Revert schools to Churches - Rev

Ho, Aug. 7, GNA - The Right Reverend Livingstone Buama, Moderator of the Evangelical Presbyterian (E.P) Church, Ghana, on Wednesday appealed to government to facilitate discussions on the reversion of mission schools to their mother organisations to restore discipline and raise academic standards.

"Christianity could not discount communal approach to quality teaching and learning, as no one person could educate a child," he said, adding that co-ordinated approaches by all stakeholders was needed to enhance efficiency and proficiency.

Rev Buama was delivering a lecture on: "The Cry and Quest for Quality Education: Guidelines and Hints from the Biblical Perspective", at the Rev Trost Memorial Lectures being hels as part of the 53rd Honours Day of Mawuli School in Ho.

The weeklong activity is under the theme, "Success Through Personal Initiative".

Rev Buama said teachers and students moulded in the Biblical tradition had a holistic vision and a clear road map for quality education.

This, he said, involved basically the training of the "head, heart and hand", needed for the physical and the spiritual nourishment of mankind.

He, therefore, called on religious bodies to evolve vigorous strategies aimed at complementing government's intention towards the provision of quality and affordable education.