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Make Mathematics studies applicable to life - Mathematician
Accra, April 12, Ghanadot/GNA – Professor
Sitsofe Enyonam Anku, Interim President of the Ghana
Mathematics Society (GMS) on Saturday called for proper
application of Mathematics in national programmes and every
day life to achieve economic progress.
He said all human endeavours were full of Mathematics
principles; hence appropriate application of its theories in
daily life could serve as a viable alternative for
development.
Prof. Anku made the call at the First National Congress of
the GMS in Accra attended by tutors of Mathematics, to
discuss ways to ensure effective teaching and learning of
the subject and elect national executives.
He expressed disappointment about the fallen standard of
Mathematics education in the country, attributing the
situation to ineffective teaching approach to impart the
knowledge as required.
He therefore appealed to government to declare a National
Mathematics day to serve as platform for drawing public
attention on the relevance of the subject and issues
affecting its study.
Prof. Anku also urged teachers to upgrade their skills to
enable them to adopt modern trends of imparting the
knowledge.
Mrs Angela Baiden-Amissah, Deputy Minister of Education,
Science and Sports urged all Ghanaians to support the GMS to
curtail poor academic performance in the subject.
She advised students to avoid over dependence on text books
and rather learn holistically to gain the needed knowledge
in the subject.
She further appealed to tutors to teach in a way that would
eschew fear that learning Mathematics was difficult.
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