The Minister of Education has inaugurated a newly constituted 11-member Governing Council for the Ghana Institute of Languages (GIL).
The Council, which is the highest decision-making body of the Institute is to ensure the Institute achieve its aims and objectives.
The newly inaugurated Council is chaired by Dr Edward Prempeh, who is a Government Nominee.
The members include Mrs Mercy Bentsi-Enchill, Acting Director of GIL, Professor Kofi Agyekum, Government Nominee, Mrs Dora Darkwa Mensah, Ministry of Education, and Ms Ayishetu Abdullah, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration.
The rest are Mr Sabra Asante, GIMPA, Dr Josephine Dzahene-Quarshie and Dr IIdiko Csajbok-Twerefou, Vice-Chancellor’s nominees, Mr Clement Osei Amoako and Mrs Victoria Maami Ekua Hajar, Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Mrs Isabella Sika Keh, Ghana National Association of Teachers.
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At the short ceremony, the Education Minister Matthew Opoku Prempeh guaranteed the Council of government’s support in addressing challenges facing the Institute and also charged them to work diligently to advance the work of the Institute to make it more visible and relevant.
He added that GIL was well placed to contribute to the transformation of the Zongo communities, which was one of the flagship programs of the New Patriotic Party government, with its Arabic Diploma Program, in conjunction with the Islamic Education Unit (IEU).
“Together with Management, the Board must get Ghana Education Service and the IEU to create an official career progression path for the graduates of the program, who will help meet the demand for Arabic teachers as Arabic, once more, becomes an examinable WASSCE subject,’’ he said.
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