Teachers failing students in Mathematics – Prof Anku

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Yebopower 8 years ago

What is the application of maths to develop the country? Aside from theory,Ghanaian professors have failed to show how applicable maths is to say developing airplanes,supply chain,agriculture rec to make it meaningful to stud ...
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What is the application of maths to develop the country? Aside from theory,Ghanaian professors have failed to show how applicable maths is to say developing airplanes,supply chain,agriculture rec to make it meaningful to students.Back up the teaching of maths with application.
Abigi 8 years ago

Mathematics is the core of learning in modern society. I studied mathematics and without any knowledge of economics entered graduate school to study economics. Reason been that all economic models are based on calculus and st ...
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Mathematics is the core of learning in modern society. I studied mathematics and without any knowledge of economics entered graduate school to study economics. Reason been that all economic models are based on calculus and statistics (econometrics, game theory, pricing and finance). Alongside mathematics I studied computer science as the most difficult areas of computer science: numerical analysis, artificial intelligence, computer architectue, data structures even databases are math based. So what applications do you want anyone to tell you about? I did some on the side mechanical engineering studies specializing in computer numerical control for my future industrial manufacturing business; here too it is all based on Trignometry for the CAD/CAM G code. Stop your ignorance and listen to what the professor is saying. If I have my way, I will ask every Ghanaian kid to study English for communication skills and mathematics to the level mathematical analysis before checking into any area of study. We are having serious issues with minister of finance and statistical department because Ghana is deaf and dumb in mathematics. The minister of finance cannot explain to IMF how they arrive at figures. The reason IMF insulted us with the stupid loan. Department of statistics cannot explain how they arrive at their figures and conclusions because we have dumb ass people working there. WE are in the trouble we are today because most Ghanaians cannot think logically, like you are doing. Government must spend the money to recruit teachers from outside to train the enthusiast willing to teach. Every nation Indonesia, Malaysia, India, China, South Korea are moving forward because they are learning more mathematics than we are doing.
Dr Robert K Glah 8 years ago

I support Professor Sitsofe Anku, the Director of the Meagasa Mathematics Academy.

The views expressed by Abigi are true.

Ghana must follow the teachings of Prof Sitsofe Anku for our industrial revolution.

Maths is a ...
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I support Professor Sitsofe Anku, the Director of the Meagasa Mathematics Academy.

The views expressed by Abigi are true.

Ghana must follow the teachings of Prof Sitsofe Anku for our industrial revolution.

Maths is a practical subject and knowledgeable teachers must teach it with love and enthusiasm. Maths is not a catapult to be left in the hand of aimless teachers who cannot define maths and explain its propositions, axioms and truth.
Abingo 8 years ago

I agree 100% with Abigi.

I agree 100% with Abigi.
NDC TOPMAN 8 years ago

OH PROF

OH PROF
kofi laputa 8 years ago

The problem in Ghana is that most students just want to wade through the school system, get the grades, and have themselves fixed somewhere in Govt offices and earn salary. No understanding of concepts, and so cannot apply th ...
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The problem in Ghana is that most students just want to wade through the school system, get the grades, and have themselves fixed somewhere in Govt offices and earn salary. No understanding of concepts, and so cannot apply them in their adult lives!
John 8 years ago

Abigi you're perfectly right Russia for example pays more attention to Mathematics/Engineering subjects than the Arts.Whilst studying there most of us from Sub-Sahara Africa had problem bcos of poor foundation in Maths.

Abigi you're perfectly right Russia for example pays more attention to Mathematics/Engineering subjects than the Arts.Whilst studying there most of us from Sub-Sahara Africa had problem bcos of poor foundation in Maths.
Esi 8 years ago

Absolutely, we need a good and solid foundation in Mathematics. We as a country are lacking in that area. After studying with students from China and South Korea, who have been studying the basics since infancy, I do agree th ...
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Absolutely, we need a good and solid foundation in Mathematics. We as a country are lacking in that area. After studying with students from China and South Korea, who have been studying the basics since infancy, I do agree that our teachers and largely our education needs an overhaul.
Goldcoaster 8 years ago

Abigi, what are the Ghanaian mathematics students and professors doing with their experience that anyone can boast of?

What did you do all that for? To talk big on Ghanaweb?

Abigi, what are the Ghanaian mathematics students and professors doing with their experience that anyone can boast of?

What did you do all that for? To talk big on Ghanaweb?
SELASSIE 8 years ago

Every has to do with Math you Moron. Even the market seller has to know some type of Math.

Every has to do with Math you Moron. Even the market seller has to know some type of Math.
Goldcoaster 8 years ago

Think, myopic Selassie! He means the whole package of Ghanaians professors aren't worth the coat the professed to wear.

