The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has lauded the enormous contribution of teachers to Ghana’s socio-economic development.
Describing teachers as “unsung heroes”, Vice President Bawumia extolled
the dedication and selflessness exhibited by practitioners of the
teaching profession over the years, and pledged the Nana Akufo-Addo
government’s commitment to recognizing the contributions of hardworking
and selfless teachers towards improvement of education in the country
through a wide range of incentives and reforms.
“These dedicated men and women are our unsung heroes, often working in
less than ideal conditions and toiling hard not only to impart knowledge
in us but to shape our moral code and prepare us to be responsible
citizens” Vice President Bawumia declared in Accra on Friday 5th
October, 2018 in Accra.
The Vice President, who was speaking at the maiden edition of the ‘Ghana
Teacher Prize awards’, formerly ‘National Best Teacher awards’, held at
the Presbyterian Boys Senior High School (Presec), Legon commended
teachers for their very significant role in shaping every sphere of
national life.
“Teachers play a pivotal role in the development of our human resource
and remain key in the achievement of the overall development of the
country. To teach is to inspire, to challenge, to mold, to develop
thinking, to sow seeds for the future. Let me therefore, on this
momentous occasion, on behalf of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo,
use this opportunity to salute our gallant teachers for their commitment
to duty.”
The success of the innovative double track system, which has provided
access into Senior High Schools this year for an additional 180,000 JHS
graduates, would largely depend on teachers, Vice President Bawumia
underscored, and urged teachers to re-dedicate themselves to the cause
while Government works to address their concerns.
“Government is aware that no matter its best intention, the double track
system will not be successfully executed and produce desired results
without the teacher. We have had meaningful engagements with the various
teacher unions on the double track system, and in all these
engagements, the interests of the teacher have been primary.”
“I wish to assure our gallant teachers and their leaders that the
government of President Nana Akufo-Addo is fully committed to the
welfare of teachers. We are fully open to engagements with the
profession on making improvements to your welfare, because we believe in
the importance of the work you do in developing our human resource
capacity as a nation,” Vice President Bawumia indicated.
The 2018 Most Outstanding Teacher Award was won by Forsey Nicholas of
Bishop Herman Senior High School. For his prize, he takes away a three
bedroom house worth Ghs180,000 and other assorted items.
Second Runner up Owusu Antipem of Nsutaman Senior High School received a
Saloon car and a cheque for Ghs 50,000, while First Runner up Augusta
Lartey of Presbyterian Boys Senior High School received a 4*4 Pick Up
vehicle worth Ghs130,000.
“Clearly this is a sad day for professional legal education for Ghana.
The published results are very dispiriting and discouraging, very
disappointing and clearly unacceptable. The results as we have now don’t
reflect the true performance of the students. We can’t vouch for the
integrity of these results, the integrity of the results is
questionable,” he said.
source ..MMH-gh
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