Mr Mathias Puozaa, Member of Parliament (MP) for Nadowli East, has called for the posting of more trained teachers to deprived communities to complement the youth engaged on the education module of the National Youth Employment Scheme.
He said much as Government was trying to fill the education gap in deprived communities by engaging non professional teachers, the personnel
would be better equipped to discharge their duties if they worked alongside trained teachers.
The MP explained that the trained teachers could serve as guide in the schools they teach.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at the Parliament House in Accra, on the state of education in his Constituency, Mr Puozaa
appealed to his constituents who had benefited from sponsorship schemes to teacher training colleges to accept postings at home to help raise the level of education.
The Legislator, who is also the Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Education, expressed worry at the present state of education in the Constituency.
He said raising the level of education in the Constituency, which spans Dafiama, Essa, Busie, Wolo, Fian Tabiasey, Kojuperi, Antuori and other towns was his number one priority.
The MP praised the people for their interest in education and the willingness to send their children to school, but observed that the lack of
trained teachers was a discouraging factor.
Many trained teachers, he said preferred to accept postings to Wa, Upper West Regional capital and other better endowed communities in the region, to the detriment of basic schools in the Constituency, especially the Junior High Schools.
The MP said he had supported a number of the youth from his share of the District Assemblies' Common Fund to the training college and also
disbursed his share of the Ghana Education Trust Fund for the construction of teachers' quarters.
Mr Puozaa said he was liaising with the District Assembly to provide solar lamps for teachers in the communities to facilitate night lessons.
He said when the schools are connected to electricity, they would get computers for ICT lessons.
This, he said, was a step toward assisting teachers to benefit from Distance Education.
"I see education as the way to salvation, and I'm also seeing to it that classrooms are provided," Mr Puozaa said.