Student Teachers

Kuntu Village (Ghana) and the Kuntu

Village Nkosohen Committee-USA

KVNC-USA STUDENT-TEACHER PROGRAM

When Ghanaian students complete high school, they take a government exam similar to our SAT to qualify to attend college or university. The results are not available until the following January. The 2008 Nkosohen graduates asked how the graduate scholars could help other Kuntu students while they awaited the college entrance results. In September 2009, KVNC-USA began a student-teacher program, with the assistance of a primary school teacher, Mr. John Craymah, where Kuntu SHS graduates tutor and mentor Kuntu primary school students. The scholars also give-back to Kuntu in other ways. To learn more, click here.

In September 2009 Benjamin Ampiah, Joseph Craymah, Janet Intsiful and Charles Osam-Pinakoh began mentoring and tutoring Kuntu primary school students 5 days a week in the student teacher after-school program. The student teachers receive a small monthly stipend from their high school sponsors.

In December 2009, Janet Intsiful began assisting the nursery teacher during the school day and Hannah Osam-Pinakoh replaced her in the after school student-teacher program.

Many Kuntu mothers with very young children need to work to supplement the family income. In December 2009, Janet Intsiful was asked to help the nursery school teacher during the day with 2 and 3 year olds. KVNC-USA then added the nursery school helper to the student-teacher program. Janet is very reliable and very good with children.

Hannah Osam-Pinanko is in her early 20's but just graduating from SHS in May 2009. She had dropped out of high school 3 years earlier but was able to return to complete her studies with the Nkosohen scholar program. If her SHS "results" are good, Hannah wants to be a nurse. When Janet was asked to help the nursery school teacher, Hannah took her place as a student-teacher for the primary school students.

Up-date. The headmistress of Kuntu Primary School, Mrs. Darkova-Afari, asked if the students could assist in the class rooms as teacher aides. For the 2010-2011 school year, Benjamin Ampiah, Joseph Craymah and John Appiah will be teacher aides is the Kuntu Primary School (Charles Osam-Pinanko is going to nurse training school!!). Janet Intsiful and Hannah Osam-Pinanko will take charge of the 2 and 3 year olds in the Kuntu Nursery. Each of the student teacher-aides receive a small monthly stipend from KVNC-USA.