By
Stephen Asante/Forence Afriyie Mensah, GNA
Kumasi, July 22, GNA
– Jackson College of Education (JCE), Ghana’s premier accredited private
college of education, specialising in distance education, has produced more
than 10, 000 teacher trainees to offer services in the rural, and most deprived
areas.
The objective is to
ensure the availability of substantial number of professional teachers in the
hinterlands to boost quality education delivery.
“We believe there
are a lot of potential scholars in our villages. It is our vision and mission,
therefore, to harness those talents to help unearth great minds for the nation
in future”, Mrs. Theodosia Wilhemina Jackson, Principal of the College, noted.
She was speaking to
the Ghana News Agency (GNA), Kumasi, on the sidelines of the Sixth Congregation
Ceremony of the JCE at the Royal Parade Grounds, Kwame Nkrumah University of
Science and Technology (KNUST).
This year’s ceremony
was on the theme, “Enhancing the Quality of Education in Private Higher
Institutions in Ghana”, and had 1, 393 students passing out with Diploma in
Basic Education via Distance Learning.
The certificates
were jointly awarded by the JCE and University of Education, Winneba (UEW).
Master Isaac Yeboah of the Accra centre emerged the Overall Best Student, while
Ms. Elizabeth Owusu was awarded the Best Female Student.
Mrs Jackson said the
graduating teacher trainees were drawn from the about 30 centres of the College
nationwide.
Drawing inspiration
from the gains made so far, since the establishment of the JCE in 2009, the
Principal observed that their relentless drive for quality and continuous
improvement had inspired them to provide top-of-the-range teaching and learning
structure.
This had been
designed to nurture world-class professional teachers whose sense of
innovativeness, discipline and commitment to duty remained unquestionable.
She disclosed that
the College had introduced two new academic courses in Early Childhood and
French Education, adding that they had resolved to make the study of French, in
particular, accessible to all.
The early childhood
education programme, she stressed, was also structured to build the capacity of
teachers in giving proper academic foundation to pupils.
Baffour Asare Owusu
Amankwatia VI, Bantamahene, in a message, emphasised the importance of
investing in education, saying that was the only way the nation could build a
vibrant human resource base to realise her development goals.
The Reverend Father
Prof. Anthony Afful-Broni, acting Vice-Chancellor of the UEW, cautioned
teachers to brace themselves for the changing face of the profession,
especially in the area of the application of Information Communication and
Technology (ICT) in their core activities.
GNA