Study diligently to support national education policies - Deputy DG of Education urges students

The Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service in charge of Quality and Access, Dr Kwabena Bempah Tandoh, has reiterated that efforts to promote quality education are a collective undertaking, with students as important stakeholders.

The success of education policies, he explained, depended on the students determination to learn diligently towards a bright future.

Dr Tandoh made the remarks prior to this year’s Norvisi Development Union (NorDU) Festival quiz competition at Tanyigbe-Kpodzi in the Volta Region a forthnight ago.

The quiz was part of activities marking the celebration of the festival on the theme: “40 years on – Fostering youth development through innovation and technology.”

He said current global development trends required education to impart knowledge and the appropriate values in the youth to prepare them for their personal development goals and to face those challenging trends and contribute to the development of their communities and country.

In that vein, he said, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), and Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) remained critical to the nation’s future, with students being important stakeholders in education policies.

He entreated the youth to always do the right thing, even under very challenging circumstances, for a better future for the country.

Investments

Earlier, the Director for Strategy and Innovation at the Ministry of Education, Aaron Kweku Tsum Akwaboa, said investment to acquire knowledge always produced the best interests.

Therefore, he commended the NorDu communities for occupying their youth with positive activities outside the classroom.

The Regional Manager of the R.C Education Unit, Alice Gligui, pledged her unit’s preparedness to support the NorDU quiz, saying it was a noble move embarked upon by the communities.

Meanwhile, the current chairman of NorDu, Togbe Kodi Adiko VI, has pledged the union’s stance to support the youth in various ways to enable them to play active roles in a technology-driven world.

Quiz

The quiz covered the areas of science, tradition and culture, mathematics and computing.

The four NorDu communities which took part in the grand finale were Hodzo, Tanyigbe, Avee and Tokokoe, each represented by three junior high school students.

The Tokokoe team emerged winners. Each of the representatives received a laptop computer, while Hodzo took the second position, with each member of the team taking home a smart cellular phone.

The Tanyigbe team emerged third, and each member of the team received a scientific calculator.

The 10 NorDu communities include: Nyive, Avee, Hodzo, Shia, and Lume. The rest are Tanyigbe, Tokokoe, Atikpui, Klave and Hoe.