The African Union High Representative for Silencing the Guns, Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas, has called for a fundamental shift in Ghana’s education system, urging a move away from rote learning towards a model that empowers students with practical, future-ready mindsets. Speaking at the 2026 Public Lecture Series at the University of Education, Winneba on Friday, April 10, Dr. Ibn Chambas outlined what he described as three critical pillars for transforming education: relevance, resilience, and responsibility. We must move from a model of information transmission to one of mindset empowerment,” he stated, emphasising that education must go beyond the mere delivery of content to shaping how learners think, adapt, and contribute to society. According to him, repositioning Ghana’s education system along these three principles is essential if the country is to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global economy. Focusing on relevance, Dr. Ibn Chambas stressed the need for curricula to ...