Work hard to improve education delivery - teachers told (9/5/09)

THE Chairman of the Pension Reform Implementation Committee, Mr Thomas Ango Bediako, has called on members of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) to work hard to improve upon the delivery of quality education in the country.
He stated that teachers had a responsibility to deliver quality education as part of the country’s educational reforms.
Mr Bediako said this at the opening ceremony of the first Quadrennial Delegates Conference of the Accra West Metro District of GNAT in Accra last Thursday.
It was held on the theme “Improved conditions of service-Key to the success of the new education reforms”.
The conference was to reflect on work and activities of the association, make future plans and elect delegates to attend the national conference of GNAT in October, 2009.
Mr Bediako said though teachers deserved to be paid very well they also had to play their roles effectively and work professionally as teachers.
He noted that teaching was fast losing its decency as a service to people, especially in the public funded basic schools.
Mr Bediako stressed the need for teachers to make use of decentralised institutions such as the district assemblies and other institutions provided for in the Education Act to help them to work effectively.
He advised them to improve upon their methods of negotiations and increase their knowledge on issues that affect their work.
The Assistant Director of Finance and Administration of the Accra Metro Education Unit, Mr Eric Amponsah, who chaired the ceremony, called on teachers to make good use of their lesson periods to enable their students to excel like their colleagues in the private schools, adding “as we continue to fight for our rights, let us also try hard to do our work well”.