Mrs Rosemond Blay, Central Regional Director of Education
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20th July, 2009
‘Use Cultural Studies To Promote Discipline Among The Youth’
The Central Regional Director of Education, Madam Rosemond Blay, on Friday called on teachers to use cultural studies to promote discipline among the youth.
She said the high incidence of indiscipline in the country was as a result of the less attention given to traditional ways of life and the wrong adoption of some Western cultures which contributed negatively to national development.
Madam Blay was opening this year’s Regional Festival of Arts for basic schools in Cape Coast on the theme: ‘Culture an epitome of our moral values’.
In all, 14 basic schools from the 17 districts in the region participating are competing in poetry recitals, drum language and choral music.
She said traditional songs, poetry and proverbs had a lot of inspiration, motivation and entertainment to offer the youth, stressing that the lessons learnt from culture would make them responsible and disciplined in all aspects of life.
Madam Blay tasked the pupils to take great interest in promoting the cultural and national values of the country, adding that it was a legacy handed over to them by their ancestors.
Mr Joshua Amoah, a lecturer at the Department of Music, University of Ghana, said the falling moral standards was due to less motivation given to the teaching and learning of cultural studies.
He said it was to help address the situation that the music and anthropology departments of the university were doing their best to promote cultural values and good moral standards at the tertiary level.
Mr Amoah said this was being done by making traditional poetry, proverbs, music and dance a part of the students’ academic syllables.
He advised teachers to find ways of teaching and examining pupils in cultural studies to be abreast with current cultural issues and to help them to compose traditional poems and songs on their own.
Mr Ampofo Essel, Deputy Regional Cultural Coordinator, urged the participating schools to make every lesson learnt during the festival a part of their everyday life.
Nana Kwamena Nyimfa IX, Adontenhene of Oguaa traditional area, who presided, expressed the hope that the festival would teach the participants traditional morals and save the youth from deviant behaviour.
She said the high incidence of indiscipline in the country was as a result of the less attention given to traditional ways of life and the wrong adoption of some Western cultures which contributed negatively to national development.
Madam Blay was opening this year’s Regional Festival of Arts for basic schools in Cape Coast on the theme: ‘Culture an epitome of our moral values’.
In all, 14 basic schools from the 17 districts in the region participating are competing in poetry recitals, drum language and choral music.
She said traditional songs, poetry and proverbs had a lot of inspiration, motivation and entertainment to offer the youth, stressing that the lessons learnt from culture would make them responsible and disciplined in all aspects of life.
Madam Blay tasked the pupils to take great interest in promoting the cultural and national values of the country, adding that it was a legacy handed over to them by their ancestors.
Mr Joshua Amoah, a lecturer at the Department of Music, University of Ghana, said the falling moral standards was due to less motivation given to the teaching and learning of cultural studies.
He said it was to help address the situation that the music and anthropology departments of the university were doing their best to promote cultural values and good moral standards at the tertiary level.
Mr Amoah said this was being done by making traditional poetry, proverbs, music and dance a part of the students’ academic syllables.
He advised teachers to find ways of teaching and examining pupils in cultural studies to be abreast with current cultural issues and to help them to compose traditional poems and songs on their own.
Mr Ampofo Essel, Deputy Regional Cultural Coordinator, urged the participating schools to make every lesson learnt during the festival a part of their everyday life.
Nana Kwamena Nyimfa IX, Adontenhene of Oguaa traditional area, who presided, expressed the hope that the festival would teach the participants traditional morals and save the youth from deviant behaviour.
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