The National Service Authority (NSA) says it will no longer allow national service personnel posted to the teaching field to just go to the classrooms without shaping their teaching skills.

Some scenes from the event

This follows an observation by the Authority that most national service personnel without teaching background fail to deliver to satisfaction when sent to the classroom.

The NSA has, therefore, partnered with the National Teaching Council and the Ministry of Education to train national service personnel who have been posted to senior high schools to support teaching and learning.

Mr.Osei Assibey Antwi in a group photograph with dignitaries

“The training will take the service personnel through methods of teaching and shape their teaching skills, so that they can contribute efficiently to the discharge of their duties,” the Executive Director of the NSA, Mr. Osei Assibey Antwi, told the media during the training of over 3,000 national service personnel in Kumasi.

The NSA says its focus is on deployment for employment to reduce graduate unemployment in the country.

“It’s not only about the knowledge that is being bequeathed to them, but there is an opportunity for them to do a distance programme and earn a diploma in education which can allow national service personnel to continue teaching after service.

Mr Osei Assibey Antwi Executive director NSA

“We now don’t want to deploy people to where they’ve not studied,” the NSA boss pointed out.

Mr Assibey Antwi, therefore, urged national service personnel to accept postings, especially to where their services are needed the most.Source: 3News.com