‘Incorporate local culture into Cambridge International curriculum’
The Chief Executive Officer of the North Legon Little Campus, Mr Douglas Djarbeng has urged schools running the Cambridge International Curriculum in Ghana to be flexible enough to incorporate Ghanaian culture into their syllabus.
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According to him, provision was made for the introduction and inclusion of local content into the British Curriculum Programme which had been adopted by many schools in Ghana and other West African countries, yet some of the schools concentrated more on teaching foreign content at the expense of the Ghanaian culture.
“The students, especially those at the primary level, need to learn and know more about our history, our heroes, the cultures and heritage of our people, as well as the significance of certain landmarks pertaining to the various regions of Ghana”.
“They know the regions and states in Britain, as well as some notable personalities in Europe but sadly, they don’t know about the heroics of Yaa Asantewa, Kwame Nkrumah and other great Ghanaian personalities”.
He added, “the over-concentration on foreign content in schools running the Cambridge international programme in Ghana will only deny the students of an opportunity to learn about their own traditions and cultures and once that happens, we will lose our identity”.
Graduation ceremony
Mr Djarbeng, a legal practitioner, made the call last Friday during the school’s end of the 2015/2016 Academic Year and graduation ceremony which was held at the premises of the school.
In all, 35 students made up of 24 from kindergarten and 11 from year six graduated to year one and year seven respectively at the well attended event.
Conducting the graduation process, Ms Janet Anore, Academic Head of the school, encouraged the graduates to study hard to help them progress to higher heights in their academic work.
She also urged award winners not to relent on their efforts but keep working hard to win more laurels for themselves and their families.
The over five-hour ceremony, which was moderated by Nana Benyin Abbiw and Jedidiah Koubiesi, both students of the school, saw the celebrants entertaining their parents, guardians and teachers with poetry recitals, musical performances, cultural displays and short plays.
Achievers awards
Some of the students were recognised for excellent performance in the year under review and they included Jedidiah Allyson Koubiesi, Puyen Amy McBagonluri, Awurama Kyei Sarpong, Kofi Kokua Asante Anyimadu, Nii Kpakpo Abrahams, Kow Abaka Parker Yarney, Senam Kekeli Kemetse, Helena Tachie Menson, Anais Kouadio Roger, Jonas Amanquah, Francisca Amoh, Nana Benyin Abbiw, Nii Adotey Sackar and Jamal Mashood-Osumanu.
The rest were; Kwabena Ntiamoah, Tyrel Paa Kwesi Hagan, Kofi Amfo Oppong, Keziah Komey, Bradley Owusu Afriyie, Naima Sowah, Jesse Afari, Nana Adjoa Nhyira Asante, Fafali Abla Hatsu, Sawsena Wahabi, Joel Anim-Offei, Ashley Adjei Aryee, Akua Appiah, Anthony Olowoniyi and Juanita Calliope Atta.
Mrs Matilda Nyurr won the best teacher award, while Wilson Otsie, Kissiedu Yirenkyi, Andrew Wilson, Paul Ajayi and Bright Owusu were recognised for helping the students to record excellent grades in the 2017 checkpoint examination in Science and English conducted for Cambridge International Schools worldwide.