Our teachers can’t teach English

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CHA 11 years ago

Today we have chinese and indians who cant speak english but are innovators in the computer and medical breakthrough- Ghanaians we need to put a stop to this COLONIAL mentality about learning the British language and concent ...
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Today we have chinese and indians who cant speak english but are innovators in the computer and medical breakthrough- Ghanaians we need to put a stop to this COLONIAL mentality about learning the British language and concentrate on how to compete in this new world
NYAME BA 11 years ago

Today we have chinese and indians who cant speak english but are innovators in the computer and medical breakthrough- Ghanaians

SO HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TRAIN DOCTORS , ENGINEERS AND ECONOMISTS IN GHANA? DO YOU HAVE PHYSICS ...
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Today we have chinese and indians who cant speak english but are innovators in the computer and medical breakthrough- Ghanaians

SO HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TRAIN DOCTORS , ENGINEERS AND ECONOMISTS IN GHANA? DO YOU HAVE PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY TEXTBOOKS IN TWI, GA AND EWE? HOW MANY PEOPLE SPEAK GA OR TWI IN THE WORLD? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO COMMUNICATE INTERNATIONALLY?

THE INDIANS SPEAK VERY GOOD ENGLISH, DESPITE THE HEAVY ACCENT. THE CHINESE ARE ALSO LEARNING ENGLISH.

ENGLISH IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RALATIONS AND COMMERCE.
ANSAH 11 years ago

YOU ARE LOCAL IF YOU DONT SPEAK AND INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE. HOW DO YOU PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION?A PH D IN MATHEMATICS IN FRAFRA? OR A MASTERS DEGREE IN PHYSICS IN TWI ?

YOU ARE LOCAL IF YOU DONT SPEAK AND INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE. HOW DO YOU PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION?A PH D IN MATHEMATICS IN FRAFRA? OR A MASTERS DEGREE IN PHYSICS IN TWI ?
Ada Boy 11 years ago

The Chinese have hundreds of thousands of their citizens studying english in the West. Ghana is lucky to have a language that has become the world's lingua -franca.You are still going to turn out mediocre students in Twi,Fan ...
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The Chinese have hundreds of thousands of their citizens studying english in the West. Ghana is lucky to have a language that has become the world's lingua -franca.You are still going to turn out mediocre students in Twi,Fanti,Ga and Gonjo if the learning institution does not have the right resources, and that includes the teacher as well as the student.Introducing local languages as a tool of improving stands is just delusion,not the mastersroke. The real answer for better education outcomes will occur with better trained, better paid teachers and classrooms with resources that meets the minimum standards in countries such as, Singapore,south Korea of Finland. Now,we are talking!
SHAMO 11 years ago

WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED? HAHAHAHA "CATASTROPHY"

WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED? HAHAHAHA "CATASTROPHY"
WISE-TALK, UK 11 years ago

some times i fell shame ghanians my fellow west africans or black africans,many ghanians cant even sign,na
waooo.

some times i fell shame ghanians my fellow west africans or black africans,many ghanians cant even sign,na
waooo.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 11 years ago

Here I come. So long as you disrespect Ghanaians, I shall be on your throat. Just read over what you have posted and see your level in The Queen's language. Do you even know where to capitalize words and use the apostrophe?

Here I come. So long as you disrespect Ghanaians, I shall be on your throat. Just read over what you have posted and see your level in The Queen's language. Do you even know where to capitalize words and use the apostrophe?
blueprint 11 years ago

that is why they are so stupid

that is why they are so stupid
KOFI NUA 11 years ago

THIS MAKES NO SENSE. CAN WE SPEAK TWI AT THE UNOR ECOWAS MEETINGS? ENGLISH IS INTERNATIONAL NOW. ALMOST ALL EUROPEANS SPEAK ENGLISH. LETS STOP THE LAZINESS.

THIS MAKES NO SENSE. CAN WE SPEAK TWI AT THE UNOR ECOWAS MEETINGS? ENGLISH IS INTERNATIONAL NOW. ALMOST ALL EUROPEANS SPEAK ENGLISH. LETS STOP THE LAZINESS.
ROMANO 11 years ago

THE VERY FEW THAT CAN WRITE AND SPEAK ENGLISH, WRITES AND SPEAKS BETTER ENGLISH THAN YOUR ANAGOS 1000 -TIMES.ANAGO GO SAY BOT,BUT GHANAMAN GO SAY BUT. YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP,CRACKHEAD

THE VERY FEW THAT CAN WRITE AND SPEAK ENGLISH, WRITES AND SPEAKS BETTER ENGLISH THAN YOUR ANAGOS 1000 -TIMES.ANAGO GO SAY BOT,BUT GHANAMAN GO SAY BUT. YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP,CRACKHEAD
OSAGYEFO 11 years ago

STUPID ANAGO, LOOK WHAT YOU'VE JUST WRITTEN, SOME-TIMES I "FELL" SHAME. ANAGO OLOISHI, OMO NIGERIA OLE, OLE BRUKU.

STUPID ANAGO, LOOK WHAT YOU'VE JUST WRITTEN, SOME-TIMES I "FELL" SHAME. ANAGO OLOISHI, OMO NIGERIA OLE, OLE BRUKU.
OSAGYEFO 11 years ago

ANIMAL, YOU DONT EVEN KNOW HOW TO WRITE, "TRUTH, COMING, FEEL...

ANIMAL, YOU DONT EVEN KNOW HOW TO WRITE, "TRUTH, COMING, FEEL...
KOFI NUA 11 years ago

TEACH THE TEACHERS ENGLISH AND SO THEY CAN TEACH OUR KIDS. STOP THE LAZINESS.

TEACH THE TEACHERS ENGLISH AND SO THEY CAN TEACH OUR KIDS. STOP THE LAZINESS.
HON SHAMO 11 years ago

AFTER ALL ENGLISH IS THE WORLD'S LANGUAGE, EVERY NATION IS LEARNING IT NOW, THE PROBLEM IN GHANA IS CAN OUR TEACHERS USE IT TO TEACH PROPERLY? SINCE THEY THEMSELVES ARE STILL LEARNING! USE LOCAL LANGUAGE TO EXPLAIN DELICATE S ...
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AFTER ALL ENGLISH IS THE WORLD'S LANGUAGE, EVERY NATION IS LEARNING IT NOW, THE PROBLEM IN GHANA IS CAN OUR TEACHERS USE IT TO TEACH PROPERLY? SINCE THEY THEMSELVES ARE STILL LEARNING! USE LOCAL LANGUAGE TO EXPLAIN DELICATE SUBJECTS AND WHEN THE STUDENT CATCH IT UP THEY CAN USE THEIR OWN ENGLISH TO WRITE OR WORK WITH IT! THAT IS INDIAN STYLE
Kwesi 11 years ago

