YEA to recruit 3,000 Arabic teachers under reintroduced teaching module
Accra: Malik Basintale, Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Abdul Karim Bapuni, the General Manager of the Islamic Education Unit, to roll out the Arabic Teachers Module.
About 3,000 Arabic teachers are to be engaged under the module to teach the Arabic language and provide Islamic education in designated public schools across the country.
The ceremony was witnessed by representatives of the National Chief Imam and leaders of various Islamic sects, marking a historic step towards job creation, cultural preservation, and quality Islamic education.
YEA announced the signing of the MoU via their social media handles on Thursday.
According to the agency, the partnership was part of YEA’s commitment to inclusive employment opportunities for all Ghanaian communities.
Government interventions towards Arabic teachers started under the presidency of John Agyekum Kufuor, when some Arabic teachers were recruited and given monthly allowances.
The support was, however, truncated when the National Democratic Congress came into office power after the 2008 election.
In December 2016, however, the NDC government, through the YEA, announced the recruitment of 6,500 Arabic teachers under the Youth In Arabic Education Module.
The Arabic Teachers programme was designed to augment, improve and also promote the learning of Arabic and Islamic education in all communities across the length and breadth of the country.
In June 2018, President Akufo-Addo also announced the recruitment of 3000 Arabic teachers in the first phase of the Arabic Instructors’ Programme.
In September 2020, the Ministry of Inner City and Zongo Development launched the second phase of the Arabic Instructors Programme to give the opportunity to some 3,000 instructors out of 18,000 applicants to coordinate Arabic studies in basic and senior high schools.
Successive programmes for Arabic teachers have been marred by inconsistency in allowance payments and lack of programme continuity.
Arabic is one of the languages of the United Nations and has been ranked the 5th most spoken language in the world, with 240 million speakers worldwide.
In Africa, more than 100 million people speak Arabic as their first language.
In Ghana, it is the language with which 20 per cent of the population worship and conduct religious affairs.
It is therefore believed that it should be promoted just as the French language is actively promoted.
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