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President
urges SDA College to assist in fighting poverty
Asokore (ER), Nov. 6, Ghanadot/GNA - President John
Agyekum Kufuor has appealed to the SDA College of Education
to be at the forefront of government efforts at using
education to fight poverty by producing teachers of
"integrity, diligence and vision."
Declaring poverty as Ghana's "greatest enemy", President
Kufuor said it was incumbent on the nation's education
institutions to produce good teachers who could transform
the lives of children to enable them face life positively.
In an address read for him during the passing out of first
diploma students from the college at Koforidua, President
Kufuor spoke about the role teacher training institutions
played in the development of the nation and said the
recognition of that awesome role informed government's heavy
investment in that sector.
President Kufuor said he was expecting colleges of education
to play a major role in the government's quest to improve
upon teacher quality towards enhancing national development.
"We strongly believe that the implementation of the new
education reforms will make a major impact on the
development of the human resource of the country."
President Kufuor lauded the college's role in producing high
calibre teachers including a Provost at the Kwame Nkrumah
University of Science and Technology, Professor S.O. Asiamah,
Professors Francis Atsem and Ameyaw Domfeh of the University
of Ghana, Drs Fredrick Ocansey and Ankomah Afari of the
University of Cape Coast and Dr Seth Laryea who is the
President of Valley View University.
The Eastern Regional Director of Education, Mrs Akosua Adu,
spoke on the reforms and pleaded with traditional
authorities to demonstrate unalloyed commitment towards the
success of the initiative in their communities.
The Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Kwadwo Affram-Asiedu,
received a certificate from the National Accreditation Board
(NAB) attesting the elevation of the then SDA Teacher
Training College to SDA College of Education and later
handed it to the Principal, Mr Akumfi Ameyaw.
GNA
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