SDA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION HOLDS GRADUATION (SPREAD, JULY 5, 2010)

THE Director of the Teacher Education Division of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Mr Victor K. Mante, has called on people in leadership positions who benefited from the heavy investment made by the country’s first President in the education sector to help provide similar opportunities for the youth.
“Today, a great number of Ghanaians in responsible positions were educated in the Ghana Education Trust (GET) schools set up by Dr Kwame Nkrumah, hence they must also work hard to give our children and posterity the same opportunities which have made them what they are today”, Mr Mante stated.
Speaking at the third congregation of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) College of Education at Asokore, near Koforidua, Mr Mante said “as we concentrate on eradicating illiteracy, we in leadership positions must provide opportunities for all our people to be educated”.
In all 271 students who completed their training at the college in 2008 graduated.
The director said since every nation’s most important resource is its human resource and not only its natural resources, the need to provide free compulsory education at the basic level to its people should be given priority.
This, in his opinion, would ensure equal and balanced access to tertiary education to enable students to acquire the requisite knowledge and skills to contribute meaningfully to nation-building.
He advised the graduates to justify the immense investment made in their training through the taxpayers’ money by working very hard at their stations, adding, “You must therefore exhibit values of honesty, integrity, dedication, professional skills and the fear of God to ensure the provision of quality education in our schools”.
The Principal of the SDA College of Education, Mr A. Akumfi-Ameyaw, said currently the student enrolment of the college was 814, comprising 541 males and 273 females.
He mentioned the construction of a six-unit classroom block and the release of GH350, 000 for the completion of its library block and the assembly hall, as some assistance to the school under the GETFund project.
On challenges facing the school, he mentioned lack of accommodation for staff , most of whom he said resided in town, and pointed out that the situation had hampered effective teaching and learning. He therefore appealed to the government to help address the problem.