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Entertainment is very important in our schools as it provides the avenue for our future leaders to release stress and take some time off the usual rigourous academic routines. It is very common to see musicians putting up spectacular performances in senior high schools and the universities to the joy of students. These shows doesn't come cheap especially at the university level. Entertainment is not bad in it self but must it be always entertainment when these musicians visit our schools? This article will look at other areas musicians can explore when they visit our schools. Mentoring sessions Mentoring sessions are very important especially at the senior high school level where students are mostly in their youth. Musicians can liase with school authorities to organize mentoring sessions in schools to assist students in diverse ways. This will benefit students who dream of a career in the music industry. These all-important mentoring sessions will expose young ones to the realitie

I can recall vividly a day when my ICT (Information Communication Technology) lecturer asked "how many of you would like to become teachers after school?" Initially, I thought that was a silly question because everyone in to study if you want to teach in a basic school. So why would we be here in the first place if we do not want to be teachers? I quizzed silently. One might presume that all the students in the lecture hall were aspiring to be teachers but don't be misled. In a class of over 100 students only less than 10 said they wanted be teachers in future. So why do people who do not want to be teachers get themselves trained as professional teachers?  That question would be best answered by the students themselves.  As a teacher myself, I have had the privilege to interact with a lot of teachers and 'teachers'.  Teachers here means those who are trained and want to be teachers. Whereas 'teachers' means those who are trained as teachers but do not wan

  Why do parents sometimes spend so much in educating their children but later get disappointed? Well, maybe parents could be unconsciously making certain mistakes that needs to be corrected immediately. The wish of every parent is to see children succeed in life. No wonder most parents are willing to spend their hard-earned money in educating their children. Parents in a bid to help children succeed, unconsciously make some serious mistakes that affect childrens' academic progress. In fact most parents have no idea the damage they have done to their children. The following are four Serious mistakes parents make. 1. Choosing Careers For Kids The last thing a parent would want to do is to decide for children what they should become in future. Most parents unfortunately decide for children what to do in terms of career choices. The only role parents can play here, I believe is to give guidance and support. Parents are obviously experienced and their advice on career choi

  Teacher education in Ghana has seen a lot of changes in recent times. One major change has been the change of diploma awarding colleges of education to degree awarding colleges. This means all teachers coming out of the colleges of education will have a degree as the minimum qualification. This was great news to all teacher trainees in the various colleges as this will mean a marginal increase in their salaries when they are deployed to teach. Many have louded this move by government but my question is, will the degrees automatically result in better outcomes? I am yet see any difference in the skills set of a diploma holder and a degree holder as far as teaching is concerned in this country. A lot of teachers have acquired degrees on the job but pupils in government schools are still struggling to read and write, our children are not doing well in basic arithmetic and they can't think critically. I have enquired from few teachers on why they acquired university degr