Ghana: Education Ministry Supplies 2.5 Million Copies of English Dictionaries to Primary/Junior High Schools

África/Ghana/20 de Agosto de 2016/Fuente: All Africa

RESUMEN: El Ministerio de Educación (ME) ha suministrado 2,5 millones de copias de los diccionarios de inglés, por valor de más de 70.000.000 de Ghana Cedis, a las escuelas primarias y secundaria básica en todas las regiones del país. De la cifra, 1,4 millones de copias se distribuirán a las escuelas primarias, mientras que se les dará 1,1 millones de copias a Secundaria Básica. El Ministro de Educación, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang-, quien hizo conocido esto durante un recorrido de inspección, explicó que la introducción de los diccionarios a Primaria y Secundaria Básica en una etapa temprana tendría un efecto positivo en los niveles superiores. El Prof. Opoku Agyemang-dijo que los diccionarios también favorecerían el aprendizaje, especialmente en matemáticas y ciencias, temas que plantean dificultades a los estudiantes tanto del Junior y  niveles mayores.  Por lo tanto, instó a los estudiantes a hacer un buen uso de los diccionarios para mejorar su aprendizaje, vocabulario, ortografía y comprensión, con el fin de producir excelentes resultados académicos.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has supplied 2.5 million copies of English language dictionaries, worth more than 70,000,000 Ghana Cedis, to Primary and Junior Secondary Schools in all regions of the country.

Out of the number, 1.4 million copies will be distributed to primary schools while 1.1 million copies will be given to Junior High Schools.

The Minister for Education, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, who made these known during an inspection tour, explained that introducing dictionaries to Primary and Junior High Schools at an early stage would have a positive effect on them at the higher levels while moving up would be relatively easier for them.

Prof. Opoku-Agyemang said the dictionaries would also make learning, especially in Mathematics and Science subjects which posed difficulties to students both at the Junior and Senior High levels, easy.

She, therefore, urged students to make good use of the dictionaries to enhance their learning, vocabulary, spelling and comprehension, in order to produce excellent academic results.

She said the Ministry of Education had, in the past, supplied learning and teaching materials to schools and that the current exercise was an expansion of the programme to the younger learners at primary and junior levels.

Prof. Opoku-Agyemang tasked the teachers to ensure every child had access to the dictionaries and also handled them with care.

She disclosed that Government had increased the text book ratio from one text book to three children as of 2013, to four text books to a child and stressed the need for further training for teachers, as central pillars in education services delivery, to enable them deliver on their mandate.

Fuente: http://allafrica.com/stories/201608171201.html

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