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Government is committed to New Education Reform - President
Takoradi, March 29, Ghanadot/GNA-
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Saturday gave the assurance
that government would continue to support the New Education
Reform to ensure that brought tremendous change to the
country’s educational system.
He said government would do this in collaboration with the
Ministry of Education, Science and Sports and the Ghana
Education Service (GES) to provide the requisite logistics
for the programme.
President Kufuor gave the assurance in an address read on
his behalf by Madam Naana Biney, Deputy Director General of
the GES, at the 50th Anniversary and Speech and Prize-Giving
Day of Takoradi Secondary School was under the theme
“TADISCO @ 50: the New Educational Reform and Challenges for
Day Institutions, the Role of the Stakeholders,” at Takoradi.
He said all stakeholders including government, parents,
teachers and students have unique roles to play to make the
Reform a success.
President Kufuor said, “As a government, we will provide the
needed infrastructure and logistics for the smooth running
of the Reform and we also promise to show high level of
commitment to this programme.”
He said teachers would be well motivated to give of their
best to ensure the success of the programme.
President Kufuor said teachers would be given more
in-service training to enable them deliver effectively and
grants made available to schools.
He urged parents and guardians to support the Reform by
sending their wards and children to school and encouraging
them to study hard be of good behaviour.
President Kufuor said conditions at the home should be
conducive for students to study because they would be
competing with their colleagues in the boarding houses who
have almost everything at their disposal.
He said “It is important also to keep a watchful eye on
their academic performances and the calibre of friends they
associate with. School fees must be paid on time to prevent
the authorities from driving them out of school.”
Mr Joe Baidoe-Ansah, Member of Parliament for
Effia-Kwesimintsim and Minister of Trade, Industry, Private
Sector Development and President’s Special Initiatives,
reminded students that they had every opportunity to
transform their lives by studying hard and laying a solid
foundation for their future development and prosperity.
He said their education should, however, be anchored on
discipline in order to be of benefit to themselves and
society.
Mr Baidoe-Ansah urged the students to take advantage of
their education to build a strong moral character which
would ensure their success in the future.
Mr Kofi Adofo Osei, head master of the school, appealed to
the authorities of the GETFUND to consider helping solve the
school solve its infrastructural problems.
GNA
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