Junior Achievement trains 30 teachers in entrepreneurship

THIRTY teachers from selected basic schools have benefited from a training programme organised by Junior Acheivement (JA) Ghana, to assist with the delivery of JA entrepreneurial and work readiness programmes.
The teachers were drawn from the Sempe Cluster of Schools, Martyrs of Uganda, Calvary International, St Anthony School and St Kizito Basic School among others.They were taken through the various sectional themes and programme standards adherence.
The Executive Director of JA, Mr Jeff Agbai said JA sought to strengthen its relations with teachers, adding that JA is a volunteer-driven organisation and its work is facilitated through the direct service provided members of the community who volunteer in the classroom to teach the kids JA programmes.”
Mr Agbai said as the demand for JA programmes continued to grow nation-wide, the capacity to meet these demands relied heavily on the JA’s ability to recruit and train new volunteers.
For his part, the Communications and Programmes Officer of JA, Mr Kwabena Gameli Kugblenu urged the teachers to work hard and accommodate the concerns of students in other to enhance the programme’s success.
He expressed the hope that the programme would complement school curriculum, adding “It is not only to assist students to be awake to global issues but to provide them with the needed skills, knowledge and experience to take their academic work seriously.”
Mr Kugblenu said JA programmes also introduced the concept of globalisation of business as it related to production materials and the need for students to be entrepreneurial in their thinking to meet the requirements of high demand careers world-wide.
The Assistant Programmes Officer, Mr Marfo Mickson Somuah observed that any problem that affected the development of every nation was a national problem, thus the collective goal of JA was to include teachers to help find solutions to some of these problems.
He said the essence of the exercise made it paramount for the involvement of all, in order to ensure accelerated socio-economic development as a nation.
"The education of the youth should be given topmost priority," he added.