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Amid the heated debate over students’ hairstyles, broadcaster MzGee says Ghanaians are “missing the real issue.”
For her, the uproar over haircuts is a misplaced distraction from deeper structural problems plaguing Ghana’s education system.
“We are putting so much energy into hair,” she said, “when the real conversation should be about the kind of educational system we are running.”
MzGee described as “heartbreaking” the current double-track system, which keeps some students home for months while others are in school.
“How can children stay home for four months?” she asked.
“By the time they return, some are pregnant, others have lost focus. Yet we’re worried about hairstyles?”
She argued on her Gee O’clock show that policies and investments should focus on improving facilities, access and curriculum relevance rather than enforcing or opposing grooming codes.
“Some schools don’t even have dormitories or dining space. Others lack water,” she observed.
“We should be talking about how to get all students back in school at the same time and not whether a girl’s hair is long or short.”
MzGee also questioned whether the current curriculum truly prepares students for the modern world.
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“If you want to argue about relevance, let’s talk about what they’re learning and how it serves them in today’s Ghana,” she said.
She concluded by urging policymakers and the public to shift attention from symbolic issues to substantial ones.
“Let’s put this energy we’re using to debate hair into fixing the system itself,” she said. “That would do us some real good.”
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