By Raymond Rex Awiagah
Background
In a collaborative effort between Practical Education Network (PEN), Rotary Club of Accra West, Rotary Club of Colorado Springs, and the Ghana Education Service (GES), primary science teachers in the Shai Osudoku District at Dodowa in the Greater Accra Region are now equipped with a comprehensive Teacher Resource Manual.
This initiative aims to enhance teaching methods and empower educators with practical tools to enrich classroom experiences.
Point of view from PEN
Speaking to Raymond News on the initiative, the Chief Executive of Practical Education Network (PEN), Miss. Heather Beem emphasized the importance of equipping teachers with practical resources to support quality education delivery.
"We have printed and we are distributing teacher resource manuals to every single primary school teacher. our manuals cover every topic in science that is the national science curriculum and it takes teachers through how they can use locally available materials to teach them more practically" She said.
Miss. Heather Beem added, “We are looking forward to getting these manuals into the hands of every teacher so they can bring their classroom to life and make science practical and fun for their learners”.
GES point of VIEW
The District Director of Education at Shai Odudoku, Mrs. Harriet Lomotey describes the initiative as laudable.
She said “Teachers have been battling with the teaching of science as a subject but now we noticed that the approach has changed which means that we are going to be very practical. And we are going to make use of local materials that we would encourage the children to pick from home, bring it to school, and then use it for our practical science lessons. So, I think it's a good initiative and we have embraced it here in this district”.
Point of view from Rotary
Rotarian Kingsley Fiagbedzi is the president of the Rotary Club of Accra West. He said his club is glad to support the initiative. "Education is one of our main areas of focus. Practical science has been a problem in our parts of the world. I was a science student back in Accra High School, I did maths, physics, and chemistry and I know how we had to struggle with our experiments. So this is a new area where they are going to use local materials for their practicals. So it is very laudable".
The Beneficiaries
In all, over 300 primary Science teachers benefited from the initiative.
Conclusion
Through collaborative efforts and community support, initiatives like these will continue to drive positive change in the educational landscape, empowering teachers and students alike.