Tamale, Sept. 17, GNA - Mr Chikpah K Demuyakor, Northern Regional Director of Education, has advised heads of private schools to strictly follow the clear-cut policies of the Ghana Education Service on management and teaching in public schools.
Making the call at the graduation of 54 students of the Anbariya Islamic Institute in Tamale on Saturday, Mr Demuyakor urged district directors of education, heads of educational institutions, managers of educational units and teachers to be conversant with the policies to ensure effective teaching and learning.
The Regional Director said the government had introduced the Capitation Grant and the NEPAD School Feeding Programme to reduce the suffering of parents and also to increase enrolment and retention of pupils in schools.
Mr Demuyakor appealed to school heads to adhere strictly to the regulations governing the use of the grant and the running of the feeding programme saying: "Any school head or teacher caught indulging in any malpractices, especially in the use of the capitation grant will not be spared."
Mr Mohammed Haroon, Assistant Director in charge of Human Resource Development at the Tamale Metropolitan Education Office, urged parents to give serious attention to the enrolment of girls in school and to help them to complete at least the basic education. Mr Haroon urged parents to encourage their wards to study English alongside Arabic to widen their horizon. Al-Sheikh Afa Tanko, a Muslim leader, announced that 600 girls currently undergoing studies at the school were being sponsored by the Muslim community, a measure put in place to encourage parents to send their daughters to the school.
He said the Institute established 50 years ago, runs secular education at the nursery, primary and junior secondary school levels and Islamic studies up to the senior secondary school level. It has a student population of 2,678 and 81 Arabic teachers, using the same syllabus as schools in Saudi Arabia, he added.
