Dr. Prince Hamid Armah, making the presentation to the teachers of the school. INSET: Dr. Prince Hamid Armah, making the presentation to the teachers of the school
Two schools in the Kwesimintsim constituency of the Western Region have been selected for the pilot project of the government’s blended teaching and learning concept.
The concept involves both traditional method of teaching with chalk or marker and a board as well as the use of technology in teaching at the basic levels.
The initiative, which is part of the National Digital Literacy project, would help the basic school pupils become digital literates.
The two schools selected in the Kwesimintsim constituency are Myohaung Barracks Basic School and St. Anthony of Padua Basic School.
Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwesimintsim, Dr. Prince Hamid Armah, has therefore donated the requisite equipment for the establishment of smart classrooms in the two schools to support the concept.
The equipment include one laptop computer each for teachers in the two schools, 50 tablets for the children in the schools and 10 boxes of robotics machines and other gadgets to facilitate the teaching and learning.
Speaking later in an interview, the MP explained that one of the underpinning reasoning for the country’s curriculum reform was to ensure that the country develops a new breed of Ghanaians who are problem solvers and critical thinkers.
The former Director General of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) who led the curriculum reform, noted that to achieve the goals, the government has decided to introduce the blended learning and teaching concept.
“So we are merging the use of technology and the traditional approach of teaching and learning,” he said.
He pointed out that the blended teaching and learning concept would ensure multisensory learning on the part of the children.
“As a pilot, few schools have been selected across the country to do that and I managed to get two schools from my constituency to take part”, he added.
He revealed that the head teachers and two staff from each school would be trained on the use of the equipment so that they wound in turn train the other teachers.
The Effia Kwesimintsim Municipal Director of Education, Madam Catherine Biney, was grateful to the MP for his immense contribution towards the improvement of education in the area and promised that the equipment would be taken good care of.
From Emmanuel Opoku, Kwesimintsim