Today, Monday, 5th October 2020 is World Teachers Day.
Ghana’s celebration will be held in Ghana’s ‘educational city’, Cape Coast, and the aim is to reward teachers who have shown class and distinguished themselves.
The winner takes home a three-bedroom house.
The first runner-up will have a 4×4 pick-up and the second runner-up will be given a saloon car.
The 4×4 double cabin pick-up was donated by Prudential Bank. And there are other prizes to be vied for: deep freezers, refrigerators, television sets, laptops, and educational materials.
The day celebrated to focus on the works of the educators is held by UNESCO in partnership with UNICEF, International Labour Organisation, and Education International.
Last year (2019), female teachers claimed all the three topmost awards at the 2019 Ghana Teacher Prize event in Kumasi.
Sabina Koba Dosu of the St. Dominic Roman Catholic Basic School at Akwatia in the Eastern Region won the ultimate prize as ‘Ghana’s Most Outstanding Teacher’. Philip Darko, a teacher of the State Experimental M/A School in Kumasi became the first runner-up, taking home a 4×4 pick-up.
The second runner-up place was taken by Christiana Yeyeh of the Yumba Special School for the Intellectually Disabled, Tamale; she was given a saloon car as her prize.
The Ghana Best Teacher Prize, previously dubbed The National Best Teacher Award Scheme, was established in October 1994 by the Ministry of Education, under the leadership of Harry Romulus Sawyer.
The judging team for the selection includes academics, head teachers, public officials, company directors, journalists, scientists, and entertainment personalities. The award ceremony had very humble beginnings as if by their background and orientation teachers loathe big, expensive things. So may it be.
Virtual WTD will be celebrated through a week-long series of online interactive events beginning on 5 October with the official opening ceremony in the presence of UNESCO’s Director-General Ms. Audrey Azoulay, followed by official statements by the heads of the co-convening partners, ILO, UNICEF, and Education.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
