A
four-day
International
Educators
Summit
for
stakeholders
to
delve
into
challenges
confronting
education,
and
to
explore
new
technological
grounds
to
improve
the
quality
of
education
is
underway
in
Accra.
It
is
being
organised
by
the
Ghana
Chapter
of
the
Association
for
Supervision
and
Curriculum
Development
(ASCD)
on
the
theme;
‘Reimagining
Education
for
the
Future
We
Speak;
Africa
and
the
World
in
Dialogue.’
Issues
to
be
discussed
include
leveraging
technology
to
enhance
educational
excellence,
the
transformational
power
of
deeper
leadership,
nurturing
future
leaders
and
embracing
adaptative
for
Ghana’s
educational
advancement.
Others
are
education
for
the
21st
century
scholar,
bridging
the
digital
divide
for
African
graduates,
designing
future
of
learning
in
an
AI
World
and
dynamic
leadership,
and
learning
for
tomorrow
today,
as
well
as
liberatory
leadership
challenges,
ways
of
addressing
the
employability
challenges
across
the
globe.
The
ASCD,
headquartered
in
the
United
States
of
America,
is
a
global
organisation
committed
to
promoting
excellence
in
learning,
teaching
and
leadership
in
order
to
ensure
that
each
child
is
nurtured,
secure,
engaged,
supported
and
appropriately
challenged.
The
Minister
of
Education,
Dr
Yaw
Osei
Adutwum,
opening
the
event
yesterday
said
transformation
of
the
country’s
educational
system
was
possible,
but
only
with
the
kind
of
leadership
exhibited
by
the
President,
Nana
Addo
Dankwa
Akufo
Addo.
Basic
schools
in
the
country,
he
explained,
were
currently
being
transformed
from
the
19th
century
classroom
blocks
to
modern
ones
equipped
with
modern
laboratory
equipment
where
the
teaching
of
Science
Technology,
Engineering
and
Mathematics
(STEM)
would
be
the
main
focus
from
Kindergarten
to
the
High
School
level
School
policy
had
significantly
increased
access
and
attained
gender
parity,
adding
that
what
was
needed
now
was
the
collaboration
of
all
stakeholders
to
help
transform
the
lives
of
the
country’s
future
leaders.
The
Senior
Advisor
to
the
President,
Yaw
Mr
Osafo-
Maafo,
also
urged
the
participants
to
adopt
concrete
measures
that
would
address
challenges
confronting
countries
on
the
continent.
He
indicated
that
the
acquisition
of
knowledge
through
education
was
to
help
develop
and
address
societal
challenges,
“but
if
it
cannot
be
used
to
solve
sanitation
and
flooding
issues
then
there
is
a
problem.”
On
education,
the
Senior
Minister
indicated,
must
start
solving
minor
challenges
from
the
classroom
before
moving
to
the
outside
world,
anything
short
of
that
would
be
problematic.
The
Executive
Director
of
Ghana
ASCD,
Dr
Charles
Yeboah,
in
his
opening
remarks
underscored
that
emerging
trends
in
education
calls
for
more
research
to
shape
the
future
of
the
beneficiaries
as
every
child
must
be
given
the
opportunity
to
not
only
succeed,
but
thrive
in
this
ever
changing
world.
The
summit,
he
explained,
would
pioneer
change
for
further
collaboration
as
well
as
to
provide
a
dynamic
platform
for
educational
practitioners,
policy
makers
and
development
partners
around
the
world
to
catalyse
change,
and
expressed
optimism
that
the
impactful
sessions
would
promote
advancement
in
schools
across
the
world.