YES, YOUR COMMENT MAKE SENSE. GHANA SHOULD TEACH IN OUR LOCAL LANGUAGE AND TEACH ENGLISH AS ELECTIVE COURSE LIKE WHAT IS DONE IN CHINA, RUSSIA, IRAN, MEXICO AND SOUTH AFRICA AMONG AFRIKAANS. IF THIS HAPPEN I BET YOU ALL PEOPL ...
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YES, YOUR COMMENT MAKE SENSE. GHANA SHOULD TEACH IN OUR LOCAL LANGUAGE AND TEACH ENGLISH AS ELECTIVE COURSE LIKE WHAT IS DONE IN CHINA, RUSSIA, IRAN, MEXICO AND SOUTH AFRICA AMONG AFRIKAANS. IF THIS HAPPEN I BET YOU ALL PEOPLE WILL PERFORM MIRACLE INNOVATIONS.
Hoho 11 years ago

who "go work for monkey to chop"? politicians are looting the state caufers and asking teachers to work hard? how do they wash their faces? they use pepper or cascara medicine? idiot Ghana

who "go work for monkey to chop"? politicians are looting the state caufers and asking teachers to work hard? how do they wash their faces? they use pepper or cascara medicine? idiot Ghana
CITIZEN ONE 11 years ago

Again and Again and Again, I say you Akans are the problem. Each time some of you backward traditionalists claim we should use our local languages, you simply mean TWI. Many of you pretenders have gone to great lengths never ...
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Again and Again and Again, I say you Akans are the problem. Each time some of you backward traditionalists claim we should use our local languages, you simply mean TWI. Many of you pretenders have gone to great lengths never to learn any other Ghanaian language except TWI, yet you pretend we as collective Ghanaians have a language to educate and progress in.

The trouble with most Akans is that they can't speak good English hence their attitude in downplaying it's significance. Why compare us Ghanaians to the Chinese. Do you have any idea how many Chinese, Russians and other Europeans speak English proudly (or shall I say study it intensely). Please shut the hell up about local languages and education. We all can speak our mother tongues conveniently, but none can ever replace the English language. What else did the colonizers stigmatize us with, that you freaking traditionalist are forgetting to let go off of? Every day a poor nation like Ghana, people are so preoccupied with TWI this and TWI that. Since when did Twi even become significant? That was when all the abject poor and rural folks converged onto the capital Accra, and refused to speak the local regional language. What else can one do, should they kill them all, like mosquitoes and housefly invasions? Maybe we should use the housefly buzz or mosquito buss, because it is the most commonly spoken language in Accra as far as I am concerned, not Twi.

You can speak your Twi however much you wish, but it won't get you anywhere. Matter of fact excessive Twi being injected and forced into our old system is what has corrupted and downgraded our intellectualism , integrity, personality and glory, and many other aspects of civility.

Away!!!
DSST 11 years ago

You've hit the nail on the head. You've said it all. And that, my friends, is the long and short of the whole situation. We are becoming stupid through laziness, and we are trying to justify it with "patriotism."

You've hit the nail on the head. You've said it all. And that, my friends, is the long and short of the whole situation. We are becoming stupid through laziness, and we are trying to justify it with "patriotism."
Hoho 11 years ago

if they have nothing better to talk about, they shouldn't come to ghanaweb and blow nonsense: compare this:
1. teachers use sponge and soap to clean teeth in the morning,they criminal politicians use Pepsodent and bristle to ...
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if they have nothing better to talk about, they shouldn't come to ghanaweb and blow nonsense: compare this:
1. teachers use sponge and soap to clean teeth in the morning,they criminal politicians use Pepsodent and bristle tooth brushes to wash their gutter mouths

2. teachers take only teach without sugar and a slice of bread, they nonsense politicians eating turkey tail,jam and bread,planta butter with fried circles and bongo cakes before going to work.

3. teachers take their torn clothes to roadside tailors to mend,they fucking politicians wearing Giorgio Fellini and cartels

4. teachers walk hundreds of miles thru forest and rivers and they hopeless politicians riding in jets, bms etc before going to work..

5. teachers have to borrow money to pay school fees for their kids,,they stinky mouth politicians sleep on billions under their beds

6. teachwrs walking to school everyday and seing airplanes flyinf overhead with politicians inside taking their kids for shopping in US and UK,

7. teachers eating only gari and shitor once a day,they asshole politians eating take aways,turkeys,beef etc..

so if they have nothing tangible to talk about,they shouldn't go to public to exposes their stinky and rotten gingivitis mouths to talk nonsense about teachers.. idiots
Vodoo Xebieso 11 years ago

That's why I sometimes get angry when some stupid Ghanaians clamour or agitate for a national language.

Can anyone out there tell me when Twi, Ga, Gonja, Ewe or Fante was ever spoken at any international meeting like ECOW ...
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That's why I sometimes get angry when some stupid Ghanaians clamour or agitate for a national language.

Can anyone out there tell me when Twi, Ga, Gonja, Ewe or Fante was ever spoken at any international meeting like ECOWAS let alone the Commonwealth Leaders Meeting?
Ewusi 11 years ago

Have seen that your small brain has exposed you.Just read comments from people and you would understand.

Have seen that your small brain has exposed you.Just read comments from people and you would understand.
OSEI LOND 11 years ago

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF OUR 56YEARS OF OUR INDEPENDENCE WHEN WE STILL SPEAK SOMEONE LANGUAGE INDIA CHINA MAYLASIA PAKISTAN THEY ALL HAVE MANY LANGUAGES BUT THEY ALL DID WITH THEIR OWN LANGUEGE IN OUR PALIMENT TODAY WE SPEAK EN ...
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WHAT IS THE MEANING OF OUR 56YEARS OF OUR INDEPENDENCE WHEN WE STILL SPEAK SOMEONE LANGUAGE INDIA CHINA MAYLASIA PAKISTAN THEY ALL HAVE MANY LANGUAGES BUT THEY ALL DID WITH THEIR OWN LANGUEGE IN OUR PALIMENT TODAY WE SPEAK ENGLISH WE ARE FOOLS,
Big mouth 11 years ago

What is the twi Word for Parliament,Car,pen etc.if you Don,t want to use Engilsh than iam afraid you have to go bare fllotend and also Eat from leaves and go local ,lets Blend both,English and the local languages

What is the twi Word for Parliament,Car,pen etc.if you Don,t want to use Engilsh than iam afraid you have to go bare fllotend and also Eat from leaves and go local ,lets Blend both,English and the local languages
KUKRUDU 11 years ago

Why the emphasis on English? If we are that concerned then get our studenrs to speak good English rather than the STUPID ones they use - 'charley, that thing no good paa'. You meet then in say London or New York and ask them ...
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Why the emphasis on English? If we are that concerned then get our studenrs to speak good English rather than the STUPID ones they use - 'charley, that thing no good paa'. You meet then in say London or New York and ask them to ask say a shop assistant probably the least educated in society) for help and all they tell you is ' charley ,I can't , you go, I am shy!!!!'.
KANEWU 11 years ago

THIS IS NOT STRANGE.

