Teaching is a Career worth Persuing – Perpetual Wadjoly

Perpetual Wadjoly, a student teacher at St. Teresa’s College of Education in Hohoe has described teaching in Ghana as a career worth pursuing and she believes that Ghana‘s student teachers hold the keys that will unlock the country’s prosperity.

Perpetual, who recently ended an intern with Transforming Teacher Education and Learning (T-TEL)  wrote to T-TEL  reflecting on how the training she is receiving at College is preparing her to contribute to future generations’ experience of learning.

Teaching, according to Perpetual, is a career worth pursuing and she believes that Ghana‘s student teachers hold the keys that will unlock the country’s prosperity.

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”Many will have different views when it comes to the future of the teaching profession, some will even argue that there is no future for the profession because the young teachers we have today will not think twice about leaving the profession since they do not want to “receive their rewards in heaven”. However, I believe that every young teacher who has gone through teacher training and has come to understand the profession the way I do will always have a burning desire to remain in the profession, make it better, and make others see it from his or her perspective.” She indicated.

”To begin with, I take a look at what keeps the passion burning, the one thing that makes me love the teaching profession. It is a blessing to be given the opportunity to influence young peoples lives and what they become in future, and I see it as a privilege and an honour for me as a teacher to help a young person or group of young people harness their potential and use it to better their lives and that of others.”

”Subsequently, going through the teacher education system, I have realized a holistic transformation right from my personality down to my academic performance. The training I received as a student teacher not only made me love the profession, but also made me a calmer and more restrained person; no more rash decisions and throwing of tantrums due to anger. It has made me a multitasker, and ultimately has enkindled in me the desire to encourage younger ones to follow in my stead and get to my level.”

Appeal

She appealed to all stakeholders in teacher education, ranging from the Ministry of Education (MoE) to the executive officers of Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana (TTAG); to continue to keep student teachers in the know of issues pertaining to  reforms.

”I do not know why anyone would think the teaching profession has no future, for I believe if every student-teacher lives by the training we receive at the college level, there will be a change and we will have pupils in our classrooms choosing teaching as their dream profession.” She said.

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Letter Source: T-TEL

Source: EducationGhana.net

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