Government has been urged to expand and upgrade educational infrastructure in the country to create conducive environment needed to facilitate the teaching and learning of mathematics at all levels.
Professor Ibrahim Yakubu Seini, Dean of the Department of Physical Sciences at the University for Development Studies (UDS), Nyankpala Campus, who made the call, proposed that teachers should be trained and encouraged to use activity-based learning to create fun while teaching mathematics in schools.
He said this while delivering the 17th professorial inaugural lecture in fulfilment of his appointment as a Professor of Applied Mathematics.
The lecture was delivered in Tamale under the theme “Beyond Computations: Mathematics is Key to National Development”.
He underscored need for parents to engage their children with simple logical activities at home, saying “Mathematics is a universal language spoken and understood by everyone, and children must be given the benefit of a good foundation, starting from home”.
He said, “It is important to upgrade the knowledge and competence of teachers in mathematics by ensuring that they participate in continuous professional development programmes”.
He further called on the government to ensure that the appointees have the requisite expertise and willingness to engage the academia and the research community to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics.
Source: GNA
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