“The teachers have received the laptops but what is the essence of the laptops when teachers are still being forced to write lesson notes on a paper or in a book.”
The Bolgatanga Municipal Chairman of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Charles Ateem said this when he spoke on A1 Radio’s Day Break Upper East Show on the occasion of the World Teachers Day.
Mr. Ateem explained that while the teachers had received the laptops they partly paid for, the government is yet to assist the teachers to fully realise the government’s dream of digitalization.
“It is to be able to aid us but you have not taken us through how to use them. You have not been able to. The impact that you want the teachers to use the laptops for, has not been met yet you expect the teacher to do magic.”
On World Teachers’ Day, the services of teachers and their contributions to education are acknowledged and their role and importance for the development of students and society are appreciated.
Teachers’ Day is an occasion that pays a tribute to the teachers and tends to resolve some of the issues regarding their profession and hence tries to attract the brightest young minds towards this profession.
Various organisations like UNESCO, Education International (EI), UNICEF, UNDP, the International Labour Organisation (ILO), etc. organise campaigns and conferences to achieve this goal. UNESCO allocates a Theme for this Day every year and campaigns focus on this theme.
The Theme of World Teachers’ Day 2022 is “The transformation of education begins with teachers”. The United Nations (UNESCO) presented this theme for teachers’ day in respect of their determined and diligent efforts in the crucial stages of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Source: A1radioonline.com|101.1MHz|Mark Kwasi Ahumah Smith|Ghana
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