GES urged to review policy on science education

Kumasi (Ashanti Region) 15 March '99 Miss Victoria O. Boateng, proprietress of Holy Ghost International School in Kumasi, has appealed to the Ghana Education Service (GES) to review its policy on the teaching and learning of science in schools with regards to the provision of science equipment and materials. The GES could release and donate some of the abandoned laboratory equipment and materials used in the senior secondary schools (SSS) where Science Resource Centres have been established to public and private schools, which have reached the junior secondary school (JSS) level. At the inauguration of an 11-member School Management Committee (SMC) for the school in Kumasi, She observed that most of these science equipment and materials are lying idle and will go to waste while public and private schools with established JSS need them to boost the teaching and learning of science. It is the policy of the GES that SMCs are established to assist the administration to control the general policy and in addition monitor effectively the day-to-day programmes in the schools. These are quality teaching and learning, well being of pupils and students, teachers, supporting staff and issues relating to the promotion of good quality education in the country. Miss Boateng advised parents to assist and support their wards at all fronts to overcome their learning disabilities. She appealed to the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) and the Metropolitan Directorate of Education to address the issue of encroachment on the school's lands. The school established in 1982 with five children now has 600 pupils.