Story: Nana Konadu Agyeman, Aburi.
THE Deputy Minister of Education in charge of Pre-tertiary, Mrs Elizabeth Amoah-Tetteh, has appealed to newly trained teachers to use their postings as an opportunity to give back to society the huge investment the nation has made in their training.
She reminded the teachers that since all the skills needed to groom pupils and students were acquired first at the training institutions, they should help uplift the standard of education in the country.
“Remember that it is teachers who have made you what you are today, so as you go into the field you must also help to bring up the young ones you will be teaching to your current status or even better”, she stated.
Speaking at the 3rd ceremony of the Aburi Presbyterian Women’s College of Education at Aburi on Saturday, Mrs Amoah-Tetteh reminded the teachers that “as you walk out of walls of your college, remember that you can contribute to reducing the number of street children or dropout rate in the country”.
The event saw the graduation of 201 students who were admitted to pursue their training at the college in October 2006.
According to Mrs Amoah-Tetteh, the training of teachers was key to the continuous production of the requisite human resources needed for the country’s growth and development.
“That is why the government keeps investing in improving all types of facilities in the 38 training colleges of education and has even upgraded them to a tertiary status as a diploma-awarding institutions”, she stated.
The deputy minister said the government was fully aware that assuming a new status, the Colleges of Education required adequate infrastructures such as lecture halls, halls of residence, well-stocked modern libraries as well as well trained and qualified teachers.
“It is for these reasons that the government has already started improving infrastructures in the colleges, including six-unit classroom blocks and modern libraries built in each of the 38 colleges, in addition to well-equipped science laboratory in each of the 15 science colleges”, she added.
She advised teachers to desire to upgrade themselves to enable them to excel in their profession, adding that “you must take advantage of the various offers by the GES, GNAT and our development partners to upgrade yourselves periodically through study leave, distance learning, in-service training opportunities, sandwich courses and scholarships”.
In a speech read on his behalf by the Municipal Chief Executive for Akuapem South, Dr Godfried O. Bonsu-Twum, the Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo appealed to the gruaduands to shun vices such as drug abuse and alcoholism, which he said could undermine their teaching ability and career.
In his welcoming address, the acting Principal of the college, Mrs Grace Manubea Ansah, said the security in the college was at stake due to lack of fence wall, thus allowing intruders especially males to harass the female students.
According to her, with the help of the Akuapem Presbytery and small contributions of the college, a part of the wall had been raised to partly address invasion of the college’s campus by male adults.
“Taking into consideration the importance of a serene environment for teaching and learning, I will want to appeal the rest of the college wall be raised to have complete security. This is estimated to cost GH1, 500”.
The acting Principal also appealed for a well-stocked library complex, access road to the college and the replacement of the college plant, which broke down due to frequent power fluctuation.
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