VP Mahamudu Bawumia has said the Akufo-Addo government loves instructors to the degree that he has placed them first in quite a while arrangements and projects, which has acquired Ghana the second spot in the entire world on the educator government assistance class table.
Dr Bawumia offered the remark when he opened a Training Institute for staff of the Ghana Education Service at Saltpond in the Mfantseman Municipal of the Central locale.
Brought about by the Kufuor organization, development works started in 2011 however were surrendered in 2012 by the past organization because of absence of assets. The venture was revived in 2017 subterranean insect taken up by the GETfund through the endeavors of the late MP for Mfantseman, Ekow Hayford.
Talking at the initial function on Friday, October 30, 2020, Dr Bawumia said the fulfillment and appointing of the office, which has 90 independent rooms, 2 enormous gathering lobbies, preparing rooms and space to leave 50 vehicles, is further solid proof of the Akufo-Addo organization’s pledge to the general advancement of the instruction area.
“Since we expected office in 2017, the Nana Akufo-Addo government has sought after a ‘Instructor First’ approach, which has prompted the usage of strategies and projects outfitted towards consistent improvement in the numbers and nature of educators and different partners in schooling.
“We have taken solid measures in the schooling area. For example, we have enrolled 93, 274 new educators since 2017, to free the excess from instructors who were qualified yet not utilized by the past government.
“Before, educators instructed for three, four years yet were just paid three months of their gathered pay rates. We have cleared that back payments.
“We have reestablished Teacher, Nursing and Arabic Instructors preparing stipends dropped by the past government. We are building huge framework the nation over. Also, as shown, we are guaranteeing the consistent expert preparing of educators consistently. We have likewise presented another and straightforward approach for the advancement of educators”.
The Vice-President said these measures and more had prompted Ghana being positioned number 2, behind China, in the alliance of countries to have improved instructor government assistance the most lately.
“President Nana Akufo-Addo is resolved to build up the human asset base of Ghana. However, he can’t do that without the dynamic investment and contribution of educators, consequently the need he has put on instructor improvement and government assistance. I can guarantee you of numerous plans underway to make the instruction area significantly more dynamic,” he showed.
Talking prior, Deputy Minister for Education, Gifty Twum Ampofo, shed all the more light on the Professional Continuous Training program, which incorporates in any event four days of escalated preparing every year, and two hours of the seven day stretch of companion learning.
The Vice President was helped by the spouse of the late MP, who is currently the NPP parliamentary contender for Mfantseman, Mrs Ophelia Mensah Hayford, Central Region Minister Kwamena Duncan, Transport Minister Hon Kwaku Ofori Asiamah and other government authorities.