09-09-2011
Narration: Colleges of Education in Ghana have been asked to contribute their quota to the fight against creeping culture of intolerance and insult on our airwaves. In order to offset the canker, colleges of education should not rest on their oars but rather inculcate the spirit of humility, tolerance, fortitude and decorum through their professional training programmes for the teachers to impart these values to the children. The National Chairman of the Principals’ Conference, (PRINCOF) Alfred Ndego gave the advice at the opening of the 16th Annual National Delegate Conference of the Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana (TTAG) at Navrongo in the Upper East Region. The 5- day conference is being attended by directors of education, regional executives and delegates of TTAG, representatives of the various branches of NUGS, NAGRAT and CETAG among other educational bodies. Correspondent Isaac Asare was at the conference and has come through with this report for Radio Ghana.
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Mr Ndego said as citizens we need to be mindful of our utterances and moreover watch our attitudes which sometimes inhibit our steps towards progress. Mr. Ndego who is also the Principal of the St John Bosco’s college of Education underscored the urgent need for college trainees to provide a positive posture on issues of great concern relating to how they want to carry the colleges of education into the 22nd century. He therefore envisaged a great passion to turn the country’s colleges of education into learning colleges and not schooling colleges. This, he, explained would help benefit students and communities in general. Indiscipline he noted is undoubtedly rife in our present society, hence the choice of the theme for this year’s conference: “Creating and Sustaining a Disciplined Environment for National Development”. Mr Ndego emphasized that as citizens of the country, we owe it a duty to protect our culture, value and environment, stressing that a country without discipline and peace arising from a sound environment, is poised to fail and therefore wallow in poverty, disease, conflict, hatred and underdevelopment. He however called for attitudinal change towards indiscipline and the environment and urged the colleges of education to rise up to the challenge. Touching on the recent stakeholders fora on Education, Mr. Ndego commended the various stakeholders particularly, the entire body of the National Union of Ghana students (NUGS) for strongly endorsing the cost sharing as the best option of funding tertiary education in Ghana. This, he indicated is a plus for NUGS and a positive sign of the type of cooperation stakeholders need to engage in and called on the support of others to ensure the successful passage of the Colleges of Education Bill into law. The Upper East Regional Minister, Mark Woyongo, called for concerted efforts in dealing with issues of morality, indiscipline and corruption at high places and institutes of repute since such practices impedes on the development efforts of the nation. He therefore appealed to stakeholders particularly the media to help expose acts of corruption in all sectors of the economy. Representatives from GNAT, NAGRAT, NUGS, CETAG and TTAG urged the government to speed up the passage of the Colleges of Education bill into law. They also encourage teachers to remain committed to their jobs and more importantly adhere to the strict standard of ethics to protect the image of the noble profession.
Narration: Colleges of Education in Ghana have been asked to contribute their quota to the fight against creeping culture of intolerance and insult on our airwaves. In order to offset the canker, colleges of education should not rest on their oars but rather inculcate the spirit of humility, tolerance, fortitude and decorum through their professional training programmes for the teachers to impart these values to the children. The National Chairman of the Principals’ Conference, (PRINCOF) Alfred Ndego gave the advice at the opening of the 16th Annual National Delegate Conference of the Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana (TTAG) at Navrongo in the Upper East Region. The 5- day conference is being attended by directors of education, regional executives and delegates of TTAG, representatives of the various branches of NUGS, NAGRAT and CETAG among other educational bodies. Correspondent Isaac Asare was at the conference and has come through with this report for Radio Ghana.
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Mr Ndego said as citizens we need to be mindful of our utterances and moreover watch our attitudes which sometimes inhibit our steps towards progress. Mr. Ndego who is also the Principal of the St John Bosco’s college of Education underscored the urgent need for college trainees to provide a positive posture on issues of great concern relating to how they want to carry the colleges of education into the 22nd century. He therefore envisaged a great passion to turn the country’s colleges of education into learning colleges and not schooling colleges. This, he, explained would help benefit students and communities in general. Indiscipline he noted is undoubtedly rife in our present society, hence the choice of the theme for this year’s conference: “Creating and Sustaining a Disciplined Environment for National Development”. Mr Ndego emphasized that as citizens of the country, we owe it a duty to protect our culture, value and environment, stressing that a country without discipline and peace arising from a sound environment, is poised to fail and therefore wallow in poverty, disease, conflict, hatred and underdevelopment. He however called for attitudinal change towards indiscipline and the environment and urged the colleges of education to rise up to the challenge. Touching on the recent stakeholders fora on Education, Mr. Ndego commended the various stakeholders particularly, the entire body of the National Union of Ghana students (NUGS) for strongly endorsing the cost sharing as the best option of funding tertiary education in Ghana. This, he indicated is a plus for NUGS and a positive sign of the type of cooperation stakeholders need to engage in and called on the support of others to ensure the successful passage of the Colleges of Education Bill into law. The Upper East Regional Minister, Mark Woyongo, called for concerted efforts in dealing with issues of morality, indiscipline and corruption at high places and institutes of repute since such practices impedes on the development efforts of the nation. He therefore appealed to stakeholders particularly the media to help expose acts of corruption in all sectors of the economy. Representatives from GNAT, NAGRAT, NUGS, CETAG and TTAG urged the government to speed up the passage of the Colleges of Education bill into law. They also encourage teachers to remain committed to their jobs and more importantly adhere to the strict standard of ethics to protect the image of the noble profession.
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