Government urged to revert Mission Schools to the Church

Nii Martey M. Botchway

Accra, April 25, GNA – Mr William Koso, a Geodetic Engineer, has observed that the active involvement of the church in education would help nurture well resourced students and leaders to manage the affairs of the nation.

For that reason, he appealed to the government to revert the mission schools to the Churches.

Mr Koso, who is also the immediate past Head of Development of the Tema Development Company, was speaking at the 2024 Tema Presbytery Representative Conference of the Global Evangelical Church at Sakumono, near Tema.

The 2024 conference was on the theme: “Be Holy in all you do”.

He said, training of pupils and students must not be left to the schools alone, and that the church needed to be actively involved in building good values and character among pupils and students,

He stated that it was the most effective way of training and preparing children for the future.

Mr Koso raised concerns about the current schools curriculum; he noted that, “having taken a critical look at the curriculum, coupled with engagements with teachers, it was observed that some contents were not suitable for the consumption of pupils and students.”

“The church must rise to ensure a good and sustained training for the well-being of the children,” he said.

Mr Koso entreated the leadership of the Global Evangelical Church to establish its own educational facilities, as it would enable them to imbue its young ones with the tenets of the Bible.

Also, he appealed the Church to make good use of the positives of social media and not regard it as a negative tool.

Touching of this year’s elections, Reverend Lawrence Tefe Ganyo, the Tema Presbytery Chairman of the Church, lamented the disturbances associated with general elections and appealed to Ghanaians to make peace prevail during the December polls.

He said, it was the responsibility of every Ghanaian, especially Christians, to ensure that the peace and stability of the country is prioritised and safeguarded.

Rev Ganyo admonished the Christian community to take active interest in politics, because the Church had a civic responsibility to ensure that elections and its related developments were conducted in “a godly, free, and fair manner”.

GNA