CURBING THE CANKER OF TEACHER-STUDENT SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS IN OUR SCHOOLS
The nagging issue of teachers dating their students in our schools is one that has bedeviled us for only heaven knows how long. Yet, all attempts to stem this tide over the years have proved futile. In an earlier article, I opened up this problem of teachers dating and sometimes preying on their students. I…
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Ghana Association of Writers touch kids at the King Jesus Charity home
Ghana Association of Writers touch kids at the King Jesus Charity home with reading clinic, donation of learning materials The Ghana Association of Writers (GAW) Saturday held a reading clinic and donated learning materials to children of the King Jesus Charity Home at Boadi in the Ashanti region of Ghana. The Ashanti regional Chair of…
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TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION—THE ABANDONED WEALTHY MINE OF GHANA
Ghana has long been viewed by its peers as a proud and respected nation in West Africa. Our brief history has been marked by several eventful happenings that make us stand out as one of the leading nations in the sub-region. Kwame Nkrumah, revered as the Pan Africanist and charismatic leader, who helped shape and…
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TEACHER-STUDENT SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS— ANY HOPE OF A SOLUTION IN SIGHT?
Over the years, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has grappled with the phenomenon of male teachers amorously engaging themselves in sexual relations with female students. This has led to a situation where the service recently had to expel some teachers from the teaching fraternity in a bid to inject some sanity and bring some finality…
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TIN GODS IN OUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS
Ghana’s Educational system, as it pertains now, has undergone several metamorphoses. The current system where one is expected to do a nine year basic schooling before proceeding to the Senior High School for a three year stint, was preceded by the ‘O’ and ‘A’ level system. The ‘O’ and ‘A’ levels took five and two…
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ROLE OF TEACHERS IN REVERSING THE LEARNING GAP CRISIS
It has become almost a cliché to hear that a greater majority of teachers in Ghana are not passionate about the job. If passion drives an individual to give off his/ her best irrespective of debilitating circumstances, why are our teachers not being passionate about their job? What then should be done to reverse the…
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Teachers’ Risk of Exposure to Covid-19 amidst Reopening of Schools
The president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, last week, announced the reopening of schools after nine long months’ closure due to the Covid-19 outbreak early last year. By this, schools are to reopen on 15th and 18th of January 2021 for Junior High and Senior High schools respectively. Already, disinfection of schools—both private and public—is underway…
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ROLE OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRARTORS IN REVERSING THE LEARNING GAP CRISIS
Some teachers in schools in the Greater Accra region where the ‘try out’ of the GALOP training took place have constantly complained of class size. According to the teachers, the project could have greater impact if the number of learners in a class was less (especially for Level 1 learners). For effective implementation of the…
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REVERSING THE LEARNING GAP CRISIS
The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) notes that; “…students generally show greater gains in literacy and numeracy in the earlier years than in the later years of schooling” (ACARA, 2016: pg. 5). Having a firm grip on numeracy and literacy skills is therefore not an option but a necessity for every young learner…
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DIAGNOSING THE ILLS OF GHANA EDUCATION SYSTEM -Part II (When Exam Becomes Scapegoat)
Reforming education goes beyond just changing names and span or scraping a particular exam. Our problems in education have become very deep-seated and numerous. It appears as though much thinking is not put into the formulation of our educational policies. It is as if as a people, we are literally gearing ourselves up for a…
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