THE LOW STANDARD OF ENGLISH SPOKEN AND/OR WRITTEN BY 95% OF GHANA'S LEADERSHIP SPEAKS VOLUMES.

AS FOR THE STANDARD OF ENGLISH OF GHANAWEB EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS ON THIS FORUM, THE LEAST COMMENT O ...
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THIS IS NOT STRANGE.

THE LOW STANDARD OF ENGLISH SPOKEN AND/OR WRITTEN BY 95% OF GHANA'S LEADERSHIP SPEAKS VOLUMES.

AS FOR THE STANDARD OF ENGLISH OF GHANAWEB EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS ON THIS FORUM, THE LEAST COMMENT ON THAT, THE BETTER.

INDEED, STANDARDS HAVE FALLEN SERIOUSLY IN ALMOST EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE IN GHANA, NOT ONLY IN ENGLISH.

THIS EASILY NOTICEABLE ONLY WHEN YOU TRAVEL OUTSIDE TO PROGRESSIVE THIRD-WORLD AND DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.

YOU'LL NEVER NOTICE THIS IF YOU LIVE IN GHANA OR JUST TRAVEL ON HOLIDAYS.
Big mouth 11 years ago

Who told you the Chinese and Indian innovators can,t speak English..Engilsh is a World Language. Not a colonial Language ,Even the Computer you are Using, Speaks English,the Most developed Language and Most Spoken langua ...
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Who told you the Chinese and Indian innovators can,t speak English..Engilsh is a World Language. Not a colonial Language ,Even the Computer you are Using, Speaks English,the Most developed Language and Most Spoken language in the world ,do we have a word for computer in Twi..?
Yarchoe 11 years ago

English language is very, very important. The Chinese, Indians and the whole world speak English and that is why their economies are strong. Chinese government have put learning of English as their first priority for interna ...
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English language is very, very important. The Chinese, Indians and the whole world speak English and that is why their economies are strong. Chinese government have put learning of English as their first priority for international supremacy. What language do the students take their exams? You see the speaking of Twi everywhere in Ghana is another reason why nothing is working in the country. English is our official language and that is what we should speak because we have too many different dialects.
Vodoo Xebieso 11 years ago

Fool, why don't you post your stupid comment in your dialect?

Fool, why don't you post your stupid comment in your dialect?
Iron 11 years ago

Who told you Indians don't speak English? You are nothing but an ignorant sauce-pan. No wonder why you are able to write shit on ghanaweb, fool.

Who told you Indians don't speak English? You are nothing but an ignorant sauce-pan. No wonder why you are able to write shit on ghanaweb, fool.
CASTRO 11 years ago

It is not important? I work for a school IN THE us that takes in 100's of Chinese who want to learn English. Less I forget Twi is more important to Ghanians. You lazy idiot. Just because people like you are too lazy to learn ...
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It is not important? I work for a school IN THE us that takes in 100's of Chinese who want to learn English. Less I forget Twi is more important to Ghanians. You lazy idiot. Just because people like you are too lazy to learn any other language but your own YOU YOU CLAIM ENGLISH IS UNIMPORTANT..
PANEL 11 years ago

They should use ashangrish.

They should use ashangrish.
ANANE MENSAH 11 years ago

TWI IS SPOKEN BY JUST A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE, PEOPLE IS AN INT MEANS OF COMMUNICATION THAT OPENS ALL DOORS. THIS IS NOT COLONIAL MENTALITY, THIS IS BEING PRACTICAL AND SMART.

ARE WE GOING TO TEACH IN ALL THE MANY LANGUAGES IN ...
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TWI IS SPOKEN BY JUST A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE, PEOPLE IS AN INT MEANS OF COMMUNICATION THAT OPENS ALL DOORS. THIS IS NOT COLONIAL MENTALITY, THIS IS BEING PRACTICAL AND SMART.

ARE WE GOING TO TEACH IN ALL THE MANY LANGUAGES IN GHANA? THIS WOULD BE SUICIDE.
Vodoo Xebieso 11 years ago

Twi is only important to native Twi speakers and not all Ghanaians. Do we conduct official business in Ghana using Twi language?

Twi is only important to native Twi speakers and not all Ghanaians. Do we conduct official business in Ghana using Twi language?
KOFI NUA 11 years ago

MAYBE WE SHOULD SPEEAK HAUSA, NOT TWI. TWI SI SPOKEN BY JUST A FEW IN GHANA. HAUSA IS SPKEN ALL OVER AFRICA. IF WE SPEAK TWI, WE COMMOT INTELLECTUAL SUICIDE.

MAYBE WE SHOULD SPEEAK HAUSA, NOT TWI. TWI SI SPOKEN BY JUST A FEW IN GHANA. HAUSA IS SPKEN ALL OVER AFRICA. IF WE SPEAK TWI, WE COMMOT INTELLECTUAL SUICIDE.
Vodoo Xebieso 11 years ago

Yooooooooooooooo!!!!!!

Yooooooooooooooo!!!!!!
LAW 11 years ago

WHEN R U GOING TO STOP DISGRACING TEACHERS. I QUIT THIS PROFESSION COS OF THIS DAMN SHIT!

WHEN R U GOING TO STOP DISGRACING TEACHERS. I QUIT THIS PROFESSION COS OF THIS DAMN SHIT!
AJOA 11 years ago

CAN WE COMPETE IN THIS WORLD. IN THE USA, KINDEGARTEN TEACHERS HAVE MASTER'S DEGREES.

CAN WE COMPETE IN THIS WORLD. IN THE USA, KINDEGARTEN TEACHERS HAVE MASTER'S DEGREES.
GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 11 years ago

Mr. Ansah noted that teachers who were hard working, rather seemed to be more interested in pursuing further studies than paying their due as teachers trained to lay a sound foundation for the younger generation.

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Mr. Ansah noted that teachers who were hard working, rather seemed to be more interested in pursuing further studies than paying their due as teachers trained to lay a sound foundation for the younger generation.

OR HIRE NON GH TEACHERS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.
Anokye 11 years ago

Oh Ghana!when will we stop criticizing teachers?If u can write a comment and read,thank teachers ok.Who taught Kofi Anan,prez Mahama,Kwasi Prat jnr and You?Go to most of the public schools and look at the available teaching a ...
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Oh Ghana!when will we stop criticizing teachers?If u can write a comment and read,thank teachers ok.Who taught Kofi Anan,prez Mahama,Kwasi Prat jnr and You?Go to most of the public schools and look at the available teaching and learning resources there.Lets stop the comparison and criticisms but try to motivate and substain our teachers interest in thier work.
PRINCE (AMSTERDAM) 11 years ago

'COS OF THIS NONESENSE I LEFT THIS PROFESSION. ANY IDIOT CAN TALK TO TEACHERS ANYHOW. PAY THEM WELL; MOTIVATE THEM; ENCOURAGE THEM RATHER THAN INSULTING AND INTIMIDATING THEM. STOP THIS STUPIDITY.

