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Madam Fuseina Fuseini leads initiative to rebrand selected deprived Kindergarten schools
The 2024 National Best Teacher, Madam Fuseina Fuseini, a Kindergarten Teacher at Madina SDA Basic School in Accra has launched an initiative to rebrand selected deprived community kindergarten schools across the country.
The initiative prioritises three regions in the first phase by needs assessment, out of the 16 regions which include Oti region, Greater Accra Region and Eastern Region with other regions to be catered for in the foreseeable future.
In all, about 20 kindergarten classrooms in the three regions would benefit from classroom logistics and teaching aids to enhance teaching and learning.
The launch was on the theme: “empowering young minds, transforming communities “.
In an address, Madam Fuseina Fuseini said government alone cannot shoulder the burden of improving educational development which should be supported by all other well-meaning stakeholders and Ghanaians.
She said her outfit would collaborate with selected beneficiary schools to identify the needed logistics in each classroom through careful needs assessment to ensure maximum results.
Madam Fuseini commended basic education teachers for their dedication to duty while encouraging them to persevere in selfless commitment and hard work, adding that they would have a story to tell one day.
She applauded parents for their instrumental role in providing moral and material support to children and the school without which teachers could not carry out their work successfully.
According to her, for children to acquit themselves well in class, much would depend on the classroom learning environment and the commitment of the teacher.
She mentioned that for education to bear fruit in any nation, the foundation should be strong through sustainable policies and well thought-out curriculum.
Teachers, she indicated, needed to be innovative and possibly improvise resources to make teaching interesting in the classroom in fulfilment of their calling which was sacrificial.
She disclosed that her 20 years of being in the classroom indicated that though there have been measurable improvement in all dimensions, much needs to be done to strengthen the foundation of education.
She commended the government for ongoing efforts to uplift the state of basic education to make it more productive and result- oriented.
The best teacher urged all stakeholders to come on board to support the initiative to advance the course of education in the country.
In a message, Madam Victoria Yeboah, the Regional Early Childhood Coordinator, pointed out that early childhood was the foundation of education which required well thought-out policy initiatives.
She said the basic education curriculum seeks to prepare the child for long term educational development, therefore requiring enriched ingredients and a balance of development concepts.
Mrs Yeboah said the rebranding would enhance the conducive state of the classrooms to make it congenial to learners to boost knowledge acquisition.
The UNICEF Representative to Ghana, Mr Osama Makkawi Khogali said quality education was not about merely being in the classroom but what happens in the classroom and how much learners can learn.
He said quality education was important with the teacher playing a central role in the scheme of things.
He disclosed that human minds are completely developed by the age of three which was a thousand days by which time such children gain the ability to understand concepts to develop into adult life.
Mr Osama stated that the first school is the family with parents as the first teachers, emphasising the critical role of parents in building the foundation of children as far as education was concerned.
Quality education, he explained, was at the heart of all global development standards and national progress for which reason teachers must be motivated to deliver efficiently.
The UNICEF Representative said Ghana must redouble her efforts in this direction as a model for the continent to follow and move ahead.
“You are one of the leaders in Africa and Africa looks up to you. You have to make it, not only for yourself but the whole continent which seems overdue to get to the next in the international community “, he said.
In a message delivered on behalf of the Registrar of the National Teaching Council, Dr Christian Addai-Poku, he commended Madam Fuseina Fuseini for the initiative which would mitigate the challenges facing basic education.
He said the Council would leverage her experience as a resource person for the Continuous Professional Development Programme.
On his part, the School Improvement Support Officer (SISO), Mr Ebenezer Abbey, who spoke on behalf of the Director of Education for La Nkwantanang Madina Municipal, Mr Kean Adjei Appiah thanked the Best Teacher for the initiative which would enhance teaching – learner activities.
He explained that empowering young minds means equipping them with the relevant tools, confidence and environment to realise their potential.
In a closing remark, the Headmistress of Madina SDA Basic School, Madam Beatrice Opoku, urged all teachers to demonstrate good faith in their calling while urging for support from well-meaning individuals and benevolent organisations to make the initiative a success.
There were presentation and distribution of Teacher- Learner Resources to some selected deprived community schools and presentation of citation to deserving learners.
By Francis Cofie
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