The Upper East Regional Director of Museums, Mrs. Prisca Naambome Yenzie, has called for immediate attention to the declining cultural substance and information in basic school curricula.
Speaking to A1 Radio’s Mark Smith on the Day Break Upper East Show, Mrs. Naambome explained that cultural studies must be reintroduced into the basic school curriculum. The absence, she said, explains the disinterest of young people in cultural issues.
On Monday, April 17, 2023, the media outfit’s flagship programme, the Day Break Upper East Show, had a conversation dubbed, “Preserving Upper East Regional Culture: What We Need to Know.” The programme empanelled Wisdom Ahadzie, the Upper East Regional Director of the Tourism Authority, Pamphilio Kuubesingn, the Upper East Regional Director of the Centre for National Culture; and Prisca Naambome Yenzie, the Upper East Regional Director of the Museum.
“That goes down to our educational system. Culture is not taught in the schools, and we need to advocate for that. Young people growing up need to know that it is good that where their parents are coming from is a good place, and that is why I am what I am today. These are not taught in schools. All the schools are teaching today is the white man’s culture. As such, we adopt the use of the white man’s materials,” she said.
Because of the absence of proper information about culture, many young people attach unnecessary spirituality to ordinary things, Mrs. Naambome explained. To help manage the situation, the Upper East Regional Director for Museums and Monuments appealed to schools to allow time for her organisation, along with others such as the Centre for National Culture and the Ghana Tourism Authority, to educate students.
“We need to talk about some of these institutions in our schools. If not, allow the institutions to come and join the teachers in the school to do the teaching. At least if it is five minutes for that particular institution, it would go a long way to help us. Teachers should also teach students about where they come from,” she said.
Meanwhile, the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), under the Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and Creative Arts, has commended A1 Radio, a subsidiary of Agreed Best Communication Ltd., for leading a regional discourse on the preservation of regional culture.
Taking his turn to address the public, the Upper East Regional Director of the Tourism Authority Wisdom Ahadzie, commended the Bolgatanga-based media platform.
“Let me acknowledge you properly for putting this team together because Pamphilio [the Upper East Regional Director of the Centre for National Culture] and I, we are fairly new, if I should say so, and anytime we meet, we ask, how do we do this together. How do we promote the culture here? There is so much.”
“You, thinking through and putting this programme for us to look at how we can do it best I think your station is doing well. We need more of this,” he said.
Source: A1radioonline.com|101.1MHz|Mark Kwasi Ahumah Smith|Ghana
