E/R Minister to the rescue of Afram Plains
By Abdul Salam Sule, Ghanadot
Accra, June 9, Ghanadot - It was
recently discovered that, Afram Plains in the Kwahu North
District of the Eastern Region has over the years
experienced dearth of teachers in the various basic schools
in the area.
Report has it that, most of the schools have no teachers at
all and that those that have
sometimes have one teacher per
school.
When the situation came to the attention
of the Eastern Regional Minister,
who had barely been in office for
4 months promised to provide lasting solutions to the
problem.
The Minister, Hon Samuel Ofosu Ampofo's efforts to address
the acute shortage of teachers in the area were given a
practical meaning when 96 prospective senior high school (SHS)
graduates in the area were identified for admission to
colleges of education.
The students would be enrolled in the teacher training
colleges in the Eastern Region and the Kwahu North District
Assembly would pay for their fees. Upon completion, the
students would be required to go back to the district and
teach to help fill the vacant classrooms
in most of the basic schools in the area.
Reacting, the Easter Regional Minister said, he had decided
to seek the technical advice of the principals of the
various colleges of education so as to find long term
solutions to the poor standard of education in the region,
especially in the Kwahu North.
"It is only when we provide a window of hope for students to
acquire knowledge and skills at our colleges of education
that they can be in a better position to impact positively
and uplift the standard of education in the region and the
country at large", he stated.
He therefore urged students to take advantage of the offer
to enable them add value to themselves and help eradicate
ignorance, poverty and diseases in their respecttive
district.
For his part, the Kwahu North District Chief Executive, Hon
Charles Evans Apraku commended the regional minister for his
commitment to addressing the disparity of teacher-pupil
ratio in the area and declared the preparedness of the
assembly to sponsor the prospective students.
Ghanadot