Otherwise, apart from having themselved called by their booklong soujourns, how is the country benefit ...
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Think, myopic Selassie! He means the whole package of Ghanaians professors aren't worth the coat the professed to wear.

Otherwise, apart from having themselved called by their booklong soujourns, how is the country benefitting from them instead of all these useless rant-and-rave media stunts?

They can only eat fufu, sit behind the telly and talk big. Nothing but thin air!
Canadasheabutter( GhUWR ) 8 years ago

ARE YOU RECOMMENDING TO TEACHERS TO TEACH STUDENTS FORMULAES TO SOLVING MATHEMATICS SOLUTIONS JUST AS IN THE OLD DAYS ?

ARE YOU RECOMMENDING TO TEACHERS TO TEACH STUDENTS FORMULAES TO SOLVING MATHEMATICS SOLUTIONS JUST AS IN THE OLD DAYS ?
Abigi 8 years ago

We need help as we are down the bottom of development due to lack of knowledge in mathematics and qualified teachers to help. I will resign next year and volunteer to help for free. Mathematics is not Arithematic, it is a lan ...
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We need help as we are down the bottom of development due to lack of knowledge in mathematics and qualified teachers to help. I will resign next year and volunteer to help for free. Mathematics is not Arithematic, it is a language in itself. We need qualified people to help the country, otherwise we will be poorer than we are now.
Abdul 8 years ago

That's good intention. honor it as our future leaders need qualified teachers who are willing to sacrifice.

That's good intention. honor it as our future leaders need qualified teachers who are willing to sacrifice.
Dan 8 years ago

If that's what you heard. Stay positive

If that's what you heard. Stay positive
Nsiah, USA 8 years ago

This guy looks like a fake professor? Where is he working as a professor? How many papers or books has he published? Who granted him the professor title?

This guy looks like a fake professor? Where is he working as a professor? How many papers or books has he published? Who granted him the professor title?
Abdul 8 years ago

How does a genuine Professor look like? Do you think Ghana Education Service will support the program if he is not qualified? You could find the answer to your question if you have made your research.

How does a genuine Professor look like? Do you think Ghana Education Service will support the program if he is not qualified? You could find the answer to your question if you have made your research.
SICURA 8 years ago

Talk is cheap indeed.

Talk is cheap indeed.
Joe Nane 8 years ago

Prof is the president of Ghana Mathematics Society

Prof is the president of Ghana Mathematics Society
Abigi 8 years ago

If you doubt him, do your investigations and alert the right agencies to deal with him. At this poit we are interested in the message not who is who. This subject should be dear to Ghanaians as we are losing out to every coun ...
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If you doubt him, do your investigations and alert the right agencies to deal with him. At this poit we are interested in the message not who is who. This subject should be dear to Ghanaians as we are losing out to every country. We have been turned into STUPID drunken consumers. We go all over the world importing everything. We cannot think and apply ourselves due to lack of knowledge of mathematics. There JOBS and very good jobs for people with maths background but no takers. We have 3 million jobs right now in the USA without takers, meanwhile there 93 million Americans who have stopped looking for jobs: why there aren't people with maths background to take those jobs. Such positions are been filled with Indians and Asians, where are Ghanaians and Africans? Buy and sell mentality.
John 8 years ago

I thought you are using a computer to write, is it difficult for you to goggle and look out for the question you are asking about him?.
This guy was a year my junior in primary school, teachers had hard time teaching him mat ...
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I thought you are using a computer to write, is it difficult for you to goggle and look out for the question you are asking about him?.
This guy was a year my junior in primary school, teachers had hard time teaching him maths, the last time we meet he was at GSTS.
Jalil SA 8 years ago

Those of you questioning the integrity of the professor are just envious of his capabilities and the fact that he is a voltarian makes you mad more. Your people are here in SA with fake certificates as mathematicians and scie ...
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Those of you questioning the integrity of the professor are just envious of his capabilities and the fact that he is a voltarian makes you mad more. Your people are here in SA with fake certificates as mathematicians and science teachers. A lot of them have been sacked for the killing of the South African children. We don't need the types in Ghana. Even WAEC your people fake them and they get sacked at the universities and polytechnics in Ghana. Shame easy life hunters we know you
Jalil 8 years ago

Nsiah you are the types that pull people down. Instead commending him for the support he is providing to teachers and the students your are rather questioning his credentials. Stupidity at its best and a typical example of a ...
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Nsiah you are the types that pull people down. Instead commending him for the support he is providing to teachers and the students your are rather questioning his credentials. Stupidity at its best and a typical example of a useless African child. Shame on you boy. Village nigger
Abuakwa Bob Marley 8 years ago

Nsiah i think you are just STUPID to say the least. The last time i checked this man was the President of the Ghana Mathematics Society. You dig? Do you know a search engine called GOOGLE?

