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47% of teachers in Sissala East District are pupil
teachers
By Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Credible information reaching the Ghanadot office in Accra,
Ghana revealed that forty-seven per cent of teachers in the
Sissala East District in the Upper West Region are pupil
teachers with low academic qualifications.
According to the reports, the teacher-pupil ratio in the
district is also 1:80 as against the Ghana Education
Service’s standard of 1:40.
The District Chief Executive for Sissala East, Madam Alijata
Sulemana complained that this development was worrying as it
is denying many brilliant children of excellent academic
laurels.
Madam Sulemana made this known during the 2009 ActionAid
Girls Camp and the Sissala East District Science, Technology
and Mathematics Clinic at Tumu, the distric capital.
She lamented that “We shall labour in vain if we do not have
the necessary human resource, qualified teachers, to impart
knowledge, skills and attitudes to our children.”
Madam Sulemana said there was no Science teacher among the
21 newly trained teachers posted to the district this year,
noting that this would not promote effective teaching and
learning of the subject.
The girls were selected from Junior High Schools from Tumu,
Wellembelle, Bujan, Nabulo and Kunchogu Circuits and would
undergo a one-week training course in the learning of
Science, and mathematics.
Madam Sulemana said the demand for teachers in the district
far exceeded the supply and that was further compounded by
the refusal of some teachers to accept posting to the rural
areas where their services were most needed.
The DCE announced that the assembly would introduce
incentive packages for teachers who accept postings to rural
schools and appealed to ActionAid Ghana and other
non-governmental organisations as well as public spirited
individuals to support the assembly’s initiative.
Mr. Francis Avousige, Sissala East District Director of
Education, said Science, Technology and Mathematics
education would help push Ghana’s development and growth
faster.
He said the goal of the education sector was to provide
relevant education for all Ghanaians to enable them to
acquire skills, which would make them functionally literate
and productive to facilitate poverty reduction and promote
wealth creation.
Mr. Avousige said Ghana’s failure to recognize the
importance of Science and Technology Education had adversely
affected the development of a scientific culture.
He, therefore, expressed the hope that Science, Technology
and Mathematics education intervention strategies would be
pursued to promote economic growth for the country.
Ghanadot
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