Professor Anku boosts interest in practical mathematics

Accra, Oct. 26, GNA - Professor Sitsofe E. Anku, President of Ghana Mathematics Society, on Tuesday expressed the need for practical mathematics to be made an integral part in teaching the subject to make it easy for students.

He said studying mathematics should not only gear towards examination and neglecting the basic understanding of its concept, which constitutes the foundation to make mathematics easy for students.

Prof Anku said this at a press conference to brief the media on a road show organized by the Ghana Mathematics Society and the Meagasa Mathematics Academy to sensitise the public on the need to take the study of mathematics serious in Accra.

The road show was on the theme: "Mathematics for National Development."

He said the road show was organised in all the regional capital to inform students about the need to apply the principles of mathematics appropriately.

Prof Anku said the show was also aimed at introducing secondary ideas that could help revamp national interest in mathematics.

"A nation cannot develop without applying the concepts of mathematics in our daily lives," he said.

Prof Anku said although the show was successful in all 10 regions, most regional directors of education failed to corporate to enhance its success.

He said the Academy was ready to help solve the problem of mathematics in the country and urged teachers to reduce canning during mathematics classes in order not to put fear in pupils in learning the subject.

Mrs Mary Quaye, Director Pre-Tertiary, Ministry of Education, said parents should be responsive to their wards education and council them in the selection of their courses.

She said parents should make sure their children passed in all the four compulsory subjects, mathematics, English language, integrated science, and social studies, with a least grade of six, to qualify for placement into senior high schools.

Mrs Quaye commended the academy for its hard work and asked them not to relent in their efforts to uplift the image of mathematics in the country.

GNA