Teachers honoured in Mpohor Wassa East District

Daboase(W/R), Nov. 29, GNA - Thirty-four teachers in Mpohor Wassa East District were on Tuesday presented with awards at the District Best Teachers Awards Day for 2005/2006 academic year at Daboase. Mr Charles Belmand Dadzie of Mpohor Senior Secondary School (SSS) received the first prize in the SSS category for 2005 while Mr Sylvanus Sowah also of Mpohor SSS received the first prize for 2006. In the Junior Secondary School (JSS) Category, Mr Joseph Norviewu of Sekyere Aboaboso District Authority JSS received the first prize for 2005 and Mr George Ampong of Manso Anglican JSS had the first prize for 2006.

In the Primary School category, Mr Christopher Nkrumah of Benso Oil Palm Plantation (BOPP) District Authority Primary School was awarded the first prize for 2005 and Miss Faustina Kundie of Subri Industrial Plantation Limited (SIPL) District Authority Primary School, the first prize for 2006.

Their prizes included table top and double door refrigerators, 14 and 21 inches colour television sets, gas stoves and cylinders, standing fans, set of reading books and cash.

Mr Edward Tawiah Amprofi, Mpohor Wassa East District Chief Executive, commended teachers for their immense contribution towards the education of children and development of the nation.

He was particularly happy about teachers who accepted postings to the district and other deprived rural communities.

Mr Amprofi pointed out that such teachers should be motivated with accommodation and other incentives to perform, better. He announced that schools in communities that had been connected to the national grid would be supplied with television sets to enable them take advantage of the President's Special Initiative on Distance Learning to enable the children broaden their knowledge. Mrs Rebecca Efiba Dadzie, Western Regional Director of Education, said teachers and education workers played crucial roles in successful implementation of educational programmes therefore; adequate consideration should be given to improve their well-being. She said quality education could be provided when the invaluable role of teachers were recognised.

Mrs Dadzie said the theme for the day "The Teacher-an indispensable tool to national development" was appropriate. She said Ghana had come a long way in the development of education that the concerns of teachers could not be left out of educational policies.

Mrs Gifty Asiedu-Okantah, Mpohor Wassa East District Director of Education noted that the attitude and conduct of some teachers had affected provision of quality education in the country. She said some teachers absented themselves from school and had low output while others used their positions in the society as an excuse for not performing well. Mrs Asiedu-Okantah said addiction to alcohol by some teachers affected their performance and pleaded with such teachers to change for the better. 29 Nov. 06