Lack of qualified teachers in Mion district

The District Director of the Ghana Education Service (GES) of newly created Mion District in the northern region has revealed that the lack of qualified teachers in the area is severely affecting quality basic education delivery. Madam Yakubu Balchisu who will not state categorically the exact number of schools that have vacancies for teachers in her district, except to say, the district is in dire need of teachers to serve in the hinterlands where a greater percentage of basic schools are located. She also decried the poor enrollment level of girls in the district over the years and attributed it to commercial activities along the Tamale-Yendi road that is passing through the Mion Township. The Mion District Director of Education made these chilling revelations at an end of year review meeting of Sang Zakaria Islamic Primary School at Sang in the Mion District. The meeting formed part of the implementation of Integrated Community Empowerment (INCOME) program by the Regional Advisory Information and Network Systems (RAINS) with sponsorship from Canadian Feed The Children (CFTC). According to Executive Director of RAINS Hardi Tijani, the overwhelming situation parents, pupils, teachers and Sang community members find themselves in currently is what has endeared RAINS and CFTC to come to their aid with support in the areas of education and agriculture. He recalled that, before the advent of the INCOME program, Sang Zakaria Islamic School was operating virtually in an open environment, because all the structures were in a very dilapidated state and it took lots of resources to rehabilitate all the classrooms and built new ones to accommodate teachers and pupils. INCOME, a three-year program is being implemented in four communities in two districts. The program intends to strengthen educational structures at the community levels to engage the necessary actors in quality education delivery; and build the capacity of community stakeholders on advocacy and lobbying on issues concerning education, food security among others.  

Source:Savannanews.com