University Students To Undertake Compulsory Programme On
Pedagogy --Says Mahama Ayariga
By Awudu Salami Sule, Ghanadot
July 30, 2011
The deputy Minister of Education, Mr Mahama Ayariga has
indicated that, the Ministry of Education is in discussions
with the Universities to introduce a compulsory module on
pedagogy in all tertiary institutions.
According to the deputy Minister, the greatest harm that is
being caused to the children’s future is the unleashing of
thousands of graduates of tertiary institutions who know
nothing about how to teach but serve as teachers in the
basic schools when they engage in national service.
“Since most of the graduates get posted to teach in our
schools but lack basic teaching skills, the Ministry of
Education is in discussions with the Universities to
introduce a compulsory module on pedagogy in all tertiary
institutions and we have been talking to NSS too about this
and we hope that the stakeholders will accept this
imperative and we will move expeditiously to implement the
programme”, he said.
Mr Mahama Ayariga said this at the National Service Scheme (NSS)
stakeholders’ conference held at the Ghana College of
Physicians and Surgeons in Accra.
He said the National Service Scheme is an effort to create a
compulsive legal regime for the strategic deployment of the
energies of the youth of the country for the attainment of a
set national vision and this include both the educated and
uneducated youth.
“Unfortunately, our national service scheme has over the
years restricted itself to only school graduates and the
deployment of its personnel has not been particularly aimed
at implementing particular development visions”, he stated.
He therefore urged the officers of the scheme to take a
second look at the set vision of the NSS as they review the
entire scheme after several decades of its implementation.
Awudu Salami Sule
