Haruna Iddrisu Has Mahama’s Backing – Education Ministry
The Ministry of Education has dismissed claims that President John Dramani Mahama has left the Minister for Education, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, to struggle with challenges in the education sector.
The rebuttal was contained in a statement issued by the Press Secretary to the Ministry, Hashmin Mohammed, in response to claims by former Member of Parliament for Manhyia North, Collins Owusu Amankwah.
According to the statement, the claim that President Mahama has abandoned the Education Minister is “factually wrong, politically convenient and completely unsupported by the evidence.”
The Ministry said attempts to portray challenges associated with the 2026 Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) as evidence of presidential neglect are an attempt to manufacture a political narrative.
“Let us be clear: the CSSPS is working. What the Ministry is doing is not abandoning the system but reforming and strengthening it to correct longstanding weaknesses and improve the experience of students, parents and schools,” the statement said.
It noted that the Ministry inherited a system that requires significant reforms, and that the Minister has chosen to confront the problems head-on by strengthening the system, improving accountability and putting mechanisms in place to make placement more transparent, responsive and efficient.
The statement cited the decentralisation of placement resolution centres as one of the interventions intended to bring assistance closer to parents and students and reduce difficulties associated with resolving placement-related concerns.
On presidential support, the Ministry stated: “President John Dramani Mahama did not appoint Hon. Haruna Iddrisu to fail. He appointed him to fix problems. And he is supporting him to do exactly that.”
It said the President’s support is demonstrated through policy direction, resources and interventions aimed at transforming the education sector, including addressing infrastructure deficits, expanding school capacity and improving access to teaching and learning materials to create sufficient capacity in both Category A and Category B schools.
The Ministry cautioned that political commentary must not become political fiction, stressing that public discourse on education must be based on facts and not political convenience.
“The CSSPS is being improved, not abandoned. The Education Minister is being supported, not isolated. And the education sector is being reformed, not left to drift,” the Press Secretary added.
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