Gadangme Council has launched the Education Trust Fund and Strategic Plan to promote the teaching and learning of the Ga language in the Greater Accra region.
The launch of the above-mentioned intervention was triggered by the non-teaching and learning of the Ga language in schools in the Greater Accra region as a result of a lack of teachers to teach the language contrary to the constitution of Ghana which calls for the promotion of all Ghanaian languages.
Speaking at the well-attended launching ceremony in Accra, Nii Ayikoi Otoo, the President of the Gadangme Council, said his outfit decided to launch the Education Trust Fund and Strategic Plan to address the non-teaching of the Ga language gap in the education space in the region.
He was unhappy about relegating the Ga language to the background and promoting other languages in the Greater Accra region.
The Former Attorney General of Ghana during President John Kuffour’s administration said, “The constitution of Ghana calls for the promotion of all Ghanaian languages and not some.”
Ghana’s Former Ambassador to Canada told Capitalnewsonline in an interview that the Gadangme Council was told by officials of the Ministry of Education, Heads of Schools, and teachers that the non-teaching and learning of the Ga language in schools in the region was because of a lack of teachers to teach the language.
Dr. Glover Clottey, a member of the Education Committee of the Gadangme Council, said 21 individuals had been given scholarships to learn the Ga language at Accra Training College to teach it in schools in the region.
Professor Ernest Aryeetey, Head of the Gadangme Council Education Committee in his delivery said the task assigned to the committee is difficult but is surmountable.
Professor Aryeetey assured the Gadangme Council that he and other members of the Education Committee would work hard to raise the much-needed funds within the first year to give scholarships to some persons to learn and teach the Ga language and also lift the image of the Gadangme people to a higher pedestal.
Hon. Sam George of the Gadangme Parliamentary Caucus called for the unity of the Gadangme people.
He said there must be a deliberate effort to prevent the Ga language from becoming extinct, noting that “When you lose your language you lose culture and identity.”
Source: Adovor Nutifafa