From: Michael Sarpong Mfum,Sunyani
The Head of Department of Modern Language Section Sunyani Polytechnic, Mr. Charles Afram Snr has admonished the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service to introduced French as a core subject in the country because many Ghanaians are losing international opportunities because their inability to communicate in French.
Mr. Charles Afram Snr said it is pathetic that many Ghanaians with high level of expertise and experience are losing international opportunities because of their inability to communicate in French.
Mr. Charles Afram Snr.
Mr. Afram Snr revealed that most Francophone countries have English Language as a core subject on their syllabus but Ghana has nothing like that. He admonished that French must be given a second look at and the effort must not be rhetorical but more practical.
He also noted that there is the perception that
Ghanaians are French so there is no need to learn French but believes its
having a negative toll on Ghanaians though the authorities have not realized
it.
“They are not better than us but because of the
effort they are putting in to get the basics in English Language they are
getting all the international offers. I quite remember around 10p.m. someone
came to my house I thought there was a problem, but no, the guy has lost two
great opportunities to work with two different companies because he can’t
communicate in French so he had come for me to help him. As we speak he is
doing well, he can express himself in French now,” Mr. Afram Snr revealed.
He said, “The Centre also teaches Spanish, English,
Chinese, Japanese and Deutsch so residents of Sunyani should patronize the
services of the Centre because it is affordable and adequate time would be
given to them.”
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