Alfred George Thompson (5th right) presents the items to Dr Yaw Adu Twum (6th left)
The National Investment Bank (NIB) has donated 15 HP dual core laptops and 12 LG 43″ full HD smart digital satellite LED TV sets to the Ministry of Education in support of this year’s teachers’ awards dubbed, Ghana Teacher Prize.
The items, worth GH¢55,000.00, was delivered to the Ministry for onward presentation to the National Teaching Council.
NIB has over the years supported the enhancement of education in the country through donations to most major award schemes in the country.
These include the National Best Teacher and School awards aimed at motivating hardworking teachers and best performing schools.
Presenting the items on Tuesday, 28th August, 2018, the Deputy Managing Director of NIB, Alfred George Thompson, said NIB’s consistent support for education is in line with its desire to ensure that society benefits from the business operations of the bank.
Quality education for the citizenry, he emphasized “is critical for the growth of the nation and the teacher is at the center of the realization or otherwise of this vision.”
Mr Thompson was hopeful the items would to a large extent motivate the award winners and ultimately help improve teaching and learning.
Deputy Minister for Education, Dr Yaw Adu Twum, who received the items, expressed the Ministry’s appreciation for the gesture, saying it would help government achieve its ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ vision.
The goal, he said, cannot be achieved if quality education for all the citizens of Ghana is not aggressively pursued.
“We cannot get beyond aid without an excellent education system, great teachers and other education workers, who would lead the effort towards the kind of nation we want to create,” he stressed.
Dr Adu Twum said teachers and all stakeholders in the education sector are very grateful to NIB for the unflinching support it has over the years given to government in its quest to motivate teachers as part of efforts to provide quality education to the citizenry.
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