MUSIGA urges Nana Addo to reintroduce music education in basic schools
The Musicians Union of Ghana is calling on President Nana Addo Dankwa
Akufo – Addo to ensure that music education is reintroduced at the
basic levels of our educational system. This is in view of the immense
benefits music education offers to both the individuals and the nation.
Some of the many benefits are the development of the areas of the
brain related to language and reasoning of students as a result of early
musical training. Other benefits include mastery of memorization,
emotional development; development of creative thinking and enhanced
self-confidence. Music education was cancelled from basic schools in
Ghana in the wake of the 31st December Revolution as part of the restructuring of our educational curriculum.
This has created a situation whereby public schools do not teach
music education at the basic level and students who are interested have
to pick up the subject at Senior High School or University level after
the gap in their primary schools.
According to the MUSIGA President Bice Osei Kuffour, the
reintroduction of music education at the basic level will provide the
necessary training for our talented children which will help them
adequately develop their God given talents. It is for this reason that
the Union is calling on His Excellency the President to ensure that as a
lover of music, this is done during his tenure.
In the same breath, the Union is congratulating all music industry
practitioners on the celebration of World Music Day on June 21. The
Union is excited at the celebration of this day which started in Paris
on June 21, 1982 and is today marked in over 700 cities in 120 countries
worldwide.
The MUSIGA President notes that with the renaissance of live music in
Ghana and venues that provide live music increasing by the day, the
level of musicianship in the country can only continue to improve and
Ghana will sooner than later be adequately represented in the global
community of music.
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