On the 13th of March 2024, the National Schools Inspectorate Authority, (NaSIA), launched their School Licensing and Inspection Management System, (SLIMS) at the Alisa Hotel in Accra.
In attendance was the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Hon. Rev. Dr. John Ntim Fordjour (MP), Dep. Minister of Education, Dr. Haggar Hilda Ampadu Inspector-General of Schools (IGS) NaSIA, Board Members of NaSIA, some Members of Parliament, Affiliate Agencies and Partners, other Dignitaries, representatives from Pre-Tertiary institutions, Management and staff of NaSIA.
The event started at 2pm with arrival of guests and an opening prayer by the Reverend Professor Emmanuel Adow-Obeng, after which a profiling of the transition from NIB to NaSIA was done by Nakeeyat the poet.
Dr. Haggar Hilda Ampadu, the IGS, gave the welcome address. Professor Eugene K.M. Darteh, Board Chair of NaSIA, and Miss Kimberly Rosen, Mission Director of USAID followed up with their brief remarks.
The Deputy Minister for Education, Hon. Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, introduced the keynote speaker, Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, H. E. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
In his speech, The Vice President commended the Inspector-General of Schools and her team for the laudable initiative of developing of the School Licensing and Inspection Management System, to help regulate and supervise more than Eighty Thousand Pre-tertiary Schools across the country, adding that Ghana was the only country in Africa with such a product.
He also noted that the introduction of SLIMS would go a long way to ensure:
1. The principle of transparency
2. Ability to inspect more schools within a month due to Its availability 24hrs a day
3. The realisation of government’s commitment to digitalization in the educational sector.
There was a demonstration of the SLIMS model by the IGS after which the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, launched it and presented the first ever SLIMS license to a proprietor.
The USAID, represented by Madam Roselyn donated hundred (100) tablets to NaSIA in support of the SLIMS initiative.
The program, which was very well attended, ended at about 4pm amidst exchange of pleasantries.
