Social Director Meeting Teachers are major stakeholders, Education director

Nkoranza (B/A), June 22, GNA - Mr Kwaku Amoah-Tutu, Nkoranza South District Director of Education in-charge of Schools Inspection, has said the successful implementation of the educational reform programme depended largely on the output of teachers in providing quality teaching. He therefore urged teachers to put up their best to help improve the

academic performance of students and educational standards in the country .. The District Director was addressing a general meeting of teachers i n Nkoranza Circuit, during the maiden visit of Madam Philippa Banson, the n ew District Director of Education to the area. Mr Amoah-Tutu stressed that the leadership of the country acknowledg ed teachers as major stakeholders in the national development process, and urged them to work diligently to move the district forward. He assured the new Director of Education of the teachers' readiness to co-operate and support her, and expressed the hope that she would also develop a loving and accommodating attitude towards them. Mr Robert Benefo, Nkoranza Circuit Supervisor, in a welcoming addres s, advised the teachers to live above reproach and eschew negative practices

that could tarnish the image of the profession. He called on the teachers to co-operate with their head teachers and

headmasters to set better educational standards in the district. Madam Banson expressed gratitude to the teachers, and urged them to work according to the ethics of the profession, so they could command respect in the communities. 22 June 10