'COS OF THIS NONESENSE I LEFT THIS PROFESSION. ANY IDIOT CAN TALK TO TEACHERS ANYHOW. PAY THEM WELL; MOTIVATE THEM; ENCOURAGE THEM RATHER THAN INSULTING AND INTIMIDATING THEM. STOP THIS STUPIDITY.
AMANOR ISAAC,USA. 11 years ago

It is 1.Curriculum failure,2.Lack of supervision,3.Lack of appropriate and standard TLMs and 4.Lack of motivation.I was a product of Wesco and UEW and Taught both science&maths right from the lower primary,upper primary,J.H.S ...
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It is 1.Curriculum failure,2.Lack of supervision,3.Lack of appropriate and standard TLMs and 4.Lack of motivation.I was a product of Wesco and UEW and Taught both science&maths right from the lower primary,upper primary,J.H.S ,S.H.S and as a Municipal Science&Env.Co-ord until I left Ghana in 2010 .I love teaching. As a supervisor,I started with some interventions that were helping basic school science teaching to be more practical but I had to leave.There should be specialization, practical teaching,efficient supervision and finally,motivation to keep the good ones .NB IT IS TRUE THE BEST TEACHERS KEEP QUITTING .
AMANOR ISAAC,USA. 11 years ago

I hope to become the Director General for GES by the time I return .Some people are just backwards and vissionless.

I hope to become the Director General for GES by the time I return .Some people are just backwards and vissionless.
PRINCE (AMSTERDAM) 11 years ago

WHEN WILL YOU RETURN?

WHEN WILL YOU RETURN?
AMANOR ISAAC 11 years ago

I think there are so many physical demons in leadership who need to allow Ghana to gain a real independence.Almost every leader bewitched by the love of money but I want to make a name and leave a mark for generations to come ...
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I think there are so many physical demons in leadership who need to allow Ghana to gain a real independence.Almost every leader bewitched by the love of money but I want to make a name and leave a mark for generations to come.I STILL LOVE GHANA .
Big 11 years ago

Is English our mother tongue go to China and others master fight for salary increment and lookwarm attitude.foolish association

Is English our mother tongue go to China and others master fight for salary increment and lookwarm attitude.foolish association
AKOLOGO 11 years ago

SO ALL THE VARIOUS TRIBES SHOULD TEACH THEIR SCHOOLS IN THEIR LOCAL LANGUAGE. THIS WOULD BE THE TOWER OF BABEL. TO THE GAS, TWI IS NOT THEIR MOTHER TONGUE, SO WE TEACH GA KIDS IN GA AND EWE KIDS IN EWE? SO EWE TEXT BOOKS AND ...
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SO ALL THE VARIOUS TRIBES SHOULD TEACH THEIR SCHOOLS IN THEIR LOCAL LANGUAGE. THIS WOULD BE THE TOWER OF BABEL. TO THE GAS, TWI IS NOT THEIR MOTHER TONGUE, SO WE TEACH GA KIDS IN GA AND EWE KIDS IN EWE? SO EWE TEXT BOOKS AND FANTI BIOLOGY BOOKS?

STOP BEING LAZY AND LEARN ENGLISH. EVEN THE CHINESE LEARN ENGLISH.
Big mouth 11 years ago

These who can,t speak Good English are usuelle .those who speak too much of the local Language,too much Twi,etc,they only speak English when they See a white man or when they go to Collection Visa,we are alredy Late lets mov ...
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These who can,t speak Good English are usuelle .those who speak too much of the local Language,too much Twi,etc,they only speak English when they See a white man or when they go to Collection Visa,we are alredy Late lets move ahead and stop this Backward thinking which will Never materialise.
Big 11 years ago

Foolish association

Foolish association
Big 11 years ago

Toothless association

Toothless association
Ghanaba1 11 years ago

I would rather be surprised if our teachers can't teach our local language not English.Do we eat or drink english in Ghana? we need jobs,electricity,water ,food and and development not stupid talks. Most of Our so called poli ...
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I would rather be surprised if our teachers can't teach our local language not English.Do we eat or drink english in Ghana? we need jobs,electricity,water ,food and and development not stupid talks. Most of Our so called politicians were educated in Ghana,If our Teachers are so bad then our Politicians are Rotten!I believe most of our self proclaimed leaders has no VISION nor CREATIVITY.Nana Addo would have put them where they belong that's why they refused to hand him Power.
Free Wisdom 11 years ago

Ghanaba, you mixed two things. English is univerasl. It is a global language and there is no option about that. You said electricity; what is the name of electricity in Twi, Ewe, Dagomba, Nzema and Ga? Science and technology ...
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Ghanaba, you mixed two things. English is univerasl. It is a global language and there is no option about that. You said electricity; what is the name of electricity in Twi, Ewe, Dagomba, Nzema and Ga? Science and technology is changing so fast that Ghana cannot translate and follow this trends. Do you know that for example all pilots must speak english wherever they are landing even in Paris or Germany? Small bush Ashanti this knowledge is too big for you.

Your second point: Most of our so called educated just went to school to read books. They cannot apply what they learnt so they dont make headway and finally ends up in NDC to lead you. The good ones are scared of Tony Aidooo, Asiedu Nketia etc; they dont want to be insulted by ignorant people so they keep their distancefrom them to mis lead you. Ebe keke. You understand?
Ghanaba1 11 years ago

I THINK YOU ARE SOO SILLY,YOU CAN'T EVEN SPELL THE WORD "UNIVERSAL" AND ELECTRICITY IN ASHANTI MEANS "ANYIMANNKANNEA" WHICH PROUDLY SHOWS HOW THE ASHANTI LANGUAGE CAN BE MORE USEFUL IN GHANA AND THE SO CALLED ENGLISH LANGUAGE ...
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I THINK YOU ARE SOO SILLY,YOU CAN'T EVEN SPELL THE WORD "UNIVERSAL" AND ELECTRICITY IN ASHANTI MEANS "ANYIMANNKANNEA" WHICH PROUDLY SHOWS HOW THE ASHANTI LANGUAGE CAN BE MORE USEFUL IN GHANA AND THE SO CALLED ENGLISH LANGUAGE COULD BE SECOND OR MORE OR LESS SENT YOU FOR Eg.to school to stydy.all b'cos those two morons you mentioned deserve to be hanged if you will permit me to tell your masters.I HAVE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT,I AM PROUD TO BE AN ASHANTI.EITHER EBEE DII KEKE OR NOT , TIME WILL TELL.KWASEA BA
Nationalist 11 years ago

