While Some U.S. Schools Look to Cut Music Programs - Other Nations look Put Music Back
In Ghana - nation to restore music as core
curriculum in a broad context, not only for the development of artistic skills
but also in cultivating
business acumen in production and marketing techniques.
Re-introduce music education in school
curriculum - Musicians
Ho, April 2, GNA - Participants at World Bank developmental dialogue workshop at Ho have called on the Ministry of Education and Sports, the Ghana Education Services and Musicians to collaborate for re-introduction of music studies into the curriculum of first and second cycle schools.
They noted that the re-introduction and inclusion of music in the school curriculum as a core subject, in a broad context, not only for the development of artistic skills but also in cultivating business acumen in production and marketing techniques.
The participants made up of Musicians, Producers, Copyrights Officers, Journalists Educationist, Academia and other stakeholders in the music industry and World Bank development partners in Ghana were contributing to discussion aimed at promoting a vibrant policy discourse in Ghana for the incorporation of the music industry into the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS).
The policy would make great distinct and invaluable contribution to economic development, guide the direction of social change and enhance political cohesion and cultural progress.
The workshop on the theme: "Mainstreaming Music in Ghana's Poverty Reduction Strategy Programme" was organised jointly by the World Bank, Institute for Music and Development, a non-governmental organisation, the Goethe Institute, the French Embassy in Ghana and other social partners.
Speaking on "Unleashing the Potential of Ghana's Music Industry to Support Poverty Reduction," Professor Komla Amoaku, Executive Director, Institute for Music Development said Ghana cannot deny the interplay between National Economics and culture.
"This interplay underpins and determines the directions of the development prospects of the so called poor economies...we in this part of the world must begin to perceive the interplay as a factor in our policy challenges, particularly, in regard to the creation of balance in the distribution of national wealth and enhancement of cultural heterogeneity."
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Ho, April 2, GNA - Participants at World Bank developmental dialogue workshop at Ho have called on the Ministry of Education and Sports, the Ghana Education Services and Musicians to collaborate for re-introduction of music studies into the curriculum of first and second cycle schools.
They noted that the re-introduction and inclusion of music in the school curriculum as a core subject, in a broad context, not only for the development of artistic skills but also in cultivating business acumen in production and marketing techniques.
The participants made up of Musicians, Producers, Copyrights Officers, Journalists Educationist, Academia and other stakeholders in the music industry and World Bank development partners in Ghana were contributing to discussion aimed at promoting a vibrant policy discourse in Ghana for the incorporation of the music industry into the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS).
The policy would make great distinct and invaluable contribution to economic development, guide the direction of social change and enhance political cohesion and cultural progress.
The workshop on the theme: "Mainstreaming Music in Ghana's Poverty Reduction Strategy Programme" was organised jointly by the World Bank, Institute for Music and Development, a non-governmental organisation, the Goethe Institute, the French Embassy in Ghana and other social partners.
Speaking on "Unleashing the Potential of Ghana's Music Industry to Support Poverty Reduction," Professor Komla Amoaku, Executive Director, Institute for Music Development said Ghana cannot deny the interplay between National Economics and culture.
"This interplay underpins and determines the directions of the development prospects of the so called poor economies...we in this part of the world must begin to perceive the interplay as a factor in our policy challenges, particularly, in regard to the creation of balance in the distribution of national wealth and enhancement of cultural heterogeneity."
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