NaSIA reacts to NAGRAT’s call for its Executive Director’s dismissal

The National Schools Inspectorate Authority (NaSIA) following calls for its Executive Director to be replaced says the agency under the Ministry of Education is at its best since Dr Haggar Hilda Ampadu took charge in 2019.

NaSIA’s comment comes after the President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbonu suggested that the government replace the Authority’s Executive Director with a more competent person.

Carbonu indicated that the Schools Inspectorate Authority under the leadership of Dr Haggar Hilda has not only ignored teacher unions but also sidelined trained teachers from the Ghana Education Service for school inspections.

“One wonders whether it’s right for the Inspector to be the one to collect fees and charges. And again, I have never seen the report that NASIA is supposed to bring out quarterly on the inspection work that they have done. It looks as if the leader of NASIA as of now does not understand the job that is been given to her.

We humbly plead with the government to change her and get a more competent person to manage NASIA and see how we operate in that [area]. Since that agency was formed, it has never had any meetings with the representatives of the teachers in this country, and I’m talking about the unions.

There has not been a single meeting, we have reached out to the head of National Schools Inspectorate Authority (NASIA), the leadership, all these years, and we’re talking about six years now, zero, no meeting,” Angel Carbonu said.

But reacting to his claim, the management of NaSIA in a statement sighted by Thisterm.com said the Ministry of Education (MoE) agency NaSIA has undeniably and significantly grown and improved since the 2019 academic year.

“NaSIA would like to have on record that under the leadership of Dr Haggar Hilda Ampadu since June 2019, the then National Inspectorate Board (NIB), now NaSIA has undeniably and significantly grown and improved

For instance, we have moved from inspecting an average of fifty (50) schools per year in 2019 to over 10,000 schools per year currently, private schools included, producing annual aggregate and individual inspection reports which aid schools to improve on learning outcomes,” the NaSIA management said in the press statement.

Commenting on Carbonu’s allegation that NaSIA has refused to engage the various teacher unions, NaSIA said it had not received any formal request from the National Association of Graduate Teachers requesting an engagement.

“NaSIA had not received any formal request from NAGRAT requesting an engagement, and so, could not have denied same., We will, however, take this opportunity to engage with NAGRAT, so that their concerns can be addressed,” it said.