{"id":46552,"date":"2014-09-11T09:47:53","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T09:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=46552"},"modified":"2014-09-11T09:48:56","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T09:48:56","slug":"train-pupil-teachers-dont-sack-them-anis-haffar-to-ges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/train-pupil-teachers-dont-sack-them-anis-haffar-to-ges\/","title":{"rendered":"Train pupil teachers, don\u2019t sack them \u2013 Anis Haffar to GES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An<b> <\/b>Educationist, Anis Haffar has called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to train pupil teachers rather than terminating their appointment.<\/p>\n<p>The GES\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/09\/10\/ges-sacks-all-pupil-teachers-in-ghana\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\">terminated the appointment of pupil teachers<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>for failing to upgrade themselves.<\/p>\n<p>But according to Mr. Haffar, it will be unfair for the GES to render the pupil teachers useless, when they can be trained to improve the human resource in the educational sector.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Citi News, the GES boss, Aheto Tsegah also insisted that the decision to dismiss the teachers, has nothing to do with a planned job retrenchment exercise by government.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;J1dWquWvBpC5NNZuwJkPTwypWNXBlJ17&#8243;]But in a rebuttal, Anis Haffar asked the service to rather recognize the purpose the pupil teachers serve and maintain them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all the pupil teachers serve a purpose, we have to recognize that. The second one is that we cannot continue having pupil teachers in a professional situation year in, year out\u2026 we need to put them back ,\u201d he said<\/p>\n<p>A new survey conducted under the supervision has also revealed that <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/09\/02\/98-of-class-2-pupils-cant-read-english\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>98 percent of primary two pupils in basic schools can neither read nor understand English<\/strong><\/span><\/a> or any Ghanaian language properly.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in the \u201cEarly Grade Reading Assessment\u201d report commissioned by the Ghana Education Service (GES) for primary two pupils. This was carried out by the Assessment Services Unit (ASU) of the GES with support from the Research Triangle International (RTI). The project was funded by the USAID.<\/p>\n<p>The acting Director General of the GES Charles Aheto Tsegah confirmed on the <strong>Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong>\u00a0that only 2% were found to either read or understand English or any Ghanaian language properly.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s education system has been described as<strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/09\/04\/ghanas-education-trails-international-standards-wef44705\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\">below international standards at all levels<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>, a report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0WEF in its Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015 assesses the competitiveness of 144 countries, said the country is not sufficiently harnessing new technologies for productivity enhancements (ICT adoption rates continue to be very low).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Educationist, Anis Haffar has called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to train pupil teachers rather than terminating their appointment. 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