Chiefs urge GES to reform Inspectorate Directorate

Agona Fawomanye (C/R), Oct 1, GNA - The Chiefs and the people of Agona Fawomanye, near Agona Kwayanko in the Central Region have called on the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to reform the Inspectorate Division to make it more responsive present needs. Nana Okoofi Amonpsah III, Chief of Fawomanye, made the call when he addressed sub-chiefs, elders and opinion leaders in the area to discuss matters affecting the welfare of the town especially education on Friday.

He noted that some schools especially those in rural areas did not perform well in the Basic Education Certificate Examination because of lack of supervision.

Nana Amponsah said some members of staff of the Division arrived in schools late and did not supervise teachers in the classrooms who used school hours for their private business and chores to the detriment of pupils and students.

He appealed to the Ministry of Education Science and Sports and GES to prevail upon staff of the Inspectorate to live up to their responsibilities and to provide them with the resources to enable them to perform their functions effectively. The Chief charged parents and teachers also not to shirk their responsibilities to assist pupils and students to get good grades to attain high education.

He appealed to the government to construct a new bridge over the River Ayensu linking the road from Agona Kwayanko to Gomao Buduatta to avert a future disaster.

Nana Amponsah called on the District Assembly to extend the school feeding programme to the town and to ensure the regular payment of the Capitation Grant to the Primary and Junior High Schools in the area. The Chief expressed concern about the poor patronage of communal labour and said stringent measures would be put in place to curb the lukewarm attitude of the people.

Nana Amponsah expressed concern about the poor sanitation in the town and asked the people to keep their surroundings tidy. He called on the youth to desist from acts of indiscipline and the imitation foreign culture responsible for social vices such as armed robbery, stealing, drug trafficking, rape and defilement in the society.