When Children are born they're named by their Parents. It is your right to name all of your creation. Remember Ancient Kemit, Egypt, Nubia, Kananite etc. Do you think Ancient Egyptians did not name all the Pyramids? Peopl ...
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When Children are born they're named by their Parents. It is your right to name all of your creation. Remember Ancient Kemit, Egypt, Nubia, Kananite etc. Do you think Ancient Egyptians did not name all the Pyramids? People do steal your culture, creation and history and so on. Look for Benjamin Barneker, Alexander Pushkin, Francis Kofi Allotey, Ghana Empire, Mali Empire etc. Seek knowledge to gain self confidence and become skillful and excel in activities and reap your blessings from results. We have never lived in the caves Bro. The Lord of Spirits must be WORSHIPED in true Spirit. English Language is a Bate and it's there to keep you guessing until you and your unrealized dreams joins the Soil. What would your Children write on your Tomb Stone?
Ghanaba1 11 years ago

THEY SHOULD WRITE IN ASHANTI SINCE ASHANTI LANGUAGE CAN BE WRITTEN BUT NOT BRONG.Brongs like you can not even sing in their language neither can not be written.keep off with your senseless poem

THEY SHOULD WRITE IN ASHANTI SINCE ASHANTI LANGUAGE CAN BE WRITTEN BUT NOT BRONG.Brongs like you can not even sing in their language neither can not be written.keep off with your senseless poem
Nde 11 years ago

We have said this all along but the USELESS NAGRAT will only want benefits and not responsibilities. Shame NAGRAT.

We have said this all along but the USELESS NAGRAT will only want benefits and not responsibilities. Shame NAGRAT.
Dr. Antwi. 11 years ago

It is aboUt time teachers specialized in core subjects so that they can master the contents before they can impart it efficiently and effectively.

It is aboUt time teachers specialized in core subjects so that they can master the contents before they can impart it efficiently and effectively.
Rosalyn 11 years ago

Yes

Yes
AMANOR ISAAC,USA. 11 years ago

For int.science we need specialization as the first step .I was a consultant to most private schools after the 2008 curr.revision and subject co-ord. in the GES but the sad thing is that my ideas and interventions were accept ...
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For int.science we need specialization as the first step .I was a consultant to most private schools after the 2008 curr.revision and subject co-ord. in the GES but the sad thing is that my ideas and interventions were accepted and put into practice by most private basic schools but the GES directorate did not due to some crazy rules .Eg primary schools must change from Class teaching to subject teaching ,it is more effective for one teacher to be teaching int.science in p4,p5,p6 than to keep him in one class and teach all subjects without TLMs oh hell.
Nationalist 11 years ago

Nyankopon do not creates junks. Anyone who give up or renounce his blessed Tongue is doomed. You have therefore accepted and willfully to worship someone else instead of Nyankopon. Your Spiritual rights, Your Sanity, Your ...
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Nyankopon do not creates junks. Anyone who give up or renounce his blessed Tongue is doomed. You have therefore accepted and willfully to worship someone else instead of Nyankopon. Your Spiritual rights, Your Sanity, Your Vision, Your Confidence, Your Common Sense, Your Creativity, Your Well Being, Your Family, Your Community, Your Country and I can go on and tell you the most Painful once which Nyankopon forbid me to mention. Do a little assessments, for example, Our Gold, Oil, Cocoa, Government, Education, Infrastructures , Love for Each Other, Seniors, Our Very Future Roaming on the Street without guidance etc. We now cry loud for External Dividers to come with their most confused Doctrine of recipe to make us less than A dirty rejected pig. Look at the unstable minds of unfit individuals in our present Governments! Be proud and Approach our own Linguists for Translation, Transcribing and Integrating. We must spread free Love among ourselves because Nyankopon Our Creator gives free Love every second that past.
KWAME 11 years ago

We forgotten that we give certificates cheaply. The teachers of the teachers in the training Colleges themselves cannot teach English so it is a cycle. Now every teacher would like to do the Diploma by whatever means to get p ...
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We forgotten that we give certificates cheaply. The teachers of the teachers in the training Colleges themselves cannot teach English so it is a cycle. Now every teacher would like to do the Diploma by whatever means to get promotion but not to be upgraded and function properly. Its a SHAME!
Kwesi Sakyi 11 years ago

English is sine qua non in a globalised world. Tanzania abandoned English and took Swahili as official language but later they regretted and started learning English again. Even the Chinese cant do business without English.

English is sine qua non in a globalised world. Tanzania abandoned English and took Swahili as official language but later they regretted and started learning English again. Even the Chinese cant do business without English.
Dondoli 11 years ago

If your teachers cant read or write its their teachers who failed them. Ghana has its own english language which only ghanaians can understand.
If you pass a person because he/she is your friends son/daughter and that person ...
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If your teachers cant read or write its their teachers who failed them. Ghana has its own english language which only ghanaians can understand.
If you pass a person because he/she is your friends son/daughter and that person becomes a teacher what do you expect, good teacher or bad teacher.
We have to start from primary school and teacher the the world english. How many cant call words like an englishman. If you want to learn english you learn and know it better than an english. No half ways because there is no half education or ghana english which a british cant understand.
Primary school SHOULD be our target, the best teachers should be teaching them.
AMANOR ISAAC,USA. 11 years ago

Read the whole article ,the point is about almost all the subjects;maths,int.science and pretech. are all included.specialize in training and in teaching and stop the jack of all trade,supervision should be taken serious ,mor ...
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Read the whole article ,the point is about almost all the subjects;maths,int.science and pretech. are all included.specialize in training and in teaching and stop the jack of all trade,supervision should be taken serious ,more practical teaching and teacher motivation period.
SYDNEY 11 years ago

DID U HEAR THE MINISTERIAL VETTING OF A CERTAIN NDC FEMALE PARLIAMENTARIAN?.....AND YET SHE WON THE VOTES OF HER CONSTITUENCY AND WAS NOMINATED BY JOHN MAHAMA FOR A CABINET POSITION...SO CAN U SEE HOW MORONIC GHANAIANS CAN BE ...
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DID U HEAR THE MINISTERIAL VETTING OF A CERTAIN NDC FEMALE PARLIAMENTARIAN?.....AND YET SHE WON THE VOTES OF HER CONSTITUENCY AND WAS NOMINATED BY JOHN MAHAMA FOR A CABINET POSITION...SO CAN U SEE HOW MORONIC GHANAIANS CAN BE?.....AND NOW JUST LOOK AT HOW POVERTY STRICKEN NDC FANATICS WILL DEFEND WOYOME DESPITE THE CLEAR CASE OF THIEVERY BY BETTYMOULD AND WOYOME WHICH COST GHANA 51 MILLION GHC AND ALMOST ONE BILLION DOLLARS IN TOTAL SUM STOLEN BY NDC THRO FAKE J-DEBTS....AND THEIR MORONIC REASON WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY NDC VOTERS IS THAT IT IS NPP WHICH CAUSED THE DEBTS......VERY VERY STUPID INDEED....MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WOYOME AND BETTY ARE ENJOYING FROM THE TAX PAYERS' SWEAT UNFAIRLY BCOS THEY SECRETELY TEAMED UP WITH CRONIES TO LOOT US THRO FAKE JDEBTS.... THIS IS WHAT CREATES MORE TROKOSIS AND KAYAYEIS.
MAAME YAA 11 years ago

how many were u in class when u were in school? large class, no motivation, sweat, chalk dust,running nose,etc. give them air condition classrooms and see if they won't work hard like u!

