The Circuit Supervisor for the Akuse Circuit of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Mr S. E. Etulita, has observed that inadequate infrastructural facilities, as well as teaching and learning materials, were affecting effective academic work.
He said, the problem was contributing to the situation where some schools, particularly those in the rural communities have one teacher, teaching pupils in different classes, in one classroom, a system known as multi-grade teaching.
Mr Etulita was speaking at the graduation ceremony of the Christ Fields School at Akuse in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality on the theme: “Quality Pre-School Education: The Bedrock of Life Long Learning’.’
The school, which was established by Mrs Anita Abigail Ofori in 2015, has a crèche, kindergarten and primary one.
Teaching and learning
Mr Etulita said such situation could not promote quality teaching and learning as expected especially in public schools, adding that the Constitution provided adequately for every Ghanaian child and citizen the full realisation of educational rights.
He said in the same vein, the Education Act, 2008 ( Act 778) provided for the establishment of an educational system intended to produce a well balanced individual with the requisite knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes to become functional and productive.
He underscored the need for the Ministry of Education to address those challenges to promote quality education.
He noted that, it was the responsibility of the government to provide conducive and enabling environment for schoolchildren to have quality education and stressed the need to applaud private schools for their roles in that respect.
Show good examples
Mr Etulita advised parents and guardians to collaborate with teachers to ensure the proper upbringing of children, and urged parents to “Show good examples to children while they are with you because they copy everything from you unknowingly.”
He lauded parents and guardians who worked tirelessly to send their children to school to acquire formal education for their future.
The Proprietress of the school, Mrs Anita Abigail Ofori, said the institution was growing at a faster rate and lauded parents for their maximum cooperation.
The Parent Teacher Association (PTA) chairman, Rev. Richard Atieku, who chaired the programme, entreated parents to do their best by providing all the necessary learning materials for their children to support their education, and also urged teachers to play their responsible roles.
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