By Alex Boye
The National Council for Curriculum Assessment (NaCCA), has doused the seeming tension greeting the controversial textbooks circulating on social that distastefully depicts Ewes, Dr Kwame Nkrumah and the CPP, saying that the books have not been approved by their outfit.
NaCCA through a statement signed by its acting Director General, John Mensah Anang, called on Ghanaians to disregard the text book because it would not be used.
For the past weeks, three books have attracted criticisms from some section of Ghanaians for the demeaning nature such books depicts the Ewe ethnic group and Ghana’s first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah.
The said books are; “History of Ghana for Basic 6” by Golden publications, “History of Ghana Textbook 3” authored by Badu Nkansah publication and “Golden English Basic 4” by golden publications.
The public outrage has compelled the Council to issue a statement earlier calling on the publishers of the books, Badu Nkansah, to, with immediate effect withdraw the said book which was criticized for depicting the Ewe identity in a song.
Some Ghanaians described the books as distasteful, divisive, bigotry and a shame to Ghana’s quest for unity and peace.
In the latest release, the Council noted that, “In each of these books and others discovered on social media, the authors make inappropriate references to personalities and ethnic groups which are deemed unfortunate distasteful and are in contradiction with NaCCA’s Book Submission Guidelines”.
According to the Council, the books in contentions are not listed among the approved books for academic work on its website.
The Council assures the public that it has met with Golden Publication, the publishers of two of the flagged books and “has asked them to withdraw all the unapproved offending books stated and any other from the market and submit copies for assessment and approval which they have complied with.”
“Additionally the publishers have been asked to issue an unequivocal apology through the electronic, print and social media,” the statement added.
Below is the statement:
