The Ga Mantse - on education and
societal needs
Accra, Aug. 4, Ghanadot/GNA
- King Tackie Tawiah III, Ga Mantse, on Tuesday called on
stakeholders in the educational sector to review the
curriculum of the Junior and Senior High Schools to make
them relevant to the needs of the youth.
"The content of education should be pertinent to the needs
of the society," he said.
King Tackie Tawiah asked educationists to include the
various trades such as carpentry and shoe mending in the
high school curriculum so that students who could not enter
the university and other higher institutions could use those
trades to earn a living.
King Tackie Tawiah said this when Unilever Ghana donated a
cheque for 10,000 Ghana cedis and assorted drinks and
household items valued at GH¢ 1,200.00 to the Ga Traditional
Council at the Ga Mantse Palace.
While the cash donation was to be put in the Ga State
Educational Endowment Fund set up by the Ga Traditional
Council to support the youth, the household items were to be
used to support this year's Homowo Festival.
The Ga Mantse expressed worry about the plight of some
students who could not make it to higher learning
institution because of circumstances beyond their control
adding that if the content of education were reviewed, they
could learn a trade and earn a living.
He stressed the need to help school dropouts so that they
could be useful to all in the society.
Ms Bernice Natue, Corporate Relations Manager, said one of
the corporate responsibilities of Unilever was to serve the
community within which it operated.
She said Unilever's support to the Ga Educational Endowment
Fund was to make life comfortable for the youth in the Ga
State.
“We want to touch the lives of people in the Ga State,
especially the youth, and be part of this year’s Homowo
Festival," she added.
Nii Okaija III, Gbese Mantse and Adonten of the Ga State
received the donation on behalf of the Ga Traditional
Council.
GNA
