As Catholic Basic and Second Cycle Schools in Ghana prepare to celebrate the 2025 Catholic Education Week, Catholic School Teachers have been urged to become agents of positive change in the lives of pupils and students entrusted to them.
“The upsurge in social vices and corrupt practices in our contemporary times leaves much to be desired and the Catholic School Teacher as a formator and an agent of positive change is called to duty to ensure the production of responsible and good citizens in order to make Ghana and the world better,” Mr. Francis Batadjon, General Manager of Catholic Schools in Ghana said in a message to mark the 2025 Catholic Education Week celebration.
He appealed to all Catholic School Teachers “to rise to the occasion and give our schools and learners the Catholic identity of fear of God, discipline, academic excellence, moral uprightness, holistic education and love for humankind.”
Scheduled to take place from Sunday, January 26 to Sunday, February 2, 2025, the Catholic Education Week Celebration is an annual event for Catholic Basic and Secondary Schools across the country which usually starts in the last Sunday in January and end on first week of February.
The Week which is a national celebration of Catholic education is an opportunity to recognize the importance, the value, and the contributions of Catholic education to the Church and the world.
The theme for the 2025 week-long celebrations of Catholic Education Week to be launched on Sunday, January 26, 2024 in all Catholic Churches with Schools is “Catholic Education: “The Catholic School Teacher, a Good Shepherd in our Contemporary Time.”
The Education Week is an annual event commemorated nationally in Catholic Schools with a series of week-long activities.
In his message, the General Manager made a special appeal to all Headteachers of Catholic Schools to follow the directives of the Church in the discharge of their duties as administrators of Catholic Schools and ensure that no teacher uses any Catholic School as a platform to say and/or do anything to sway off learners from their Catholic faith.
He insisted that all Catholic School Teachers should rather seek for ways and means of promoting Catholicism in the Schools since Catholic Schools are both learning and prayer grounds.
“As a matter of fact, only a person supportive of Catholic Education Philosophy qualifies to be a teacher in a Catholic School and be given the accolade, The Catholic School Teacher,” he added.
According to the General Manager, “It is the perception of most people that the success or otherwise of school graduates depends largely on the education they receive in their various schools under the tutelage of their teachers.”
“The success of Catholic School graduates is dependent on both the Church and her Schools. Thankfully to God, most catholic schools are known for their delivery of sound and holistic education.
He, however, indicated that a lot more needs to be done for there is more room for improvement as commonly said by the teacher.
On behalf of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference, National Catholic Secretariat, Ghana Education Service, the Catholic Education Directorate and on his own behalf, Mr. Batadjon congratulated all Catholic School Teachers, Local Managers, Regional Managers and Administrators for their efforts in ensuring the Catholic discipline is instilled in children under their care.
By Damian Avevor
