By Emmanuel Gamson
Takoradi, March 15, GNA – Teachers and students of Takoradi Presbyterian Primary and Junior High School (JHS) have gone traditional to commemorate this year’s Heritage Month.
In place of their uniforms, the students were adorned in their traditional customs to reflect their individual regions of origin and portray the rich Ghanaian cultural heritage in the school.
Mrs Joyce Opare Addo, the Headmistress of Takoradi Presby JHS, told the Ghana News Agency that the move was in compliance to a policy directive by the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Education Directorate to ensure that students wore traditional outfits to school every Friday within the month.
She said it was necessary to expose the children to their cultural roots through dressing, hence, allowing them to come to school in such outfits.
She said as part of activities to mark the Heritage Month, teachers and students would also wear costumes designed in the Ghana national colours as a way of instilling a sense of patriotism in the students particularly.
They would also organise a food bazaar to showcase their rich Ghanaian dishes on the last Friday of the Heritage Month, she added.
Mrs Addo called on authorities to incorporate the traditional dressing styles in the country’s educational system so that students would appreciate their cultural heritage through dressing.
The Heritage Month is observed in Ghana throughout the month of March every year to celebrate the country’s cultural and historical heritage.
It aims at promoting domestic tourism, increase awareness about Ghana’s heritage sites, creative and arts industry, and cultural diversity.
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