TEACH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS- HEALTH OFFICER

The Acting Port Health Officer,  in Aflao Mr William Korletey has called on government to make use of the unemployed Environmental Health graduates in the country by deploying them to Basic schools to teach Environmental Education to improve on health and sanitation in the country.

He said successive governments continue to battle with environmental health and sanitation issues in Ghana while over 1000 environmental health officers trained to enforce sanitation laws and educate people on measures to prevent sanitation and hygiene related diseases are kept redundant.

In an interview Mr. William korletey opined that government and other relevant stakeholders should take advantage of the available human resources and integrate Environmental Education in the current curriculum of Basic Education to introduce the youth to the relevant concept and practices. This according to him would not only increase environmental awareness and promote good health and sanitation in the country but also help connect the skills and knowledge of the health officers.

“We have a lot of environmental health officers who have completed their courses but have not been appointed. If the we can put those people to primary schools and JHS and then be teaching students on health and sanitation, I think we can do this country a good in the next ten years” he said.