Nsiah i think you are just STUPID to say the least. The last time i checked this man was the President of the Ghana Mathematics Society. You dig? Do you know a search engine called GOOGLE?
Paul 8 years ago

Some of the topics in mathematics are not needed. Logarithms, surds.... What do we use it for..... In national budgeting or construction site... Review the syllabus that's important

Some of the topics in mathematics are not needed. Logarithms, surds.... What do we use it for..... In national budgeting or construction site... Review the syllabus that's important
Goldcoaster 8 years ago

Did you go to a secondary school?

Did you go to a secondary school?
Manu Sampson Nyarko 8 years ago

Any scholarship package for any teacher who wants to pursue mathematics as his or her area of specification?

Any scholarship package for any teacher who wants to pursue mathematics as his or her area of specification?
YTK 8 years ago

The economy has direct effect on the students.
If half of the students are continuously sacked because of school fees(100cedis) every term what do you expect?

The economy has direct effect on the students.
If half of the students are continuously sacked because of school fees(100cedis) every term what do you expect?
Sam, Canada 8 years ago

I agree with the statement that the Ghanaian mathematics curriculum is geared towards WAEC exams without any relevance to the students' environment. I believe mathematics teachers (in Ghana) need to relate the teaching and le ...
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I agree with the statement that the Ghanaian mathematics curriculum is geared towards WAEC exams without any relevance to the students' environment. I believe mathematics teachers (in Ghana) need to relate the teaching and learning of mathematics to the students' immediate environment therefore making it more meaningful to the students. Ethnomathematical approaches should be investigated as these may provide the remedy to the challenges facing the teaching and learning of mathematics in Ghana. I'm ready to help in this direction.
GIGI 8 years ago

When i was in GSTS Takoradi in the early 80s, there was a senior in my school called ANKU.We best knew him as "NAPOLEON". Hope you are the same person. GSTS the best

When i was in GSTS Takoradi in the early 80s, there was a senior in my school called ANKU.We best knew him as "NAPOLEON". Hope you are the same person. GSTS the best
Timz 8 years ago

The prof. is right but in all GES is to blame take an instant where a basic school who is a maths phobia (failed maths on numeral occation manage to pass resit) got to his station of posting nd the only subject available to ...
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The prof. is right but in all GES is to blame take an instant where a basic school who is a maths phobia (failed maths on numeral occation manage to pass resit) got to his station of posting nd the only subject available to teach is mathematics of which he has no choice. Will the pupil performed in the subject. so dt is what is happening at GES some teachers don hv knowledge about the subject will onli teach sm topics nd leave the critical once.
John 8 years ago

Mathematics is a difficult subject but if a student gets the basic right the rest becomes easy.Russian lecturers taught us that formulae are not supposed to be memorized but one has to understand the reason behind the formula ...
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Mathematics is a difficult subject but if a student gets the basic right the rest becomes easy.Russian lecturers taught us that formulae are not supposed to be memorized but one has to understand the reason behind the formula.
Yebopower 8 years ago

This pupil teacher needs to shave.What a mess.How can a professor look like this Need some hygiene and good shower Come on now.

This pupil teacher needs to shave.What a mess.How can a professor look like this Need some hygiene and good shower Come on now.
Abuakwa Bob Marley 8 years ago

The man is talking about mathematics not your mothers pubic hair OK.

The man is talking about mathematics not your mothers pubic hair OK.
USMAN 8 years ago

If mathematics teachers in the GES with their big big university degrees cannot teach mathematics at the basic school level, it tells you how useless our university education is. This is what I have been drumming home all thi ...
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If mathematics teachers in the GES with their big big university degrees cannot teach mathematics at the basic school level, it tells you how useless our university education is. This is what I have been drumming home all this while. Those who are busy trying to impose university education on Ghanaians should bow their heads in shame.
PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 8 years ago

A professor of mathematics sent a fax to his wife:

Dear Wife:

You must realize that you are 54 years old and I have certain needs which you are no longer able to satisfy. I am otherwise happy with you as a wife and I si ...
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A professor of mathematics sent a fax to his wife:

Dear Wife:

You must realize that you are 54 years old and I have certain needs which you are no longer able to satisfy. I am otherwise happy with you as a wife and I sincerely hope you will not be hurt or offended to learn that by the time you receive this letter that I will be at the Grand Hotel with my 18 year old teaching assistant. I will be home before midnight.

When he arrived at the hotel, there a fax was waiting for him that read as follows:

Dear Husband,

You, too, are 54 years old and by the time you read this, I will be at the Breakwater Hotel with the 18 year old pool boy. Being the brilliant mathematician you are, you can easily appreciate the fact that 18 goes into 54 many more times than 54 goes into 18. Therefore, my love, do not wait up!

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