newly built schools, aiming to uplift their appearance and enhance public confidence in basic public schools

Similar to Senior High Schools, junior high schools may have options for uniforms, but it doesn’t imply a widespread change. The emphasis is on enhancing the aesthetic of new school facilities, not altering existing ones,” he stated.

Speaking in an interview with Joy FM, the spokesman further explained that his outfit’s decision to rebrand the government basic school uniform is a flagship initiative to improve public education but not a policy.

“So I would not call it a policy but I will say there is an initiative or we are looking at as part of the total rebranding of the public basic schools will also introduce uniform but that is not something that has happened now but is a futuristic proposal if you ask me,” he said.

He added “We have not introduced school uniforms as I speak to you, but I’m saying that like there is a plan to restore public confidence and make sure that we place a higher value on the basic public school level

And of course as part of our aggressive intervention to revolutionise our basic schools in the areas of access quality and make sure that it has an impact on our social economic transformation largely we are considering that it is not a matter of policy where you need approval.”