Prudential Bank Limited has reiterated its commitment to the growth and development of the country’s educational sector.
To this the bank has donated a double cabin 4 by 4 pickup to be given to the first runner-up for this year’s Ghana Teacher Prize launched in Accra on Wednesday.
Akosua A. Boahen, Head of Marketing and Corporate Affairs, Prudential Bank Limited who presented the vehicle at the launch said the bank was of the strong conviction that education was the bedrock towards the development of the country.
She said teachers played a major role in developing the human resource that the country needed, hence the need to their contributions.
“There cannot be quality education, an education that can produce human resource for this if we do not place on the vehicle of education which is the teacher.
The bank is always of the view that the teaching profession is the mother of all professions,” she said.
Boahen said the bank as part of its corporate social responsibility would continue to support initiatives targeted at motivating teachers.
She described the teachers’ awards as an important event which needed to be supported by all well-meaning Ghanaians and corporate institutions.
The Ghana Teacher Prize launched by the National Teaching Council (NTC) will be held on October 5, this year.
The awards scheme is in recognition of hardworking teachers and their contribution to the improvement of teacher ethics and education outcomes in the country.
On the theme: ‘Young teachers: The future of the profession’, it will be held at the Paa Joe Stadium at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi.
By Times Reporter