The National Chairman of the NPP Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey says the challenges the government is facing in its 3-year Senior High School policy is "something of their own making". He has therefore described as "unfortunate", attempts by Dr. Joseph Annanthe, Deputy Minister of Education, to blame the former administration for the "inertia and short-sightedness of his own administration". In a release, Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey recalled that the NPP administration set up an implementation committee and tasked it to do a Need Assessment study of all Senior High Schools in the country, after which a comprehensive implementation plan was drawn. "Following from this plan, provision was made in the GETFUND allocation and funds were committed to the construction of classrooms in the 2008 budget. This was to be continued in 2009 and beyond. "In addition, relevant textbooks and related syllabi were ready in 2008 for use in the schools. Furthermore, Teacher Training Colleges were upgraded, and laboratories and libraries were improved to enhance the competence of the teachers in preparation for the new policy implementation. "However, due to the determination of the current administration to abandon the 4-year policy introduced by the NPP administration, the NDC set aside the implementation plan and totally failed to use it. This was because the NDC was determined to fulfill their campaign pledge to Ghanaians as enshrined in their party manifesto." He said now that the NDC government is "caught in their tracks due to their negligence, incompetence and inaction, the government is finding means of assigning blame." The NPP chairman asked the government to stop the blame game and accept its administrative shortcomings and lack of vision. Story by Isaac Essel/Myjoyonline.com/Ghana