{"id":704949,"date":"2019-09-13T13:58:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T13:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/13\/deputy-education-minister-observes-my-first-day-at-school\/"},"modified":"2019-09-13T13:58:40","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T13:58:40","slug":"deputy-education-minister-observes-my-first-day-at-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/13\/deputy-education-minister-observes-my-first-day-at-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputy Education Minister Observes \u2018My First Day At School\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

Gifty Twum Ampofo <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Deputy Education Minister and Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North
\nConstituency, Gifty Twum Ampofo, has toured some basic schools in the Abuakwa
\nNorth Constituency of the Eastern Region.<\/p>\n

The aim of her visit was to observe
\nthe annual \u2018My First Day At School\u2019 and to welcome newly admitted pupils to the
\n2019\/2020 academic year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

During the visit, she presented some learning materials including pencils, pens, erasers, mathematical sets, crayons, pencil cases and other learning aids to the pupils.<\/p>\n

\"\"
Gifty Twum Ampofo (right) interacting with some of the teachers<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The minister, together with officials
\nof the District Education Directorate and the Municipal Chief Executive, visited
\nabout eight schools including Osiem SDA, Osiem Presbyterian, Osiem Methodist,
\nOld Tafo Presbyterian and Kukurantumi MA.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ms. Twum commended the teachers for
\ntheir sacrifice and entreated them to keep up the good work.\u00a0She also
\nadvised the pupils to learn hard to become responsible adults for the country
\nin future.<\/p>\n

The MP said there was a lack of supply
\nof textbooks to schools for some years but teachers were able to teach and
\nadded that with the new curriculum, the teachers can teach without
\ntextbooks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She called on parents not to worry
\nabout issues regarding textbooks as she believed the teachers were well
\nequipped to teach even without textbooks.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

BY Daniel Bampoe\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gifty Twum Ampofo The Deputy Education Minister and Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North Constituency, Gifty Twum Ampofo, has toured some basic schools in the Abuakwa North Constituency of the Eastern Region. The aim of her visit was to observe the annual \u2018My First Day At School\u2019 and to welcome newly admitted pupils to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":704950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-704949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nDeputy Education Minister Observes \u2018My First Day At School\u2019 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/13\/deputy-education-minister-observes-my-first-day-at-school\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Deputy Education Minister Observes \u2018My First Day At School\u2019 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Gifty Twum Ampofo The Deputy Education Minister and Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North Constituency, Gifty Twum Ampofo, has toured some basic schools in the Abuakwa North Constituency of the Eastern Region. The aim of her visit was to observe the annual \u2018My First Day At School\u2019 and to welcome newly admitted pupils to […]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Gifty-Twum-Ampofo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/13\\\/deputy-education-minister-observes-my-first-day-at-school\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/13\\\/deputy-education-minister-observes-my-first-day-at-school\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\"},\"headline\":\"Deputy Education Minister Observes \u2018My First Day At School\u2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-13T13:58:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/13\\\/deputy-education-minister-observes-my-first-day-at-school\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":229,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/13\\\/deputy-education-minister-observes-my-first-day-at-school\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/Gifty-Twum-Ampofo.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/13\\\/deputy-education-minister-observes-my-first-day-at-school\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/13\\\/deputy-education-minister-observes-my-first-day-at-school\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/13\\\/deputy-education-minister-observes-my-first-day-at-school\\\/\",\"name\":\"Deputy Education Minister Observes \u2018My First Day At School\u2019 - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/13\\\/deputy-education-minister-observes-my-first-day-at-school\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/13\\\/deputy-education-minister-observes-my-first-day-at-school\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/Gifty-Twum-Ampofo.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-13T13:58:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/13\\\/deputy-education-minister-observes-my-first-day-at-school\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/13\\\/deputy-education-minister-observes-my-first-day-at-school\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/Gifty-Twum-Ampofo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/Gifty-Twum-Ampofo.jpg\",\"width\":700,\"height\":476},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Deputy Education Minister Observes \u2018My First Day At School\u2019 - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/13\/deputy-education-minister-observes-my-first-day-at-school\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Deputy Education Minister Observes \u2018My First Day At School\u2019 - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"Gifty Twum Ampofo The Deputy Education Minister and Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North Constituency, Gifty Twum Ampofo, has toured some basic schools in the Abuakwa North Constituency of the Eastern Region. The aim of her visit was to observe the annual \u2018My First Day At School\u2019 and to welcome newly admitted pupils to […]","twitter_image":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Gifty-Twum-Ampofo.jpg","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/13\/deputy-education-minister-observes-my-first-day-at-school\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/13\/deputy-education-minister-observes-my-first-day-at-school\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036"},"headline":"Deputy Education Minister Observes \u2018My First Day At School\u2019","datePublished":"2019-09-13T13:58:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/13\/deputy-education-minister-observes-my-first-day-at-school\/"},"wordCount":229,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/13\/deputy-education-minister-observes-my-first-day-at-school\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Gifty-Twum-Ampofo.jpg","articleSection":["Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/13\/deputy-education-minister-observes-my-first-day-at-school\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/13\/deputy-education-minister-observes-my-first-day-at-school\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/13\/deputy-education-minister-observes-my-first-day-at-school\/","name":"Deputy Education Minister Observes \u2018My First Day At School\u2019 - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/13\/deputy-education-minister-observes-my-first-day-at-school\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/13\/deputy-education-minister-observes-my-first-day-at-school\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Gifty-Twum-Ampofo.jpg","datePublished":"2019-09-13T13:58:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/13\/deputy-education-minister-observes-my-first-day-at-school\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/13\/deputy-education-minister-observes-my-first-day-at-school\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Gifty-Twum-Ampofo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Gifty-Twum-Ampofo.jpg","width":700,"height":476},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}