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Our education system must be learner centred, activity based — Director

Bolgatanga, Aug 10, GNA – Mr Hilary Abii Asiah, the Director of Holy Family Educational Foundation, has advocated learner centred and activity based approach to Ghana education system to produce the required human resources to solve contemporary societal problems.

According to him, it was time for Ghana to make a paradigm shift in its approach to teaching and learning by innovating materials that allowed the children right from the basic school level to engage more in practical exercises rather than theories.

“The reality of developing countries like Ghana is that the very approach that our forefathers used to teach us created the challenges we have today and if we are going to continue like this we will be piling up the problems,” he said.

Speaking at the graduation ceremony of 19 basic three pupils of the Holy Family Educational Foundation, a private school in Bolgatanga, Mr Asiah commended the government for introducing and encouraging the study of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) courses and programmes.

The Director explained that the Holy Family Educational Foundation, established in 2022, was determined to be a leading institution of academic excellence and preferred basic school that produced problem solving citizens.