Monday 19th August, 2019
By Mohammed Balu, GNA
Tumu (U/W), Aug. 19, GNA – Basic school
teachers in Sissala East undergoing training on the new school curriculum have
been charged to utilize effectively, the new methods provided in the reform
programme to lay a good foundation for school children.
The Ministry of Education recently
rolled out a new curriculum reform set for implementation this academic year,
beginning from the pre-tertiary level.
The new curriculum seeks to make Ghana’s
education more responsive to the human resource development needs of the
country.
Speaking at a training workshop in Tumu in
the Sissala East Municipality, the Member of Parliament for the area, Mr Ridwan
Abass Dauda urged the trainees to apply the new methodologies
appropriately to improve academic performance.
The Sissala East Municipality in 2016 scored
24 per cent in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), according to
the Municipal Education Directorate, attributing it to weak academic
foundation.
Performance of BECE candidates increased
significantly by 60 per cent in 2017 but the MP at the workshop called on
teachers to lay a solid foundation for school children to excel.
He urged them to perform their
responsibilities more effectively and efficiently to raise the performance to
80 or 90 per cent in future.
Mr Dauda said a site had been earmarked for
the construction of a modern Kindergarten facility in Sakai and appealed to the
people to be patient as their request for development projects was being
systematically addressed.
GNA
