Government poised to promote teaching and learning in all schools - Veep

Vice President John Mahama has announced that government had awarded contracts for the rehabilitation of 110 science resources centres country -wide.

He said they have also instructed the ministry of education to allocate adequate funds to build 1,500 new classroom blocks to eliminate schools under trees.

Vice President Mahama announced this when he officially inaugurated and handed over 85 new buses to selected senior High schools and 50 pick-ups for heads of institutions throughout the country.

the buses which were acquired through the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFUND) to facilitate the movement of staff and students of beneficiary schools in their various locations.

According to the vice president "the quality of education depends on quality infrastructure" and gave the assurance that government would also equip all the science Resource Centres with necessary and adequate knowledge .

He appealed to the beneficiaries to make judicious use of the buses to prolong their lifespan.

The minister of education Mrs Betty Mould Iddrisu said her outfit with the assistance of the Africa Development Bank has retained over 4,000 teachers in four core subjects namely English language, mathematics, science and social studies.

She said the training was meant to meet the changing trends in the education delivery, adding, "it was also meant to make the teaching and learning of the subjects more interesting and meaningful to our students."

The sector minister said she was very much aware of the challenges facing education delivery in the country.

"It is however gratifying to note that under the 2011 budget, education has received a big boost and therefore more resources will be used to improve upon education delivery at all levels" she noted.













Story: Irene Ata-Donto
22/2/11