HISTORIC DAY FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN TANO NORTH MUNICIPALITY (TNM) -30/07/18.

A remarkable day has been observed by the private schools in the Tano north municipality at Duayaw-Nkwanta in the Brong Ahafo region.

This observation came about when the Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS) in collaboration with National Readers Association an education wing of CECIYAA FOUNDATION USA and its partners HALF PRICE BOOKS USA Texas came to the rescue of the private schools libraries by staffing them with library books.

Various speeches by the various dignitaries present started when the GNACOPS executive director Mr Enock Kwasi GYETUAH and his entourage arrived at the TNM education office.

The GNAPS chairman for the municipality, Nana Ampaabeng Kyeremeh of Bommaa Ebenezer school was introduced by the GES private schools coordinator for TNM after the opening prayer was made.

In his opening remarks, he gave a raining praise to GNACOPS executives by this gesture.

He said in his membership with GNAPS for over 20 years of over 40 years existence of GNAPS, he has never received anything of this sort and praised GNACOPS.

Mr Enoch Kwasi GYETUAH, the executive director of GNACOPS took the stage and took the gathering through the background reasons why GNACOPS was formed  citing poor leadership by the associations responsible for supporting the the private schools.

He therefore sensitized the people on the rational to promote agenda " GHANA FOR GHANA" where he said, GNACOPS is not a political wing but it speaks politics and through that policies could be well accepted and adored by the people, as we do with them and for them so that each and every individual would come out with communal attitude to help build the nation. He further stated that, Politics is not evil, it gives room for communal attitude enhancement and progress for enactment of  good policies.

The Tano North municipal chief executive's representative was full of praise to GNACOPS, National Readers Association of CECIYAA FOUNDATION  and half price books by the kind gesture they showed to the municipality and advised the proprietors not to keep the books in the offices but rather gave them to the children  to achieve it intended purpose.

Mr Seth K. Dankwaa, the TNM education office welfare chairman who represented the Municipal Education Director emphasized on the good exposure of the books to the pupils. He said the social media indeed today has affected both the old and the young  has to be relook at it by encouraging the children to develop the habit of reading. He also said the office will be very interested in making sure that the books are put to good use.

Ms Berlinda Owusu Manu, the National Coordinator  of National Readers Association was very much concern about the effective use of the books. She also said the books are not given to private schools alone but also public schools too. She said that one crime that any school owner will commit that is liable to prosecution is the the attempt to sell the books.

When the GNAPS chairman for Tano North Municipality took another turn to close the occasion, he started from where the national readers association Rep ended.

He said as the GNACOPS,National Readers Association  of CECIYAA FOUNDATION and Half Price Books do not discriminate between public and private schools, the MCE and education office must not discriminate against private schools in municipality.

The chairman thanked the entire crew of GNACOPS and National Readers Association and appealed to them to keep supporting the private schools which does not get any support anywhere.

Before the national executive director of GNACOPS presented  the books, he introduced Mr Desmond  Suaka of Christ the king International School , Terchire -sunyani as the GNACOPS B/A regional PRO. He also appealed to all stakeholders of private schools to join GNACOPS to full-time develop the potentials of pupils at the private schools.

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Mr Desmond  Suaka

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GNACOPS IN COLLABORATION WITH NATIONAL READERS ASSOCIATION DONATE OVER 4000 COPIES OF LIBRARY BOOKS TO SCHOOLS IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN REGIONS OF GHANA.

Ghana National Council for Private Schools GNACOPS In collaboration with NATIONAL READERS ASSOCIATION and our offshore partners Ceciyaa Foundation, USA ,through the support of Halfprice Books,USA has donated 4,000 library books to thirteen private schools at Twifo Atti Morkwa, Hemang Lower Denkyira and Elubo Districts all of central and western regions respectively. Schools in central region that benefited from the donation were; Wemeso Christ the King, Apostolic Academy School located at Praso, Ama Benewa International School of Kampong community, Kayeraku Church of Christ School, King of Kings School of Ampenkro.

Others were Christ the King, Royal Academy School, Heaven Gate schools all of Praso, Tower of Faith of Aduabeng, Akwakrom Emmanuel Preparatory school, Ebenezer Preparatory School of Wamaso and Wisdom Academy at Kyenkun. Essien Academy School was the only academic institution in Western region that stood as a beneficiary.
The donated books which were under the sponsorship of Ceciyaa Foundation, USA and  Half Price Book Shop in Texas, USA were to whip up students’ interest in reading and to in the long run improve upon their fluency in English speaking.

This was premised on the decline reading interest among students which has been albatross around the neck of many academic institutions in their attempt to ensure that students excell in English language. Speaking during the donation, Mr. Enoch Gyetuah, National Executive Director for GNACOPS challenged students to develop a deep interest for reading so as to help boost their knowledge in the queen’s language, adding that parents should also guide their wards to develop interest in reading.

In an exclusive interview with  the Press, he hinted that a similar donation will be replicated at member-schools of GNACOPS within the shortest possible time plus the holding of a reading competition among private schools in Ghana for the year 2018. Receiving the books, Mr. Akummey, Coordinator for Private Schools of Hemang Lower Denkyire District thanked the leadership of GNACOPS for the act of benevolence and promised to make good use of them.  He, however ,advised proprietors, headmasters and teachers to assist students to inculcate the habit of reading in students of all private schools to improve the standard of education.  Madam Berlinda Owusu Manu, National Coordinator for National Readers Association challenged teachers to monitor students and encourage them to read more.

The high failure rate of WAEC 2018 is a good indication to Government to switch its attention to Private Education if quality Education is the Government's priority for Ghana.

The high failure rate,especially in core subjects in the recently released results of WAEC 2018 is a good indication to Government to switch its attention to Private Education if quality Education is the Government's priority for Ghana.

 The National Executive Director of Ghana National Council of Private schools. GNACOPS , Enoch Kwasi Gyetuah has expressed these sentiments and has challenged the government to pay  critical attention to this legitimacy in the application of education in Ghana.
In a press briefing made this afternoon when he met a cross section of  Pre-Tertiary school owners in  Jaman North district at  Sampa in the Brong Ahafo Region,
Mr. Gyetuah told the press that, it is high time Ghanaians started asking questions related to the current standards of education and to demand factual answers from institutions responsible for  continously entertaining failure at WAEC exams as if it were the norm,  every year.

He stated categorically that, huge sums of monies from tax payers' contribution have been pumped into government/public schools against the interests of Ghanaian children who find themselves in private schools every year, preparing tirelessly for these same WAEC  examination. Without support from Government, these Private School students continue producing good results while Public  School students perform abysmally, taking into consideration the extent of public expenditure on them.
These sponsored students' failure is a gross misappropriation of public resources and questions the government's dedication to the provision enshrined in the constitution to provide quality  education to every Ghanaian child of school-going age,
He therefore called on the government to probe this gross failure of students so that drastic measures could be taken to remedy this perennial menace since it is Ghana's future generation that is in jeopardy.

He said, public educational institutions are set up to purposely manage state resources to produce acceptable results and not to waste tax-payers money to produce abysmal and unacceptable results.

The national executive director of GNACOPS ,however advised the government to pay attention to the private educational institutions by offering them with the requisite support and avenues to continue to give  Ghanaians the excellent results Ghanaians desire and which has been the track record of Private sector education in Ghana and beyond for many years.
He further encouraged his members to continue the good work they are doing despite the fact that Private School Ghanaian Children are denied from benefiting from the public purse.