Group inaugurated to promote best education
Ed MASHAV GAR- GHANA, an educational association that comprises personnel from the Ghana Education Service (GES), has been inaugurated with a call on members to ensure the best education for the Ghanaian child.
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The association, which is a non-governmental organisation, has the primary goal of bringing together beneficiaries of the MASHAV Training, an Israeli Agency for International Development Cooperation Programme, to share their knowledge and experiences from the training for the benefit of the Ghanaian child.
Launching the association, Mrs Elizabeth De Zouza, the Deputy Director General of the GES, said education was the best investment any country could make and urged the teachers to give their best in training Ghanaian children.
She said teachers had a responsibility and an obligation to train the future leaders of the nation as their contribution to the national development.
Deeper insight
The President of Ed MASHAV GAR- GHANA, Mrs Grace Agyepong Dankyira, said the training gave the members a deeper insight into the issues of child education, poverty, power sharing, decision making and other issues.
Mrs Dankyira, therefore, urged members to use the knowledge and expertise acquired over the years to help transform the Ghanaian child in whatever positive way they could.
Alhaji Abdulai Sofo Sulemana, the Public Relations Officer of the Association, explained that the 113 membership association had the goal of bringing members under one umbrella to use their skills, knowledge and expertise acquired from their training to help the Ghanaian child in a holistic manner.
“The training programme began 12 years ago with the assistance of the Israeli Government, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and the GES,” he said and called on members to put their expertise to the best of their abilities.
Alhaji Suleman also advised colleagues to be committed and focus on the objectives of the group as the children they sought to reach out to were the future leaders.
Holistic approach
Speaking on the theme “Mutual Collaboration for Holistic Education”, Mrs Felicia Boakye-Yiadom, the GAR Regional Director of Education, said the theme was timely, especially when the association had been using holistic approaches to teach and train the Ghanaian child over the years.
She advised members to collaborate and form a community for the mutual interest of the Ghanaian child, and the country at large.
Mr Ami Mehl, the Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, called for a continuous collaboration between Ghana and Israel because it was essential, especially in the area of education.
He lauded the group for coming together to help shape the education of children in Ghana, starting from the kindergarten.
Mr Alfred Oko Vanderpuije, the Mayor of Accra, advised the members to ensure that the objectives of the group were met, as education was the best key to every country’s development.
He was honoured with a citation by Ed MASHAV GAR-GHANA. An eye and ear screening exercise was organised for schoolchildren and other patrons who graced the occasion.