Minister proposes special training for KG teachers
The Minister of Education, Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has proposed the establishment of a special training institution for kindergarten teachers.
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According to her, since the future development of children depended on the knowledge they received at the basic level, it was imperative for teachers who handled such children, to undergo a special training.
Professor Opoku-Agyemang made the statement on Tuesday, after she had visited schools in the Ga South Municipal Assembly in Accra.The visit enabled her to interact with pupils to mark “My First Day in School” programme initiated three years ago.
“My First Day in School”, which is observed on the first day of the new academic year of basic education schools, is an initiative by the Ministry of Education to whip up enthusiasm among the pupils and encourage them to stay in school. Free souvenirs such as caps, pencils and erasers were distributed to the pupils.
The schools where the minister visited were Avornyokpe Community Baptist, Amuman Basic and Obom-Kojoman Primary schools.
Prof. Opoku-Agyemang said although the government would continue to equip schools with the needed facility to enhance their teaching and learning, there was the need for the teachers to be exposed to the basic expertise to effectively impart information to the children.
One of the issues that came to the fore during the minister’s visit was the selling of government textbooks to schoolchildren.
Prof. Opoku-Agyemang warned the school authorities who indulged in that act to stop, else they would be prosecuted if caught.
Touching on the significance of ‘My First Day in School’, Prof. Opoku-Agyemang said the programme was “to encourage school-aged children, who are not in school, to go to school to increase enrolment at the basic level”
She, however, expressed satisfaction at the enrolment of schoolchildren at the various schools she visited and urged the authorities to intensify their effort to provide quality education.
The Circuit Supervisor of Ashalaga, Mr Khrushchev Appiah, called on the government to come to the aid of the schools in the Ga South municipality because most of them were operating under wooden sheds.
By Dominic Moses Awiah/Daily Graphic/Ghana