Asuogyaman: 177 Teachers Posted Undergo Orientation

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has organized a day's orientation session for 177 fresh teachers posted to the Asuogyaman District at Akrade, with a call to them to work hard and to show total commitment to the job.

Ms. Mavis Yirenkyi, the District Education Director, reminded them to make effective use of the contact hours and warned against absenteeism and laziness.

She underlined the need to make their teaching lively - classroom become less intimidating to the school children.

They were taken through teaching methods, the use of teaching materials, code of conduct of the teaching profession and the qualities of a teacher.

Ms. Yirenkyi advised that they carried themselves with dignity to serve as good example not only to the children they were teaching but other people in the communities.

She spoke of incentive packages for those, who had accepted to teach in hard-to-reach rural schools in the area including study leave with pay after serving for three years.

Mr. Danial Afadu, the Eastern Regional Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), urged them to plan their lives well and to take interest in investment and other supportive programmes of the association.

He mentioned among these the habitat loan - meant to help teachers to have their own residential accommodation and the teachers' fund to assist them to start businesses.

GNA
By Barbara Akuffo Asante, GNA