The Founding father of the Christian College School Ghana (CUC), Reverend Physician Devine Amattey, has known as for the reintroduction of experimental college idea on the primary college degree if the nation wishes to make the very best of its instructional reforms.
He stated the experimental college idea offered the avenue for the state to pilot new instructional insurance policies earlier than escalating it to cowl all colleges.
“For each new coverage on the primary degree to attain its set goals, it will be important for that coverage to be piloted after which the necessary corrective measures are accomplished earlier than a full roll out and that was the essence of the experimental primary college idea,” he stated.
The experimental college idea was advanced within the late Sixties as a car to pilot new instructional reforms or insurance policies earlier than escalating these reforms throughout the entire nation.
Reverend Dr Devine Amattey (left) being interviewed Picture: Victor A. Buxton
It performed a major position within the introduction of the Junior Secondary Faculty reforms within the early a part of the Nineteen Seventies, nevertheless, following the 1987 instructional reforms, the idea appears to have been benched.
Talking to The Ghanaian Instances in Accra on Friday, Dr Amattey who can also be a founding member of the group that introduced the educating of contemporary arithmetic within the nation stated the experimental college idea was not just for experimental functions but additionally served as a checkpoint, giving a bird-eye-view of efficiency of the pupils.
“Certainly, the experimental college idea additionally served as the idea for instilling discipline and boosting the efficiency among the many college pupils.
Dr Amattey defined that the continuous fall of requirements of schooling within the nation was because of the weak foundation on the primary degree.
He stated it was necessary that spotlight was paid to constructing the muse of education within the nation and that might indicate strengthening pre-school schooling since that constituted the muse of faculties’ improvement.
Dr Amattey who’s an educationist stated strengthening of pre-school schooling would require that the Inspectorate Division of the Ghana Training Service was made strong, stressing that “The inspectorate division should make sure that every college is licensed.”
Along with this he stated trainer welfare should be of paramount curiosity in no matter coverage change is applied, stressing {that a} change that refuses to take into contemplateation the wants and welfare of the trainer was certain to fail.
The Reverend Minister stated with sturdy supervision and good advisors, there wouldn’t be the necessity for any nationwide education discussion board.
BY CLIFF EKUFUL
