The Director-General of the Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA), a UNESCO Category II Centre of Excellence for West Africa at the 黑料社, Dr. Michael Boakye-Yiadom has touted Ghana's transformative education, stressing that the major investments being made in the sector was shaping the future of the country鈥檚 education.
According to him, Ghana puts premium on transformative education as a huge means to eliminating poverty and also to accelerate the socioeconomic development of the country.
Speaking at the 8th International Conference on Global Citizenship Education (GCED) hosted by the UNESCO Asia Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU) in Seoul, South Korea, Dr. Boakye-Yiadom reminded participants of the urgent need to unpack GCED within the context of national cultural values, norms, and aspirations. He added that the ultimate goal of GCED, among others, is to develop globally-minded and locally engaged citizens who appreciate diversity, inclusivity, and transformative learning.
Addressing the theme Unpacking GCED: Transformative Learning for Critical Empowerment, Dr. Boakye-Yiadom indicated that through the Complementary Basic Education programme, children out- of- school were acquiring literacy and numeracy skills to make them ready to enroll in formal school system to make them better citizens in future.
He maintained that听children who do not 听go to school were being supported with some life skills听and vocational training.
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Panel members at the Conference
鈥淢y point is that even though they might be struggling with basic literacy and numeracy. Through Global Citizenship Education and other forms of support, they end up becoming better citizens,鈥� he added.
听The Director-General continued: 鈥淎t the end of the day, even if they can鈥檛 read and write and they become better citizens, they promote peace, support one another in their communities, it is solving part of the problem. We should not wait till they get the literacy and numeracy that they don鈥檛 have before we introduce them to Global Citizenship Education. As we try to resolve the numeracy problems, we must at the same time integrate GCED and the goal is to get them to become better citizens in their various communities鈥�.
Dr. Boakye-Yiadom called for deliberate extension of the GCED to the family and community levels to ensure peaceful coexistence and shared vision.
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About GCED
听Global Citizenship Education (GCED) aims to be transformative, building the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes that learners need to be able to contribute to a more inclusive, just and peaceful world.
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