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Ashanti GNECC holds Quarterly Meeting
Kumasi, April 5, Ghanadot/GNA - The Ashanti Regional Chapter
of Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) on
Friday held its quarterly meeting at the Asawasi Community
Centre in Kumasi.
The meeting discussed the regional re-appraisal exercise,
the various district activities from January to November
last year as well as its first quarter work plan for this
year.
Addressing the meeting, Mr. John Kwadwo Owusu, Regional
Coordinator, said efforts were being made by the leadership
to find new donors to replace withdrawn services.
He said late releases and lack of funds continued to be
major constraints confronting the Coalition but assured that
efforts were being made to remedy the situation.
Presenting a paper on Teacher-People Ratio, Teacher
Deployment and Assault on Teacher in the Ashanti Region, Mr.
Peter Appiah Amankwah, Head of Human Resource, Management
and Development at the Regional Education Office, observed
that teachers were in short supply in the region.
He said the region’s Pupil Teacher Ratio stood at 30:1 for
primary and a little above average for senior high school of
1:23.
He held that teachers were in short supply because some were
on leave while others had been seconded to organizations.
“Pension, deaths, resignation and vacation of post to travel
abroad have also attributed to the shortage of teachers in
the region,” Mr. Amankwah said.
He noted that cases of assault on teachers were rampant and
attributed the situation to reported caning, sexual
harassment and relations with students and ladies in the
communities by male teachers.
Mr Amankwah called on school management committees, District
Directors of Education and other stakeholders to help solve
the problem.
He said the Education Directorate was committed to quality
education and, therefore, appealed to Parent Teacher
Associations not only to provide accommodation for teachers
but also provide incentives to motivate them.
He advised that they should display ownership tendencies
towards school issues at all times and also pay them
periodic visits.
GNA
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