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A 13-member Board of Governors of the Bechem School for the Deaf
A thirteen-member Board of Governors of the Bechem School for the Deaf was on Thursday inaugurated with a call on stakeholders in education to help promote quality education among all children irrespective of their defects.
Mrs. Georgina Enyan, Brong-Ahafo Deputy Regional Director of Education who made the call advised parents who had children with any forms of disability not to keep them at home but to enroll them in school to obtain formal education.
The Board is made up of representatives from the Ghana Education Service, the Bechem traditional council, the District Assembly, the school’s Parent-Teacher Association, the Old Students Association as well teaching and non-teaching staff.
Mrs. Enyan explained that children with disabilities had talents just as their able-bodied counterparts and that there was an urgent need for society to help them unearth those talents to enable them to grow to become useful to the nation.
She explained that promoting quality education among all school-going age children was a collective responsibility and advised the parents and all key actors in education to lend their support.
Mrs. Enyan said government alone could not shoulder the responsibility of ensuring quality education and asked members of the board to build partnership and seek assistance from foreign agencies and NGOs.
She explained that under the Education Act 1961 (Act 87), it was an obligation for the board to help control the general policies of the school and advised members to monitor and evaluate activities in the school.
Mrs. Enyan urged members of the board to maintain regular contacts with the schools PTA for total development.
Mrs. Veronica Ayeh, headmistress of the school said it was established in 1969 with 14 pupils but currently had 373 pupils made up of 215 boys and 158 girls.
She said it had Kindergarten, Junior High, Technical/Vocational and a Unit for the blind, as well as 51 teaching staff including a Peace Corps volunteer and 40 support staff.
Mrs. Ayeh mentioned inadequate staff accommodation, classroom blocks, as well as the lack of a computer laboratory and inadequate teaching and learning material as some of the problems that faced the school.
She said over the years the school had received all kinds of support from World Vision, an NGO and Christian Education Fund in Kassel, Germany, and commended the two institutions whose assistance had help increased student’s performances.
While commending the past board of governors for their good work, Mrs. Ayeh expressed the optimism that the new board would also work harder to raise the image of the school.
The Reverend Richard Asafo-Adjei, Chaplain at the Bechem Presbyterian Senior High School called on the government to provide incentive packages to teachers serving in special schools.
The Rev. Dr. Wiseman Kwasi Kusi, a retired educationist, on behalf of members of the board, gave the assurance that members would work hard to justify the confidence reposed in them.
A thirteen-member Board of Governors of the Bechem School for the Deaf was on Thursday inaugurated with a call on stakeholders in education to help promote quality education among all children irrespective of their defects.
Mrs. Georgina Enyan, Brong-Ahafo Deputy Regional Director of Education who made the call advised parents who had children with any forms of disability not to keep them at home but to enroll them in school to obtain formal education.
The Board is made up of representatives from the Ghana Education Service, the Bechem traditional council, the District Assembly, the school’s Parent-Teacher Association, the Old Students Association as well teaching and non-teaching staff.
Mrs. Enyan explained that children with disabilities had talents just as their able-bodied counterparts and that there was an urgent need for society to help them unearth those talents to enable them to grow to become useful to the nation.
She explained that promoting quality education among all school-going age children was a collective responsibility and advised the parents and all key actors in education to lend their support.
Mrs. Enyan said government alone could not shoulder the responsibility of ensuring quality education and asked members of the board to build partnership and seek assistance from foreign agencies and NGOs.
She explained that under the Education Act 1961 (Act 87), it was an obligation for the board to help control the general policies of the school and advised members to monitor and evaluate activities in the school.
Mrs. Enyan urged members of the board to maintain regular contacts with the schools PTA for total development.
Mrs. Veronica Ayeh, headmistress of the school said it was established in 1969 with 14 pupils but currently had 373 pupils made up of 215 boys and 158 girls.
She said it had Kindergarten, Junior High, Technical/Vocational and a Unit for the blind, as well as 51 teaching staff including a Peace Corps volunteer and 40 support staff.
Mrs. Ayeh mentioned inadequate staff accommodation, classroom blocks, as well as the lack of a computer laboratory and inadequate teaching and learning material as some of the problems that faced the school.
She said over the years the school had received all kinds of support from World Vision, an NGO and Christian Education Fund in Kassel, Germany, and commended the two institutions whose assistance had help increased student’s performances.
While commending the past board of governors for their good work, Mrs. Ayeh expressed the optimism that the new board would also work harder to raise the image of the school.
The Reverend Richard Asafo-Adjei, Chaplain at the Bechem Presbyterian Senior High School called on the government to provide incentive packages to teachers serving in special schools.
The Rev. Dr. Wiseman Kwasi Kusi, a retired educationist, on behalf of members of the board, gave the assurance that members would work hard to justify the confidence reposed in them.