TEACHERS URGED TO DEVELOP CREATIVE MINDS (PAGE 11, MAY 5, 2010)

The Kpando District Director of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Ms Dora Agorsor, has stressed the need to encourage students to develop their creative minds.
She said students also needed to understand the essence to empathise with people in need, more importantly, be able to overcome emerging social problems by nurturing ethical values.
Speaking at the inauguration of a 10-member reconstituted board of governors of the Likpe Senior High School (LISEC) at Likpe Mate, Ms Agorsor implored boards of educational institutions to come out with innovative strategies to support educational authorities to turn out products who have the requisite academic and attitudinal standards.
She said they must focus on high standards that would prepare students to enter the competitive job market, making use of competence and excellence.
She said students must be guided to move away from mere knowledge acquisition to real appreciation and application of knowledge, conceptual analysis, synthesis and evaluation, adding that “In this 21st century, we need disciplined minds to engage right thinking”.
Ms Agorsor, who is also the acting Hohoe Municipal Director of the GES, stressed the need for governors to take the interest of both teaching and non-teaching staff into consideration in all their dealings because they were key players in the education sector.
She said the huge challenge for those in the education enterprise was to address the slow pace of growth of human capital in developing countries, including Ghana.
Ms Agorsor expressed concern about the problem of infrastructure development of LISEC and pointed out that there was the need to put up more classrooms, bungalows and expand the dinning hall, as well as dormitories and classroom furniture.
She said there was the need to expand infrastructure for computer studies with the view of coping with changing times.
The Chairman of the board of directors, Mr Winfried Yao Bonsi, promised to lead a team that would commit itself to hardwork to enhance the image of the school.
Mr Bonsi, who is a veteran educationist, also promised to help maintain high academic standards and discipline in the school.
In a welcoming address, the Headmaster, Mr Daniel Diboa, said the school had a high potential for excellence in view of its serene environment.