Ledzokuku MP applauds teachers at the GNAT 53rd District Delegates’ Conference
"As a Member of Parliament who has great interest in teaching and learning, my doors are always open for discussions and support in ensuring that we work together with other relevant stakeholders to urgently address some of your challenges," he said.
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The Member of Parliament for Ledzokuku constituency, Honorable Benjamin Ayiku Narteh has applauded Ghanaian teachers for their immense contribution towards national development.
According to the MP, “teachers like many other critical service providers ought to remain on top of our priorities as decision-makers” because, without them, the country would not boast of professionals giving out their best towards building a better Ghana.
He made this known during the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) Accra Metro East District 6th Quadrennial (53rd) District Delegates’ Conference On Monday 31st May 2021 At The Regional GNAT Secretariat.
The theme of the program, GNAT@ 90; Surviving as A Reliable and Vibrant Union in The 21st Century” was aimed at acknowledging the relevance of the teacher through motivation to produce the best of students with the skills, competence and character necessary for the overall development of children.
He expressed that teachers are part of the process of the national building hence the need to support them fully in all their endeavours to heavily impart knowledge to children.
“In these contemporary times with the ever-increasing demand for knowledge acquisition and skills development in our competitive world, the relevance of a teacher can never be underestimated, he revealed.
He further encouraged GNAT in their quest to choose new leaders “to translate vision into reality so I appeal to you to elect people who are capable of providing decisive leadership that can propel the union to greater height and maintain its survival and progress for the general good of GNAT.”
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ADDRESS BY THE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR LEDZOKUKU, HON. BENJAMIN AYIKU NARTEH AT THE GNAT ACCRA METRO EAST DISTRICT 6TH QUADRENNIAL (53RD) DISTRICT DELEGATES’ CONFERENCE ON MONDAY 31ST MAY 2021 AT THE REGIONAL GNAT SECRETARIAT.
GNAT…………… We Live to Teach
GNAT…………… We Live to Teach
Mr. Chairman, Fellow Members of Parliament present, Deputy General Secretary of GNAT in charge of Administration and Labour Relations, Metro and Municipal Directors of Education present, District and Local Executives of GNAT, Delegates, Observers, Friends of the Media, distinguished ladies and gentlemen I greet you all:
It is a pleasure to be part of this conference today. “We live to teach” as inscribed in your motto is to contribute your quota in nation building because teaching is part of the process of nation-building. It is in this regard that I see teachers as one of the best nation builders. Without teachers no nation can develop. So, teachers deserve more than just our gratitude. They deserve our full support. As former US President Barack Obama once said, "… the men and women who teach our children fulfil the promise of a nation that is always looking forward, that believes each generation has a responsibility to help the next in building this great country of ours and making the world a better place."
As a Member of Parliament who has great interest in teaching and learning, my doors are always open for discussions and support in ensuring that we work together with other relevant stakeholders to urgently address some of your challenges. It is my belief that this support will inspire you to give off your best towards building a good education system. Teachers like many other critical service providers ought to remain on top of our priorities as decision
makers.
Would we have a doctor without a teacher?
Would there be an engineer without a teacher?
Can there be a lawyer without a teacher? 2
Or can there be an MP without a teacher? I am sure we will all agree that the answer is a BIG
NO.
Like the popular saying goes, IF YOU CAN READ AND WRITE THANK A TEACHER. We know that we have tried as much as we could as a nation and successive governments to improve the lots of our teachers. Indeed, there is still more to be done. I am committed to ensuring the best of results in education. I am equally committed to seeing to the improvement in the overall welfare of our teachers, without whom we cannot achieve all the targets we have
set for ourselves no matter how lofty they may be and also because an inspired teacher links the individual goals of the students to the societal and national goals.
It is against this background that I personally think the theme for the conference GNAT@ 90; SURVIVING AS A RELIABLE AND VIBRANT UNION IN THE 21ST CENTURY: The Relevance of a Teacher in Contemporary Society is apt and fit for a conference such as this. In these contemporary times with the ever-increasing demand for knowledge acquisition and skills development in our competitive world, the relevance of a teacher can never be
underestimated.
We risk doing that at our own peril as a nation. When we all play our roles as stakeholders to ensure the survival of GNAT, GNAT will be motivated to produce the best of students with the skills, competence and character necessary for the overall development of our children to enable them be the best they can ever think of and be able to compete with the rest of the world irrespective of their colour or continent.
As you also prepare to elect your leaders, I wish to remind you all that leadership is the art of motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common goal. It is also the capacity to translate vision into reality so I appeal to you to elect people who are capable of providing decisive leadership that can propel the union to greater height and maintain its survival and progress for the general good of GNAT.
I wish you a successful and covid free conference in my constituency, LEDZOKUKU.
Long live Accra Metro East District
Long live GNAT
Long live Ghana
