KG teacher named 2024's Best Teacher

Other Awards

Wisdom Yaw Opoku, a Deputy Chief Accountant at Nsawkaw State SHS in the Tain District, won the Best Non-Teaching Staff award; Rev. Sister Victoria Jessy, Headteacher of Akwatia St. Dominic Basic School in the Eastern Region, won the Best Teacher in Leadership and Administration award; and Dr. William Kwabena Nantwi of the Offinso College of Education was named Most Outstanding College of Education Tutor.

Other award winners include Faustina Asaabo of Menhean Community Primary in Tema, who was named Best Differentiated Learning Practice Teacher, Annette Asieduwaa Owusu of Kpone Presby Basic ‘B’ School, Best KG Teacher, and Antoinette Kumi of Tanoso M/A Primary in Sefwi-Wiawso, Best Primary School Teacher.

The rest are George Ebanyenle Ackah of the Enchico Demonstration JHS in the Aowin District, Best Junior High School Teacher, and Perpetual Bosomprah of the Tarkwa SHST in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem District, Best SHS Teacher.

The other award winners received cash awards ranging from GH¢10,000 to GH¢100,000, as well as motorcycles.

Government Commitment

In an address read on behalf of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo by the Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, the President reiterated his commitment to the transformation of the nation through education.

He explained that the huge budget support for education was because the sector served as the source of manpower for the transformation of the nation.

President Akufo-Addo congratulated all teachers for their effort to teaching the nation’s human resources, which are important to the country’s development.

He also congratulated all stakeholders in the nation’s educational landscape and asked them to continue working hard to sustain the sector’s successes.

Prudent Policies

For his part, Dr Adutwum assured teachers of prudent policies that would create the enabling environment for effective teaching and learning.

“We mean business when it comes to education development in the country because we believe education holds the key to economic transformation and poverty reduction,” he said.

Dr. Adutwum, who is also the Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe, remarked that all of the Education Ministry’s initiatives are aimed at providing Ghanaian children with a 21st-century education.

He explained that the double-track system was implemented to help raise enrollment, and that by the next academic year, 70% of SHSs will have eliminated the double-track system as a result of planned school infrastructure development across the country.

Advancing Teaching Profession

Dr Christian Addai-Poku, Registrar of the National Teaching Council, indicated in his welcome address that the council’s policies and practices were helping to enhance the country’s teaching profession.

“Let no one lower the bar and allow inexpensive entrance criteria into the profession. “Our requirements should remain as stringent as those of physicians, nurses, lawyers, accountants, engineers, and others,” he stated.

“The Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination remains one of the best quality assurance measures to ensure that only those fit for purpose get engaged in our schools,” Dr. Addai-Poku told reporters.

KG teacher named 2024’s Best Teacher;

Best Teacher,s Remark

In a brief statement, Ms Fuseini praised the initiative to reward devoted teachers, noting that recognition was critical to bringing forth the best in every teacher.

On behalf of the award winners, the overall best teacher hailed the honor as a fantastic motivator for her and encouraged other teachers to be dedicated to their career.A 47-year-old Kindergarten (KG) teacher at Madina SDA Basic School in the Greater Accra Region has been named the Overall Best Teacher in the 2024 Ghana Teacher Prize.

Fuseina Fuseini was honored last Saturday during a forum held in the Great Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi for her consistency, devotion, hard work, and innovative teaching and learning.

Her award includes a three-bedroom house and a scholarship to study abroad if she so wishes, funded by the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund).

Ms Fuseini becomes the third female teacher to get the top national teaching honors in a row.

The first runner-up was Richmond Kojo Adomako of Kumasi’s Udara Basic School, while Diana-Rose Elorm Adonu of Aburi Girls Senior High School came in second.

Mr Adomako received a pick-up truck and a scholarship to attend any institution in the country, whereas Ms Adonu received a saloon vehicle and a scholarship to attend any university in the country.

KG teacher named 2024’s Best Teacher

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