Govt committed to improve education standard — Veep
The Vice-President, Mr Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, has reiterated the government’s commitment to improve the standard of education in the country.
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He stated that the government had over the years rolled out a number of projects to address the pressing infrastructural challenges confronting particularly second cycle institutions.
He said although the country was going through some economic challenges, the government remained committed to the provision of infrastructural facilities to deliver quality education.
Mr Amissah-Arthur gave the assurance when he addressed the 50th anniversary and Speech and Prize-giving day of the Breman Asikuma Senior High School (BASS) in the Central Region last Saturday.
The well-attended Golden Jubilee celebration, which was graced by parents and past students of the school, was on the theme: ‘’50 years of academic excellence--a proud tradition’’.
The event was chaired by the Omanhene of the Breman Traditional Area, Odeefuo Amoakwa Buadu VIII.
Investment
The Vice-President said that the government would continue to invest in education so that educational institutions would continue to produce the needed human resources for national development.
He mentioned that the government was overstretched and could not alone deal with the challenges facing all the educational institutions. He, therefore, called on other stakeholders in education to collaborate effectively with the government towards addressing most of the needs of schools.
Mr Amissah-Arthur said the country had reached the stage where communities had to play active roles by supporting the government to deal with the challenges facing educational institutions located in their areas.
Guest Speaker
The Chief Executive Officer of First Capital Plus Bank Limited, Mr John Kofi Mensah, who was the guest speaker, called on the government to commit more resources towards increasing access to education, especially in deprived communities.
He indicated that such a move would have direct positive impact on poverty reduction in rural areas.
He urged teachers to adopt innovative teaching techniques in the delivery of their lessons to improve on the quality of education in the country.
He appealed to the Ghana Education Service to institute a policy that would allow students to assess the performance of their teachers which would be the criteria for promotion of teachers in the country.
Mr Mensah further urged parents to take keen interest in the education of their children by paying regular visits to their schools to be abreast of the performance of their children.
Headmistress
Ms Sabina Sylvia Forson, the Headmistress of the school, commended the government and old students of the school for their immense contributions in its 50 years of existence.
She appealed to the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETfund) to release funds towards the completion of the school’s six-unit staff flat to help improve on supervision and monitoring of the boarding students.
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