The Moderator of Presbyterian Church of Ghana also the Chancellor of the Presbyterian University, Ghana (PUG), Rt. Rev. Prof. Joseph Obiri Yeboah Mantey has called on the government to improve conditions of service of tutors at Colleges of Education to reflect upgrade of the institution to University status.
According to the Moderator, remuneration of teachers in Colleges of Education needs to be reviewed and repackage to befit the transformation from Diploma Awarding Institution to Degree Awarding Institution to encourage the lecturers to fully commit towards teaching and training of teachers.
The Moderator also urged government to facilitate the transformation of colleges of Education into a fully furnished teacher training universities and grant them charter.
The Moderator said this on Saturday July 1, 2023 when addressing the 175th Anniversary and Prize Giving Day of the Presbyterian College of Education at Akropong-Akuapem in the Eastern region.
The theme for the ceremony was “175 years of holistic education honouring our past, celebrating the present and shaping the future”.
The Senior Presidential Advisor to the President Yaw Osafo Maafo addressed the gathering on behalf of the President and said the introduction of teacher licensure exams aims at lifting the image of the teaching profession and avoiding the situation where unqualified person could put as teachers and in the process bring the profession into disrepute.
Hon. Yaw Osafo Maafo further assured the teacher trainees that the IMF program will not affect the teacher trainee allowance hence government is poised and will continue to pay the teacher trainee allowance as it was promised.
The Principal of the College Rev. Nicholas Apreh Siaw mentioned some pressing challenges of the college such as inadequate staff accommodation, inadequate vehicles to support students to school and for fields experiences as well as encroachment on their lands.
Two educational complex blocks consisting of ICT labs, science labs , offices and dormitories were commissioned to commemorate the 175th anniversary.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Obed Ansah
