Overall best teacher, Madam Gloria Delali Xatse receiving her award
The Ghana Armed Forces Education Corps have held their 2022 end-of-year awards and send-off activities for retiring teaching and non-teaching staff at the Arakan Officers’ Mess, Burma Camp, Accra.
Retired and serving teachers who performed creditably were awarded for their performances. Some schools under the 5 Garrison Basic Schools were included.
Chief Garrison Education Officer (CGEO), Colonel Livingstone Yaw Penti, expressed his profound gratitude to the teachers of 5 Garrison Basic Schools for their effort in training the children. He acknowledged the continuous sacrifices and dedication of teachers and the Ghana Education Service (GES).
Col. Penti stated that teachers play a vital role in the lives of their pupils. Without them, one’s life journey would be more difficult from childhood to adulthood and even beyond. He added that teachers serve as mentors to guide pupils in achieving goals and most importantly preparing them for a world full of uncertainties.
The CGEO stressed that there can be no profession better than the one that educates, informs, inspires, encourages, and at the same time teaches to inculcate a way of life that is children’s betterment.
He added, “We are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions and we remain more than just a collection of teachers. We are and forever will be the 5 Garrison families. We rise and fall as a unit and as one people, let’s resist the temptation to fail.”
In total, 19 retirees were recognised for their distinguished services to the Education Corps as well as some deserving teachers and schools.
Madam Gloria Delali Xatse was adjudged the overall best teacher while Services Primary and Junior High School were awarded the overall best school.