The Canadian Teachers Federation in collaboration with the Ghana National Association of Teachers has organized an in-service training programme for 316 selected teachers drawn from the Upper East and Upper West Region of Ghana.
The Deputy General Secretary responsible for Education and Professional Development and also the Course Director Mr. Thomas Baafi in his address said the programme was organized to update teachers’ knowledge of subject matter in the light of new developments in the field, update teachers’ skills in the light of new teaching techniques and educational research, to empower schools to develop innovations in teaching practice and help weaker teachers become more effective.
He stressed that education in Ghana is expected to produce men and women of high mental acuity, with knowledge, skills and abilities and who are morally, spiritually and physically suited to partake in the developmental agenda of the country. Teachers cannot therefore rely on information and pedagogy of yester years to prepare pupils/students to be effective players in the technological world that is unfolding; everything must therefore be done to provide opportunities for teachers to periodically attend professional enhancement in-service programmes to enable them perform at current levels.
The regional director of education Mr. Emmanuel Samba Zamape urged that in this current global dispensation including education, one needs to run faster to be able to stand still. He advised participants to use the knowledge and skills acquired during the training to help pupils/students to improve upon their academic performance as well as their colleague.
The two day capacity building program took place at the St. John Bosco’s college of education in Navrongo.
By: Agame Prosper Solomon | A1radioonline.com | Ghana
