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| From left to right Mrs Theresa Kyereh, Lawyer Kawaku Asomah Cheremeh, Dr Peter Attafuah, Mrs Veronica Safforo |
Brong Ahafo regional minister, Mr Kwaku Asomah Cheremeh has charged
Teachers in the region to do their best in promoting the region in the
area of education.
According to him, the government under the leadership of President Nana
Akuffo Addo is committed to ensuring every Tom, Dick and Harry at every
nook and cranny of the country has access to quality free education,
citing government's flagship policy, free SHS policy as an example
“For the government to realize it’s educational goal, it requires the
mutual and total support and commitment of every teaching and
non-teaching staff of the Ghana Education Service to play his or her
part diligently. The free Senior High School can receive and produce
quality students if pupils at the basic school are given the best of
training and education. We owe the people of Brong Ahafo and the country
at large a duty of bringing up the future leaders who are equipped with
the necessary knowledge and skills to face the new dynamics of the
global world” the law luminary said.
He made this comments at a handing over ceremony, where 25 000 school
uniforms, 15 709 boxes of white chalk, 36 480 supplementary reading
books, 114 988 literature books and 60 141 exercise books were given to
the Brong Ahafo Regional Education Directorate at the Sunyani Municipal
Education Office.
He also entreated students who were present to put good use of the
items given them to help them in their quest for higher educational
heights.
Dr. Peter Attafuah , the regional education director receiving the
items on behalf of the education workers, students and teachers
indicated that they would put the items into good use to improve the
quality of education in the region.
"With these items, for instance the uniforms will restore self dignity
in the pupils who do not have uniforms and those who wear tattered ones
to school suffering from discrimination and low esteem among their
peers, availability of teaching and learning materials will also
motivate teacher to deliver their best” Dr Attafuah noted.
He however hinted that stringent measures are laid down to combat the
perineal canker examination malpractices which tarnish the image of the
region over the few years in external exams.
“Upon my assumption, I toured the whole 27 districts and I sent a strong
signal to all teachers in the region to desist from any acts which will
tend to provide illegal assistance to candidates in the exam hall or
face dismissal from the service because it stipulates that the teachers
are not delivering well. We are also in talks with the parents to
sensitize them on the need not to pay moneys to any school authority to
help their wards cheat in examination because that is the root of
corruption” he revealed.
Mrs Theresa Kyereh Boachie, the Sunyani Municipal
Education Director, Mrs Veronica Adu Safforoh, the Sunyani West
director of education and other officers from both the municipal offices
and the regional education office were there to grace the occasion.
