Problems in computerised selection of students to be addressed

Cape Coast, July 26, GNA - The Government is assisting the Ghana Education Service (GES) to critically streamline the bottlenecks in the computerized school selection process to put all parents, heads of schools, teachers and students at ease every academic year.

Mrs. Elizabeth Amoah-Tetteh, a Deputy Minister of Education, gave the assurance at the 34th Speech and Prize-Giving Day ceremony of the Academy of Christ the King at Abura, near Cape Coast at the weekend.

It was under the theme: 93Adequate and modern infrastructure, a pre-requisite for better education and delivery."

Mrs Amoah-Tetteh emphasized that the government's determination to adopt a holistic approach to the development of education was gradually yielding positive dividends, adding that, it would continue to mobilize all available human, material and financial resources to ensure better and quality education delivery.

The Member of Parliament for Atti Morkwa Constituency, said classroom blocks were, therefore, being constructed for Senior High Schools across the country to facilitate the easy implementation of the four-year system.

They would also be facilities for classes, which are organized under trees, while provision of textbooks, furniture and ICT facilities are on-going nationally.

She noted that education was a necessary condition for national survival, therefore, it was important for the government to make it accessible and affordable for all citizens by making provision for modern infrastructure and appropriate facilities to put teachers, students and administrators at ease to work and study efficiently and effectively.

She said education initiatives carried out by both past and present governments had not only helped in structurally transforming the education system but also improved access, participation, quality teaching and learning, infrastructure delivery, as well as management considerably.

Mrs Amoah-Tetteh commended the board of governors, PTA, staff and students of the school for their dedication culminating in high academic and moral excellence despite the numerous challenges, like lake of infrastructure facing the school.

She advised the students to desist from lustful desires, like homosexuality and lesbianism, drug abuse and occultism and never to engage in cheating during examinations, stealing and lying.

Mrs Amoah-Tetteh urged parents and guardians to redouble their roles and appreciate and encourage their children to help them to perform better.

Mr Ebo Barton Odro, Deputy Minister of Justice and Member of Parliament, for Cape Coast, advocated the inclusion of career counselling and guidance programme into the Senior High School curriculum.

He said for too long the Ghana Education Service (GES) had paid lip service to that programme and appealed to GES to evolve measure to assist students to offer subjects they have interest in.

The headmaster, Mr Victor Kofi Mensah-Adator, commended the PTA for initiating an 18 unit classroom block and also providing funds to motivate staff and appealed to the Ministry of Education to construct a library complex with an ICT facility.