EDUCATIONIST CALL ON PARENTS TO INVEST IN THEIR CHILDREN EDUCATION

EDUCATIONIST CALL ON PARENTS TO INVEST IN THEIR CHILDREN EDUCATION

The Tamale Metropolitan Director of Ghana Education Service has called on parents to invest in their children’s education to ensure that good future leaders emerges for accurate policies to be made in the country for accelerated development.
Alhaji Abdul-Rahaman Saani said investing in education is the greatest assert in the life of every individual in the society.
He made this call at the 16th graduation ceremony of Fatchi “Little Flower” School Complex in Tamale where 70 pupils from kindergarten 2 were graduated.
The school with over 530 pupil population and 30 teaching staff has a Long Term Human Resource Development Foundation for Orphans (LOTHDEFO) where 40 pupil and students are currently benefiting from the endowment fund ranging from the pre-school to the tertiary level.
Alhaji Saani disclosed that education in the Metropolis is grabbling with numeracy and illiteracy which is a setback to the education structure in the metropolis.
According to him, parents need to get the clearer understanding of education for quality education delivery in the country, saying children need good educational foundation to gain academic laurels in the academic ladder.
The Metropolitan Director of GES therefore urged parents to take active roles in schools activities such as PTA meeting, regular visiting of pupil’s among others to boost the morale of both students and tutors which he believes will yield academic success for their children.
In his address the Manager of the Fatchi “Little Flower” School complex, Christopher K. Nyabu said the vision of the school is to provide children between the ages of 2 and above with emotional and psychological foundations that will enhance their mental, social and physical growth for development saying, buttressing the vision and mission management does not comprise with lazy teachers.
Mr. C.K Nyabu called on parents to enroll their children in schools to ensure that every child of school going age must be in school.
The Manager therefore made a passionate appealed to the PTA to give unflinching support to the managing director by providing a fence wall around the school to weed out kidnapping which is becoming common in preparatory schools.