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General news for Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Source: GNA
2020-10-06
Eric Asomani was crowned Ghana’s Most Outstanding Teacher for 2020
Eric Asomani, a 39-year-old teacher from the Naylor Seventh-day Adventist School in Tema Community-six in the Greater Accra region, was crowned Ghana’s most outstanding teacher on Monday at the Cape Coast National Teachers’ Day celebration. .
The enterprising professor with more than 12 years of experience teaching Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Integrated Sciences would receive a three-bedroom house worth GHC 180,000.00 and other assorted items during the third edition of the ‘ Ghana Teacher Award ‘2020.
Ms. Gloria Anima Junior, a teacher from Aboabo No. 4 Presbyterian Elementary School who was the first runner-up, took home a 4×4 double cab pick-up truck, while Ms. Sandrah Osei from the Institute Technician Akwatia received a sedan car from the brand as a runner-up.
In all, 17 others, including teaching and non-teaching staff who excelled in their various fields of activity, received refrigerators, laptops, flat screens and other assorted awards.
The awards instituted in 1995, were renamed in 2018 and named the “GhanaTeacher Award” in line with international standards as the new benchmark for rewarding teachers who had shown class and distinguished themselves to motivate other teachers to emulate.
Celebrated with the theme: “Teacher Leadership in Developing Educational Crisis Response”, the main objective of the awards scheme was to inspire teachers for high performance, restore the dignity of protection, and retain qualified teachers and overall effectiveness in classrooms.
In a speech read on behalf of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufu-Addo by Mr. Kwamena Duncan, the central regional minister, he commended all teachers for their immeasurable role in shaping the nation’s manpower needs.
Citing examples from countries such as Singapore, Finland, Korea and Canada, the President recognized that all developed societies that had achieved outstanding results in training and economic development had demonstrated that the quality of teachers was the most important determinant of their success. .
“For us to be successful in our nation as well, we must pay attention to teachers,” he said, adding that it was just a crop of well-trained, self-confident and satisfied teachers who can provide the country’s educated and skilled workforce. required to progress.
As part of efforts to provide strong support to the sector, the president said that the government with the support of “Friends of Ghana”, in collaboration with the Norwegian Teacher Initiative (NTI), was developing a comprehensive teacher policy through the Ghana Teacher Taskforce.
The project seeks the well-being, conditions of service, professional growth of teachers and other support mechanisms that allow them to compete globally and significantly to “influence the way teachers are trained, live their lives, grow in the profession and achieve learning outcomes. “
On the impact of Covid-19 on education, President Akufu-Addo assured the country of his unwavering commitment to ensuring that the coronavirus pandemic does not truncate education or jeopardize the future of students and praised teachers for their support. in that sense.
“I reserve special praise for our teachers, who helped ensure that the students’ stay at the school was a success despite the genuine concern for safety raised, along with the condemnation heralded by some in the political space, the Teachers unions cooperated with the Ministry in discussions and plans, leading to the gradual reopening of schools, “said the president.
Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, Minister of Education, reiterated the Government’s commitment to sustain the progress made in education to ensure equal, affordable and accessible education for all.
He reiterated that the government had redoubled its drive to leverage technology through online and other platforms to provide effective teaching and learning for all students.
According to him, the government had prioritized the well-being of teachers and remained committed to what he described as the “Teacher First” policy to ensure that they were central to any educational reform, equipped, trained and supported to deliver learning outcomes for teachers. quality to support development aspirations.
“We are supporting teachers in their continuing professional development by providing them with a special incentive in the form of ‘professional assignments’, and we will continue to provide the necessary support to ensure adequate teaching quality to meet the needs and challenges of our society.”
He admonished everyone to religiously adhere to the Covid-19 protocols and assured that the government was working assiduously to protect all children in schools to improve their well-being.
“We have also had to find safe ways to open our schools to a limited cohort, seniors to complete their final exams and then for sophomores JHS, SHS, and students continuing in college to return to college. school”. added.
Professor Kwesi Opoku Amankwah, Director General of the Ghana Education Service, said that delivering education in the midst of the pandemic relied heavily on improvisation and creativity and urged them to apply technical knowledge on knowledge sharing at such times. .
He called for a sustained partnership with the government as the government sought to implement pre-tertiary education policies.
Ms. Philippa Larsen, National President of the Ghana National Teachers Association (GNAT), who read a document on behalf of all teachers unions, thanked them for their years of dedication and commitment to duty amid the pandemic and , among others, encouraged teachers to update themselves in their chosen fields.
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