Ebenezer Baiden-Amissah writes: The Value Of Risks

 

A well -recognised international organisation for period of time announced to all and sundry associated with the establishment that they owned a parking lot where their dignitaries could at their own risk leave their cars .

A cohesive lifestyle each day in such an organisation involved a large amount of risk. Certainly there are several amounts of risks persistent in life spanning vital issues like business and travelling prospects, decisions in marriage and educational matters. It is rarely a wonder that the saying “Life is full of risks” is often heard in our modern day world.

The Psalmist David of Biblical times believed that a preternatural force existing in his era could make life pleasant and less fearsome. To excite a compassion which is divine with mortal words is one thing and taking the necessary actions to alleviate certain risks in life is quite another. Psalm 125: 4-6(KJV) of the Holy Scriptures sums his experience, “Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as the streams in the south. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.”

The youths of this country are not the only people witnessing the implementation of change in the young people’s educational system. Currently, free compulsory education is a realistic hallmark of the Senior High School(SHS) programme. Nevertheless are most individuals affiliated to this country concerned with the right channelling of information for the enhancement of the cankers associated with the older system?

The inefficiencies inherent with the past educational systems must not be left unimproved with the introduction of the new system. An effective technological system for instance is one which addresses the shortfalls bedevilling the former way of doing things. We must also not neglect the need for a capital adult education programme on this continent as a large community and in this country as a particular area.

The situation where some parents we consider illiterate leave their homes to visit grown up literates in neighbourhood homes so their young ones could be assisted in finding the appropriate solution to their after-school academic assignments is a serious problem we must surmount. The case becomes much worrying when an untold number of people within this category find it difficult to read their cheques and receipts after their business transactions.

The cycle of people in our society with less standardized educational background serving as cooks in public pubs, “chop bars”, “fast food joints” ought see the light of day since these occurrences could pose dangerous health risks for many vibrant learned folks around us.

The perplexing condition where most of the people from this same class seize the opportunity to become drivers commuting on our roads at the risk of a larger part of the populace and at their own risk should experience a metamorphosis for the better.

Granting all these cherished people the easy access to the right quality educational programme, for example be it in the case of uneducated adults, the appropriate up-to date adult teaching and learning facilities, refresher packages combined with the relevant resources could aid with their acquisition of skill and knowledge.

We should adapt ways of making life better for everyone by taking into consideration all the necessary sacrifices that ought to be done.

By Ebenezer K N Baiden-Amissah

P O Box LG 1254 Legon Accra Ghana