By Joyce Danso, GNA
Accra, Aug. 20, GNA - A Municipal Director of Education has said there is the need to revamp the educational sector with the requisite resources to in order to develop curriculum that would unearth talents embedded in children.
Accra, Aug. 20, GNA - A Municipal Director of Education has said there is the need to revamp the educational sector with the requisite resources to in order to develop curriculum that would unearth talents embedded in children.
Mrs Margaret Frimpong Koree, the Municipal Director of
Education in Ga South, said curriculum which seeks to unearth talents in
children was not being given the deserved attention as a result of lack of
resources.
She said schools have also neglected this aspect of
education, adding that for children to discover their talents they ought to be
introduced to certain vocations whiles in school.
Mrs Koree was speaking at the official inauguration of
Talented Royals International School, a private institution located at Weija in
Accra.
The ultra-modern school complex comprised of 24
classrooms, a security post, a clinic, playing ground, Information
Communication Technology laboratory, a well-stocked library and security
cameras to monitor activities within the complex.
Children in the school would be given the opportunity to
unearth their talents through various activities including participating in
brass band music creation, cultural drumming and dancing among others.
Mrs Koree said pursuing academic laurels is good;
however, it is important to march academic work with vocations so that children
can easily identify their talents.
She pleaded with parents not dictate to their wards when
choosing vocations and rather encourage and support them to pursue the vocations
of their choice.
'God has given each one a talent and when it is unearthed
it becomes easier for the children instead of holding them to vocations they
dislike.
Whiles educating children with good morals, they must
also do something by themselves,' she said.
Mrs Koree urged the management of the school to embark on
effective monitoring and supervision in order to maintain standards and achieve
their stated vision.
'Success of education depends on effective supervision
and monitoring. You can have the best materials to run the school but if
supervision is not done well you will fail,' she said.
The Municipal Director of Education urged the school to
make provision for needy but brilliant students by offering them scholarships.
Mr Edward Afful, the Director of the School, told the
audience that pupils who excelled academically would be sent to abroad to gain
international exposure.
He said the school would soon roll out boarding
facilities and establish a Senior High School.
Mr Ernest Ntow, the Assistant Headmaster of the School,
appealed to parents to evaluate the performance of their wards and supervise
their homework.
Nii Boafo Daanyinaaese I, Acting Chief of Weija and
Dzaasetse, appealed to the school to instill discipline in the pupils saying
indiscipline in the society was on the ascendency.
Nii Daanyinaaese, Mrs Joana Osei-Poku, a Retired
Commissioner of Police and Mrs Koree jointly cut the tape to inaugurate the
school.
GNA
Source:modernghana.com
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