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Yifaa is National Best Teacher

Vice-President Amissah-Arthur presenting a prototype of the three-bedroom house to Mr Simon Jude Yifaa, the National Best Teacher.A 32-year-old teacher of the Nana Amoakwah Model School at Damang, in the Prestea-Huni Valley District of the Western Region, Simon Jude Yifaa, was on Saturday crowned the National Best Teacher at the 19th National Best Teacher awards ceremony held in Wa in the Upper West Region.

He took home a cheque for GH¢65,000 for a three-bedroom house to be built at a place of his choice, a laptop and a computer and its accessories for his school.

Mr Tia Yahaya of the Tamale Presbyterian Senior High School in the Northern Region came second, while Mrs Mariama Antwi-Adjei of the Ashanti School for the Deaf placed third.

They were given saloon cars, laptops and computers and accessories for their respective schools.

There were awards for foreign volunteer teachers, one National Service person from each region and 30 retired teachers from the host region.

They also took home certificates, artifacts, specific amounts of money and a home theatre each.

Eighty five selected teachers were rewarded at this year’s awards ceremony, which was on the theme, “A call for teachers: Teachers take the lead for quality education”.

The ceremony attracted people from across the country, including the Vice-President, Mr Paa Kwesi  Amissah-Arthur, who was the guest of honour; the Minister of Education, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang; members of Parliament, the clergy, heads of educational institutions and traditional rulers.

In his acceptance remarks, Mr Yifaa expressed appreciation to the past and present governments for sustaining the teacher’s awards, which he said served as a source of motivation for many teachers in the country.

He dedicated his award to all who had supported him in his teaching career, saying even though he hailed from the Upper West Region, his award was for the Western Region where he taught.

Mr Yifaa further said the award would spur him on to work harder to achieve more.

By George Folley & Chris Nunoo/Daily Graphic/Ghana

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