GABET Holds Confab

By Alberta Larkai & Barbara Z. Ayiku

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo, has urged teachers to support children in their quest for quality education.

“Modern lifestyles has brought about many vices which do not help in the development of the youth in society and the nation as a whole so as teachers, assume the role of parents in the schools and bring wayward children back to the classroom,” he added.

He said this at the opening ceremony of the 20^th Ghana Association of Business Education Teachers’ (GABET) Annual National Conference and Workshop in Accra yesterday.

The four-day conference and workshop on the theme; “The Place of Secretaryship in Modern Technology,” was attended by over 300 members from the 10 regions of the country.

GABET was established to offer quality education in business studies to students to become disciplined and competent business professionals to meet the job requirements of the business world.

 Mr. Agbo stressed that secretaryship was at the heart of every organization since secretaries were the first point of contact for a company.

He explained that secretaryship today had taken a different dimension that entailed all administrative details of running an office as a whole.

“As a nation it is time we moved away from the traditional methods of doing things and apply science and technology in solving our numerous problems,” he advised.

Mr. Agbo said industrialization could be achieved only if technology driven measures were implemented to enhance growth and provide the momentum to ensure the nations global competitiveness.

He urged that Ghanaians should take technology policies serious and apply modern and simple technology in their daily spheres of office practice.

“If we are desirous of consolidating our middle income status, then, we must consider technology applications as part of our daily lives which will have a multiplier effect on our daily lives,” he noted.

The National President of GABET, Gordon Osei Marfo, charged the government to address social vices such as bribery, corruption and internet fraud since they had negative impact on businesses and national development.

He said more teachers should be given Information Communication Technology (ICT) training to avoid mishandling of the subject by unqualified teachers.

Mr. Marfo entreated members to use decorous language in the election period in order to protect lives and preserve the interpretation of the association and the country.