how many were u in class when u were in school? large class, no motivation, sweat, chalk dust,running nose,etc. give them air condition classrooms and see if they won't work hard like u!
USMAN 11 years ago

The Diploma holders mentioned in this article are all products of the University of Cape Coast. You can now see why even though Ghana is endowed with a lot of resources we are still under-developed. Ever since Ghana started p ...
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The Diploma holders mentioned in this article are all products of the University of Cape Coast. You can now see why even though Ghana is endowed with a lot of resources we are still under-developed. Ever since Ghana started promoting and imposing university education on us what have we achieved? We always take delight in suppressing other qualifications in favour of the university degree. We have not seen anything yet. The worse is yet to come if we don't change our stupid mentality.
Rosalyn 11 years ago

Me know spik inglis than white Russian

Me know spik inglis than white Russian
Rosalyn 11 years ago

English grammar ? Yes

English grammar ? Yes
yikle kpotoe 11 years ago

you are right grammar,grammar!i understand where u are coming from.grammar goes to affect the way we right , speak etc

you are right grammar,grammar!i understand where u are coming from.grammar goes to affect the way we right , speak etc
Paul Amuna 11 years ago

In Arkansas in the US under Bill Clinton as governor, he found a similar situation and the State was 46th on the Education league table in the US. So what did he do? provide incentives for teachers to retrain to improve their ...
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In Arkansas in the US under Bill Clinton as governor, he found a similar situation and the State was 46th on the Education league table in the US. So what did he do? provide incentives for teachers to retrain to improve their own standards of knowledge and competence whilst improving their conditions of service. He made a deal with the Teacher Unions. The bottom line was, those who refused to step up and / or were still under-performing were gently moved aside and within a short time, the State was competing at a higher level in education nationally. Unless, and until you have a properly trained and skilled education workforce, all sectors of the economy will suffer.

For Ghana to attain and maintain a genuine middle-income status, we need a sea change in attitudes, mindsets and actual practice especially in education, training and research. A lot of the teaching material for the primary and secondary sector are good, but we need a well trained and dedicated teaching profession to deliver to the highest standards. Pupils have got to learn the drill of how to learn properly and English language is fundamental to the proper understanding of science and math. The government and ministry of education and GES have a responsibility to work with the Teacher Unions to make this happen. I also expect a responsible opposition to make their own contribution at constituency level to raise local standards (whether they agree with the government or not). This is rather urgent and requires immediate attention.
USMAN 11 years ago

Our useless university graduates are educated but not trained. Education is easy, cheap and ineffective yet Ghanaians always want this short cut to the top. Training on the other hand is very effective in accomplishing any ta ...
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Our useless university graduates are educated but not trained. Education is easy, cheap and ineffective yet Ghanaians always want this short cut to the top. Training on the other hand is very effective in accomplishing any task. The polytechnics are meant for training whiles the universities are meant for education yet the Ghanaian system is doing everything possible to suppress the polytechnic system. That is why we are not developed.
KANEWU 11 years ago

IS GHANA TRULY INDEPENDENT?

THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE.

GHANA'S USELESS CLUELESS CORRUPT LAZY FREELOADING SCROUNGING LEADERS HAVE AN AWFUL LOT TO LEARN FROM THE HANDS-ON LEADERSHIP AND LEGACY OF THE LATE HUGO CHAVE ...
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IS GHANA TRULY INDEPENDENT?

THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE.

GHANA'S USELESS CLUELESS CORRUPT LAZY FREELOADING SCROUNGING LEADERS HAVE AN AWFUL LOT TO LEARN FROM THE HANDS-ON LEADERSHIP AND LEGACY OF THE LATE HUGO CHAVEZ OF BLESSED MEMORY.
AMANOR ISAAC,USA. 11 years ago

This is nothing new,I made these observations back in 2008 till 2010 when I finally left to the USA,In almost each of my quarterly reports as then science&Env.co-ord GES Ejisu Municipal , I mentioned it and included some inte ...
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This is nothing new,I made these observations back in 2008 till 2010 when I finally left to the USA,In almost each of my quarterly reports as then science&Env.co-ord GES Ejisu Municipal , I mentioned it and included some interventions that I had tried and were working but they only needed my reports for records.
NII LARTEY NARTEY 11 years ago

The fact is the entire state institutions in the country are horribly collapsing including our once enviable education system. Ghana is producing illiterate unmarketable graduates walking hopelessly jobless on our streets and ...
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The fact is the entire state institutions in the country are horribly collapsing including our once enviable education system. Ghana is producing illiterate unmarketable graduates walking hopelessly jobless on our streets and we need a radical approach for corrections now.

What we seriously have to reconsider is to go back to the old system, give back the schools to the former institutions that run them with professional care and compassion. Period!

We must also make sure that, the state take good care to provide our teachers with quality training programmes, incentives like housing, excellent teaching materials with attractive salaries and stop the despicable dubious settlement debt payments to enrich political associate criminals.
DON. AMSTERDAM 11 years ago

WE NEED ENGLISH MORE THAN `TWI`IF GHANA WANTS TO DEVELOP.GHANAIN ORAL
ENGLISH IS THE WORST IN THE WORLD.HOW
CAN ARAB JUST WATCH TV AND SPEAK BETTER THAN GHANAIN UNIVERSITY STUDENT
I AM BEGGING THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
TO ...
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WE NEED ENGLISH MORE THAN `TWI`IF GHANA WANTS TO DEVELOP.GHANAIN ORAL
ENGLISH IS THE WORST IN THE WORLD.HOW
CAN ARAB JUST WATCH TV AND SPEAK BETTER THAN GHANAIN UNIVERSITY STUDENT
I AM BEGGING THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
TO REINDRODUCE THE COMPULSARY ENGLISH
SPEAKING IN ALL SCHOOLS AND ANY TEACHER WHO CAN`T TEACH ENGLISH MUST BE SACK.THE LOCAL DIALET IS AUTOMATIC
FOR THE CHILDREN TO SPEAK.AGAIN THOSE
POLITICAL FMs MUST STOP WITH `TWI`ALL
DAY AND SPEAK BIT ENGLISH TO HELP TO
EDUCATE THE CHILDREN.MAY GOD HELP GHANA TEACHERS TO TEACH ENGLISH,BIG
DISGRACE AND WHY THEIR SALARIES SHOULD
BE INCREASED
THIS IS MODERN WORLD AND WE ARE GOING
FOWARD.WHY GHANAINS DON`T MAKE THEIR
"PHONES"AND "COMPUTERS"IN TWI ?
ILLITRACY IS BIG DESEAS IN GHANA.
B.A 11 years ago

let us teach our teachers how to teach and not what to teach.their training is content oriented which I think is not the best.let them know how to teach from there. the content is already found in the various text books of th ...
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let us teach our teachers how to teach and not what to teach.their training is content oriented which I think is not the best.let them know how to teach from there. the content is already found in the various text books of the subjects.if it is about chew and poor past your exams and forget,how do you expect them to be innovative in thinking.novelty and innovation are the major ingredients of the teaching profession.
Ato John 11 years ago

