Help Government To Provide Quality Education

A DEPUTY Director in charge of examinations in the Accra Metropolis, Kwesi Asante, has called on parents and teachers to complement government’s efforts in providing quality basic education.

He made this clear at a ceremony by the St Paul’s Lutheran School to mark its fifteenth graduation and second speech day held Saturday in Accra.  

Mr. Asante noted that in as much as government must be responsible for the provision of infrastructure and the development of curricula to enhance teaching and learning, parents had the responsibility to provide favorable learning environment for their wards.  

He cited the need for parents to secure prescribed books for their wards, pay fees and provide adequate pocket money, and ensure that the child adopts the character of learning among others as some of the numerous roles they have to play towards the provision of excellent basic education.

The Examination Director pointed out the need for parents to make good investments in educating their children based on the fact that education is sufficient legacy that they can bequeath to them.

He said teachers must also take advantage of modern innovations and equip themselves with adequate knowledge to impart in their students but also indicated the need for school managements to motivate their staff to deliver efficiently.

“There are innovations each day and teachers must update their knowledge and skills through in-service training programmes, workshops and further education. The teacher must be dedicated to work, employ modern techniques of teaching and use the right resources in lesson delivery” He emphasized.

Speaking on the theme Excellent Basic Education in the 21^st Century, Mr. Asante recorded that the provision of quality education was a key to poverty eradication hence must not be subjected to political wrangling.

A section of grandaunts at the ceremony 

Jemimah Yarquah, Executive Manager of the School, announced that there was an outright ban on corporal punishment in the school.  She said students instead are guided by sets of rules and regulation with their corresponding punishment.

She also mentioned the existence of an electronic platform for the school where school information such as terminal reports, registrations and others could be accessed.

The ceremony witnessed the presentation of awards to deserving students in pre-school, primary, and out gone JHS students amidst colorful performances.