Varsity don calls for right leadership towards educ reforms

 An Associate Professor at the Department of History Education, University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Prof. Akwasi Kwarteng Amoa­ko-Gyampah, has called for the adoption of the right leadership skills towards the transformation of education in the country.

He explained that there would be no effective transformation if leaders do not avail themselves of the right mindset needed to drive change.

Prof. Amoako-Gyampah who is also Vice Dean, School of Gradu­ate Studies, UEW, made the call at the Fourth Founders’ Day celebra­tion of the Komenda College of Education yesterday.

The lecture was on the theme: “Lawrence Alfred Creedy and the development of teacher education in Ghana, 1948-1962”.

It offered the platform to acknowledge the contribution of Lawrence Alfred Creedy, the first and only Missionary Principal of Komenda College, and laid a good foundation for the development of the college as well as a public signatory to the church’s deed of foundation.

Prof. Amoako-Gyampah under­scored the need for UEW students to be taught the real essence of education to be able to impact knowledge to their students.

He noted that, although Gha­na’s education had gone through turbulent past, teachers and leaders had provided the right direction for the country to have a resolute educational system comparable to the best system in the world.

Prof. Amoa­ko-Gyampah paid tribute to Lawrence Alfred Creedy for pro­viding direction and anchor for the future devel­opment of the college, saying, “Nur­turing and developing the newly established Komenda College was a her­culean task that required fortitude, vision, creativity, and unalloyed commitment.”

The foundation that was laid, he said, significantly contributed to the development of teacher education in Ghana.

“The establishment and devel­opment of Komenda College did not occur in a vacuum, but rather, it mirrors the ebbs and flows and the general trends underlying teacher education in Ghana, as well as the driving force of one tenacious leader,” Prof. Amoa­ko-Gyampah noted.

The former Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church, Ghana, Most Rev Titus Awortwi Pratt, commended the College for promoting agriculture by training students and also promoting food security.

He also commended the College for the establishment of an Information Communication and Technology (ICT) laboratory, to ensure that students acquire the needed skills with the use and application of ICT to enable them to discharge their duties effectively in the field of work.

Prof. Amoako-Gyampah said the late Lawrence Alfred Creedy contributed immensely to teacher education as well as the develop­ment of the Methodist Church Ghana.

The Principal of Komenda Col­lege of Education, Very Rev Prof. Kwesi Nkum Wilson, mentioned that the educational institution had embarked on several infrastructural developments to enhance teaching and learning.

He, however, appealed for sup­port from the college in the com­pletion of some of the projects which stalled due to lack of funds.

 FROM DAVID O.

YARBOI-TETTEH, KOMENDA