Wife
of
Vice
President
helps
school/children's
home
Tamale
Dec.
11,
GNA
-
Wife
of
the
Vice
President
Hajia
Ramatu
Mahama,
on
Monday
advised
teachers
to
forget
about
the
monetary
aspect
of
their
profession
and
help
give
good
and
quality
education
to
children
to
ensure
that
the
nation's
educational
standards
did
not
sink
further.
She
said,
"It
is a
well
established
fact
that
teachers
are
the
main
academic
builders
and
therefore
need
the
necessary
attention
to
ensure
that
they
impart
the
knowledge
in
them
to
children
to
take
up
leadership
positions."
Hajia
Ramatu
gave
the
advice
in
Tamale
when
she
presented
some
150-duel
desks
to
the
Rama
Foundation,
to
kick
start
classes
in
the
Rama
Foundation
International
School,
a
private
vocational
training
institute
and
school.
The
school
is
an
initiative
of
the
Second
Lady
to
offer
skills
training
to
women,
while
their
children
and
other
children
from
deprived
communities
would
attend
Nursery
and
Primary
school
there.
Hajia
Ramatu
said
it
was
important
for
teachers
to
be
well
paid
and
remunerated
and
called
on
them
to
think
about
the
blessing
they
would
receive
by
offering
good
and
quality
education
to
children
to
improve
standards.
She
asked
teachers
to
continue
remain
patient
since
the
government
had
a
beautiful
and
handsome
package
for
them
to
improve
their
economic
and
social
status
saying,
"Let
us
think
of
the
blessing
more
than
the
money
to
enhance
the
nation's
development."
Hajia
Ramatu
Mahama
has
also
bemoaned
the
practice
of
early
marriages
among
the
people
in
the
North
and
called
for
a
change
to
ensure
that
the
girl
child
went
to
school.
She
said
the
youth
stood
the
greatest
opportunity
of
getting
better
marriages
if
they
had
education
and
advised
parents
to
focus
more
on
the
girl
child
education
enhance
the
human
resource
development
of
the
nation.
Madam
Alexandria
Sopiimeh,
Tamale
Metropolitan
Director
of
Education
said
it
was
necessary
to
offer
quality
education
to
children
right
from
Kindergarten
to
prepare
their
minds
for
higher
institutions
of
learning.
She
said
eight
districts
in
the
Northern
Region
out
of
15
in
the
country
were
gender
parity
and
that
it
was
important
for
stakeholders
in
education
to
work
collectively
to
reverse
the
trend.
Mr.
Mohammed
Amin
Adam,
Tamale
Metropolitan
Chief
Executive
expressed
gratitude
to
Hajia
Mahama
for
working
hard
to
change
the
phase
of
education
in
the
Northern
Region.
Hajia
Ramatu
Mahama
also
donated
some
food
items
to
the
Anfaani
Children's
Home,
also
in
Tamale
for
the
upkeep
of
the
inmates.
The
items
included
nine
cartons
of
baby-powdered
milk,
one
carton
of
key
soap
and
20
baby
rubber
bands.
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