TEWU has pivotal role to promote quality education

Non-teaching staff of the Ghana Education Service (GES) have been urged to be active in efforts at enhancing the quality of the nation’s education.

Mrs. Mary Owusu Achiaw, the Ashanti Regional Education Director, said as partners, they have a responsibility to ensure that the environment was conducive for the achievement of educational goals.

She said this in an address read for her at the 10th quadrennial regional delegates’ congress of the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) held in Kumasi.

It was under the theme “The non-teaching staff, partners in the delivery of quality teaching and learning”.

Mrs. Owusu-Achiaw noted that, they played an integral role in the educational system, something that deserved to be respected and recognized.

She urged them to always exhibit high sense of professionalism and expertise to enhance the performance of the education system.

They should eschew negative tendencies - laziness, absenteeism, pilfering and other unhealthy practices at their work place.

Mr. Peter K. Lumor, National Chairman of TEWU, stressed the need for all stakeholders to work together, not only to improve education delivery, but also promote the well-being of every worker in the sector.

He expressed worry that salaries of public sector workers continued to remain unchanged despite the increases in the prices of almost everything and appealed to the leadership of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) to make sure that workers received their due.

Ms. Gloria Temmah Gambrah, acting Ashanti Regional Chairperson of TEWU, said the theme was chosen to highlight the important part played by the non-teaching staff in the nation’s education.

She noted that the focus had always been on teachers, students, parents, learning materials and infrastructure, leaving out the non-teaching staff.

She stated that no educational institution at any level could achieve quality teaching and learning without the services of the non-teaching staff.

She therefore called on government and the heads of educational institutions to have a positive mindset towards them and also support them to effectively deliver.