The member of parliament for Nhyiaso, Dr Stephen Amoah, has urged the John Mahama government to introduce entrepreneurship as a core subject in the Junior High School (SHS) and Senior High Schools.
Stephen Amoah argued that early entrepreneurial training can help address graduate unemployment by encouraging job creation.
According to Stephen Amoah, embedding entrepreneurship into the academic curriculum would help cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset at an early stage, equipping students not only to seek employment but to create sustainable jobs for themselves and others.
Hon. Dr Stephen Amoah further stressed that such a reform represents a practical and long-term strategy to address Ghana’s rising graduate unemployment challenge.
The MP argued that education must evolve to meet current economic realities.
The proposal has reignited conversations about curriculum reform and the role of education in national development.
Some Ghanaian reacting to Stephen Amoah’s proposal stated, “ When politicians make a suggestion, what data or research do they use to back it?
I have always maintained doesn’t need more entrepreneurs; we don’t have the demand or supply to churn more entrepreneurs.
Telling Ghanaians to enter into entrepreneurship is the lazy way of government saying they can’t produce more jobs”.
“The best contribution from any known Npp person since 1957”, a netizen added.
“Exactly sticka ☑️ Entrepreneurship Financial management
Other skills needed to be employed after junior high school, e.g., carpentry, masonry, plumbing, agriculture, trading, business development”, one more Ghanaian added.
One more Ghanaian added, “I agree with Hon. Stephen Amoah. Making entrepreneurship a core subject in JHS nd SHS will equip students with practical skills early, promote job creation, nd reduce graduate unemployment. It will help shift the mindset from job seeking to job creation nd empower the youth 4 de fu”.
A netizen added. “For this I agree, but I wanna ask o, since when did the @nppghanahq become so concerned about us? I think they’re really wise when opposition, so we should really keep them there forever”.
Meanwhile, Mussa Dankwah, the Global InfoAnalytics Executive Director, has disclosed that Ghana’s economy is no longer the number one issue for voters.
According to Mussa Dankwah, Jobs have replace economy as voters’ top concern when he speaks to voters.
He noted that before the 2024 election, the three things that bothered voters were the economy, jobs, and education, adding that voters’ priorities have shifted.
Mussa Dankwah further stressed that he expects the NDC government to create jobs.
Speaking on the JoyNews AM Show on January 6, Mussa Dankwah disclosed, “I expect them to create jobs; if you speak to voters today, the economy is no longer a threat to them. The economy is no longer the number one issue for them. It suggests that they are okay with the economy.”
“The issue is job creation. If you look at the last election, before the election, the three top issues that bothered voters were the economy, jobs, and education.”
He added, “On points one and three, which were the top three issues, they are having success in doing that. But the problem they have is job creation, which is the biggest threat. We’ve been told that it’s a national security threat for many years. It still remains. A chunk of the youth have no job.”
“Whatever the government needs to take to create jobs, the environment that will create jobs, they have to. There’s no excuse for them. The people will be disappointed, but in the second year, if nothing happens, I can tell them for a fact.”
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Nhyiaso MP Stephen Amoah has urged the government to introduce entrepreneurship as a core subject in junior and senior high schools, arguing that early entrepreneurial training can help address graduate unemployment by encouraging job creation.#UTVGhana pic.twitter.com/fRrGa8u1ev
— UTV Ghana (@utvghana) February 12, 2026