OUR TEACHERS CAN’T TEACH ENGLISH? What a pity, what has become of our proud educational institutes? The UCC was established with teaching as its core criteria, it was the cradle of our educational system, where professional ...
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OUR TEACHERS CAN’T TEACH ENGLISH? What a pity, what has become of our proud educational institutes? The UCC was established with teaching as its core criteria, it was the cradle of our educational system, where professionalism was the norm. Is that what it is today? We had teacher training colleges, what has become of them?

I remember when I was a kid in primary and middle school, it was fun when trainee teachers came to practice, it was just fun, they made learning fun. They were eager to impart what they had leant and there was enthusiasm which made us all want to learn. There was also the fact that for period that the trainees were with us the canes were absent. You could see that the trainees were motivated, what it was that motivated them then I did not know then and don’t even now. I know that they were paid an allowance and I believe that they had the tools and equipment needed to learn and practice. They would help with extra tuition after school and we would visit they at their colleges with gifts (provisions and in some cases cooked food) from parents.

You visit the training colleges today and you see decay and despair, and I ask myself what has become of our quest for quality education?

Until the sitting government wakes up to the fact that it takes education to develop a nation and continues to give lip service to our educational system we will continue to churn out illiterate teachers who do not know why they are in the classroom. As BA said our teachers should be taught to teach, and they should be motivated. Teachers should be seen as the foundation even the bedrock of a nations development and as such the sitting government should and as a matter of urgency isolate the Ministry of Education and critically scrutinize the sector and infuse it with vision and technology as befits the 21st century Ghana.

And as the PPP continues to say, it must be FREE, CONTINOUS AND COMPULSORY, with emphasis on agric, science, technology and sports. Not forgetting literacy and numeracy. Education can be fun if the teacher is fun, children like to play the reason why it should be fun, as long as it fun to learn the children will want to have some more fun, and it becomes a habit and once it becomes a habit, it becomes a circle that keeps going and going.

The PPP will make teaching and learning fun, by providing the tools, equipment and the environment for the teacher to learn to teach. Below is the PPP’s Agenda on Education.

Provide Quality Education For Every Ghanaian Child. Standardize schools facilities from kindergarten to Senior High School with libraries, toilets, classrooms, kitchen, housing teachers, playground, etc: and Ensure free and compulsory education in public schools from kindergarten to Senior High School (including computer training). We will deploy an “Education Police” to enforce the compulsory aspect of our policy. An integral part of this objective will be an objective to significantly increase vocational training so that all school leavers gain employable skills. This will include a comprehensive sports program to instill discipline and promote better health.
Long Live Ghana, Long Live the PROGRESSIVE PEOPLES PARTY. Awake for Ghana.
HANATU 11 years ago

WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO SUBJECT TEACHERS?MAY BE THE CURRENT EDUCATION SYSTEM IS FAILING US.LETS GO BACK TO WHAT WE HAD BEFORE.STAY LONGER IN SCHOOL SINCE THIS SYSTEM HAS FAILED.YOU AGREE WITH ME THAT, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SIXTH ...
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WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO SUBJECT TEACHERS?MAY BE THE CURRENT EDUCATION SYSTEM IS FAILING US.LETS GO BACK TO WHAT WE HAD BEFORE.STAY LONGER IN SCHOOL SINCE THIS SYSTEM HAS FAILED.YOU AGREE WITH ME THAT, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SIXTH FORM DAYS WAS A SUCCESS.AFTER ALL INTELLIGENT PUPIL STILL WENT TO SECONDARY SCHOOL EARLY AFTER CLASS SIX.
Dzantor 11 years ago

Mr Ansah has made a very critical analysis of the current tends of teacher education in Ghana. my only worry is why should we always use English, Maths and Science as the only yardstick in the measurement of the success of Ed ...
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Mr Ansah has made a very critical analysis of the current tends of teacher education in Ghana. my only worry is why should we always use English, Maths and Science as the only yardstick in the measurement of the success of Education in Ghana?
Another question we should ask is; How many of those newly trained Diploma holders can even read and write thir own Ghanaian language,let alone teach it. How many of them can teach a drop of Ghana's history (Education)? It is only when we know we are coming from, then we can predict where we are going. How much moral education have they to even be committed to do what they are being paid for? Excuse me to say that many of our teachers today are like our "black star players", they only want the remuneration and the service to be rendered, thus payment for no work done. It is only God that can save Ghana.
Jay *************************London 11 years ago

When I read Mahama's spoken English, that is his words in inverted commas when he visited the Bui Dam facility recently, I could hardly make any sense of his English. If even our so-called President cannot speak proper Engli ...
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When I read Mahama's spoken English, that is his words in inverted commas when he visited the Bui Dam facility recently, I could hardly make any sense of his English. If even our so-called President cannot speak proper English without referring to a written statement how can we expect him to be competent enough to be a leader in this 21 first century.

The benefit of mastering good English is crucial to one's understanding of the world around him and one's capability to actively get involved in events as well as initiating them.

Even in England, the birth place of the English language, their education system places a highest regard for a highest level of English language competence achievement by a student because, as they rightly say, whether one likes it or not English is the modern day's international language and as such the key to all aspect of civilization in terms of medical science, engineering, business, politics, economics, literature, physics, the list goes on and on.

