The 70th-anniversary celebrations of Keta Secondary Technical School ( Ketasco) was held over the weekend with Torgbui Sri. III as the royal guest of honour and Torgbui Tamakloe VI as the chairman.
The celebrations was attended by Dzolalians from home and abroad. Ben Dotse Malor, Hon James Klutse Avedzi, Titus Glover and Kojo Mattah graced the occasion.
The Dean of the Business School at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) Prof. John Gatsi was the keynote speaker.
He enrolled in Ketasco in 1988 and completed in 1993 and 1995 for his A’ level.
He spoke on the topic “Quality second-cycle education in Ghana: The role of stakeholders”.
He said the recent developments in second-cycle education where some students spent only 37 days in school and were asked to vacate for 56 days for first-years is negatively affecting the quality of education.
He said educational authorities should not trivialize the critical issue of contact hours. He explained that truncated contact hours are the reason why parents have to pay for so many arranged classes for their children to be able to complete the syllabi.
He said though targeting second-cycle education has implications for politics and votes, he believes effective stakeholder engagement should produce better and lasting quality outcomes. He called for stakeholder engagement and debate on allowing students in second-cycle institutions to use phones and tablets.
He said the call by the Vice President, Dr. Bawumia to gift a tablet each to Senior High Students should generate discussion as to whether to change the policy of not allowing the use of phones and tablets in the schools.
Prof Gatsi further explained that Junior High Students who are mostly day students are given assignments that demand the use of phones and tablets to do the homework. So there must certainly be a discussion to ensure creative learning by our students.
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