Nii Martey M. Botchway
Tema, Aug 1, GNA – Madam Grace Yaaba Edziyie, an Educationist has called on schools and teachers in the country to constantly innovate to solve world’s challenges and meet the world’s demands.
She charged schools and teachers to ensure that their curriculum remains relevant in a rapidly-changing world.
Madam Edziyie was delivering the keynote address at the maiden graduation of Oak Community School at Community 25 in Tema that saw six learners graduating from kindergarten to first grade.
Madam Edziyie noted that innovation was a driving factor in shaping the lives of learners and the world they lived in.
The educationist also encouraged teachers to inspire one other to achieve bigger goals.
She observed, some educational research pointed revealed that learning took place when children were guided to “do” rather than memorized and regurgitated facts.
“As teachers, we cannot survive in a world devoid of innovation, training and re-training,” she said.
“Foster love for learning that makes each child look forward to coming back for more every day,” she added.
Madam Edziyie also urged parents to partner teachers and schools in the learning journey of their children,
She noted such partnership could help the lowest achievers to succeed.
“Some children come to us with better knowledge and skills than others. But each child has limitless potential and can be helped to succeed,” she noted.
In her welcome address, Madam Joan Bartimeus, a Co-director of the school said, graduation from Kindergarten was a significant milestone in a child’s early educational journey.
She said the ceremony marked the end of an era filled with first friends, first lessons and first steps towards independence.
She said the ceremony helped the child transition to a more traditional, seat-oriented learning in first grade and onwards.
Madam Bartimeus reiterated the need for a demand driven curriculum and innovation.
She said, the school, together with parents had completed laying the necessary foundations for the children’s holistic educational lives and ushering them to the pillar stage.
She said the children’s future was embedded in their first five years, and appealed to parents and teachers to make the milestone worth celebrating.
“I dare say celebrating this first milestone is worth much more,” she said.
GNA