Our ministers speak English by thinking in their mother tongue, but the language must be spoken just as it is spoken academically for it to achieve its objectives.
DON. AMSTERDAM 11 years ago

DON`T JUST CALL A PERSON`S NAME AND
MISTAKES CAN OCCURE.JUST BRING UP YOUR
MIND TO HELP TO LET TEACHERS TO TEACH
ENGLISH AT SCHOOLS AND NOT "TWI".EVEN
THE PRESIDENT WAS ABLE TO SPEAK ENGLISH,AND WHAT ABOUT THE FMs AND TEA ...
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DON`T JUST CALL A PERSON`S NAME AND
MISTAKES CAN OCCURE.JUST BRING UP YOUR
MIND TO HELP TO LET TEACHERS TO TEACH
ENGLISH AT SCHOOLS AND NOT "TWI".EVEN
THE PRESIDENT WAS ABLE TO SPEAK ENGLISH,AND WHAT ABOUT THE FMs AND TEACHERS WHO ANSWER ENGLISH IN "TWI"?
ONLY ILLETRATES CAN IGNOR ENGLISH.
AAAA 11 years ago

There is the need to take a second look at the mode of selection of candidates. A person who has no interest in teaching (no matter his grades) cannot be an effective teacher. And it is not only English, Mathematics and Sc ...
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There is the need to take a second look at the mode of selection of candidates. A person who has no interest in teaching (no matter his grades) cannot be an effective teacher. And it is not only English, Mathematics and Science. Ghana stands to pay dearly for this.
tHE sHAKARA 11 years ago

This issue has generated interesting arguments. Many points have been raised to support individuals' viewpoints. However, it seems to me that, most of the conclusions are aberrant with the premise of the speech. The main prem ...
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This issue has generated interesting arguments. Many points have been raised to support individuals' viewpoints. However, it seems to me that, most of the conclusions are aberrant with the premise of the speech. The main premise is, holders of diplomas in various subjects, including English, cannot handle their majors well enough, or teach those disciplines well enough. Therefore, education in Ghana has been down graded. I know, for a fact that, a Ghanaian who is in the US, professes to being a graduate in English, but is struggling to cope up with English Composition 1, in a Community College English course. Besides, his poor accent, his grammar is horrible. Some of us hardly believe in the validity of his diploma. "Ei Legon paa nie?"
yakoona wa 11 years ago

of what use is it to speak big English and cannot manufacture common tooth pick and matches? go to china and see how small Chinese boys make mobile phones which are used by the professors of Big grammar.

of what use is it to speak big English and cannot manufacture common tooth pick and matches? go to china and see how small Chinese boys make mobile phones which are used by the professors of Big grammar.
Rosalyn 11 years ago

What have you invented or innovated

What have you invented or innovated
Abalo 11 years ago

There are several reasons for this problem with the English language. The language is introduced too late (after age 5 years). Secondly it is taught by teachers who first think in the venacular and translate their thoughts in ...
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There are several reasons for this problem with the English language. The language is introduced too late (after age 5 years). Secondly it is taught by teachers who first think in the venacular and translate their thoughts into English. Examples: "Iam going to come" and "You are lying" These should have been "I'll be back shortly' and 'This can't be true". Thirdly parents, typically with very poor command of the language themselves, use it as a medium of expression at home, leading to a liguistic disaster for the children. There are perhaps thousands if not millions of such children that are not good in any language.
I have no solutions. Let the experts lead all of us
Nala 11 years ago

THIS IS WAT U GET WHEN ALL U HV TO DO IS TO SLEEP WT A SUPERIOR & DEN BAM U R HANDED A CERTIFICATE DE NEXT DAY. APUUTOOO. SHAMELESS IMBECILES. MY LITTLE SISTER IS EVEN FAR BETTER THAN MOST LADIES I RUN INTO AT THE VARIOUS COR ...
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THIS IS WAT U GET WHEN ALL U HV TO DO IS TO SLEEP WT A SUPERIOR & DEN BAM U R HANDED A CERTIFICATE DE NEXT DAY. APUUTOOO. SHAMELESS IMBECILES. MY LITTLE SISTER IS EVEN FAR BETTER THAN MOST LADIES I RUN INTO AT THE VARIOUS CORPORATIONS. DIS IS GHANA 4 U.
MAAME 11 years ago

it was in America that I heard the expression "they was" for the first time. english is not easy for even the Americans who claim the language is theirs. I am not against knowing the technical aspect of the language but I t ...
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it was in America that I heard the expression "they was" for the first time. english is not easy for even the Americans who claim the language is theirs. I am not against knowing the technical aspect of the language but I think we expect too much from the user of the english language.
yikle kpotoe 11 years ago

Mr Ansah is right.But it is not that the teachers cant teach English .the problem is they themselves don't know the technicalitie.the grammatical mistakes.in fact this is a very big and serious problem in the whole educationa ...
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Mr Ansah is right.But it is not that the teachers cant teach English .the problem is they themselves don't know the technicalitie.the grammatical mistakes.in fact this is a very big and serious problem in the whole educational system interms of the English curriculum. Where in the English curriculum or syll.are the modifiers, run-on ,the passive and active voice ,misplaced modifiers etc in grammar be found. I am learning them the had way.in fact, the is a lot to say about this .the teachers were not taught all their school life by their teacher who also did not know. This demands a full research that needs to be than and the English curriculum change.
yikle kpotoe 11 years ago

how can they teach something they themselves were not taught.

how can they teach something they themselves were not taught.
Sly 11 years ago

The fact is we should stop that " can you speak twi so that everyone can understand what you are saying" by the hosts of radio programmes

The fact is we should stop that " can you speak twi so that everyone can understand what you are saying" by the hosts of radio programmes
Sly 11 years ago

How can that be possible when able profs. always educate the masses on radio 24/7 with twi/akan, even when one calls to make contribution in English language, your call is dropped? That is Ghana for you "twi/akan" all the way ...
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How can that be possible when able profs. always educate the masses on radio 24/7 with twi/akan, even when one calls to make contribution in English language, your call is dropped? That is Ghana for you "twi/akan" all the way.
Hazor 11 years ago

Is the structure shown in the picture a school or somebody house?If this is a school, is it part of the millions Mills/Mahama administration claim they have built across the lenght and breath in the country and renovated clai ...
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Is the structure shown in the picture a school or somebody house?If this is a school, is it part of the millions Mills/Mahama administration claim they have built across the lenght and breath in the country and renovated claim by sharp tooth baby samuel Ablakwa?What a disgrace if it is a school and buying cars for chief Imams and university girls.
Paa Kodwo 11 years ago

HOW DID THESE TEACHERS PASS TO OBTAIN THEIR DIPLOMA CERIFICATES.

THIS CLEARLY INDICATES THAT THEER IS STILL SERIOUS TEACHING DEFICITS AT OUR TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGES OF EDUCATION.

HOW DID THESE TEACHERS PASS TO OBTAIN THEIR DIPLOMA CERIFICATES.

THIS CLEARLY INDICATES THAT THEER IS STILL SERIOUS TEACHING DEFICITS AT OUR TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGES OF EDUCATION.
Yaa j 11 years ago

The issue of teachers teaching English language is dire it is not only diploma holders but almost all teachers even degree holders if it is not o how come the word temporary has been replaced with temporal and it is almost ac ...
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The issue of teachers teaching English language is dire it is not only diploma holders but almost all teachers even degree holders if it is not o how come the word temporary has been replaced with temporal and it is almost acceptable in this country and invite has replaced invitation

Our teachers can’t teach English

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