Government\u00a0has set up a \u00a31 million challenge fund to help colleges of education implement innovative interventions that would improve instructional delivery skills of student teachers.<\/p>\n
The fund was set up specifically under government’s education support programme – Transforming Teacher Education and Learning (T-Tel).<\/p>\n
About 23 out of the 38 government teacher colleges of education have received the Fund, which is around GH\u00a2 5 million to implement ground-breaking reforms to boost leadership management and training of the trainees.<\/p>\n
The move forms part of government\u2019s determination to eliminate barriers to education delivery in the country, address poor learning outcomes and project teaching as a solution to Ghana\u2019s quest to offer inclusive quality education.<\/p>\n
The National Programme Manager of T-TEL, Mr Akwasi Addae-Boahene told reporters at the second International Conference on Education Research for Development in Africa that it was a new way for the colleges themselves to drive reform.<\/p>\n
The three-day conference which was organised by the University of Ghana and University of Sussex attracted a number of researchers in education and stakeholders to share ideas and seek new ways of moving education forward.<\/p>\n
It started from October 3 to October 5 and sought to explore the theme: “Towards a vision of education for sustainable development in Africa”.<\/p>\n
Mr Addae-Boahene said: \u201cT-Tel has set aside one million pounds ready to be disbursed to the colleges, we want the colleges to conceptualise innovations.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the process of innovation, T-Tel is also looking at partnerships, if two colleges come together to present one concept, T-Tel gives them GH\u00a2 150, 000, three colleges take GH\u00a2 225, 000 and then four colleges get GH\u00a2 300, 000.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis creates motivation in forming partnerships and it is one of the things T-Tel promotes.With the proposal T-Tel is considering to improve teaching and learning because T-Tel believes that one of the key elements of training a teacher is to provide the opportunity to practise.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said T-Tel is providing leadership to the major teacher education colleges in the country, which is premised on three keys issues.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst is the fact that government\u2026has passed the college of education acts, which enjoins the quality of education to be transformed into fully fledged tertiary institutions delivering quality teacher training.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe second one is the adoption by the ministry of education and national pre-tertiary teacher professional, development and management policies. And it is a policy that seeks to regulate the professional progression of teachers in Ghana.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe third element is the fact the government is interested in improving teaching and learning in Ghana, and so as a result, looking out ways of addressing them. One of the ways is to improve quality of teachers that we have in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Addae-Boahene explained that the whole concept of the mission and vision of the Ministry of Education is seeking to provide inclusive long life learning in the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is why we developed national teaching standards, which regulate the conducts, attitudes and professional competences within which one can call his or herself a teacher,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He said there are many critical policy reforms that have been undertaken together with national institutions including Ministry of Education to ensure that improved teacher education sector objective is achieved.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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