The students of the ‘Vocational Training and Rehab Institute’ (VTRI) Biriwa in the Central Region of Ghana were schooled in emotions as part of their orientation week this year.
The VTRI Biriwa is a leading name in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), delivery in Ghana. It is the biggest government technical and vocational training institute in the Country offering employable Skills in the trade areas like Electronics, Building and Construction, Catering Services, Computer Hardware Servicing, Dressmaking, Hairdressing, Auto mechanics, Plumbing, Carpentry, among others.
The Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), has the great potential of accelerating Ghana’s drive towards development. It is designed to prepare trainees for a specific profession which increases the chances of trainees gaining employment quickly, or setting up their own businesses after training.
On the other hand, the ‘SESA Initiative Ghana represents an internationally established methodology, pulled into a tangible learning, development and research infrastructure, now embedded across Ghana’s 10 Regions and headed by its Co-founder Mr. James Kwesi Addison.
It is an international approach to transforming educational environments into centers of excellence in the provision of social emotional skills into children and young people.
The leadership of the VTRI Biriwa engaged the Ghana’s finest EQ Coach Mr. James Kwesi Addison as a guest lecturer at the school’s students’ orientation day on the 28th of February, 2018. The SESA Ghana Initiative Co-founder and the Africa Regional Director for SEDi, Mr. James Kwesi Addison took the students through the step by step approach of building emotional strength.
The objectives of the lecture among others were to support students manage difficult emotions with greater discretion and respond to stressful circumstances by taking control and to help them build a solid optimistic approach and positive mood with a sense of self-confidence that will inoculate them against depression and anxiety.
In his opening address the Manager of the institution Engr. Samuel Kwashie reiterated how international research substantiates how bullying cannot flourish in learning environments dedicated to emotional resilience skills provision and how supportive relationships are built between teachers and students and among students that encourage open communication and positive ways to resolve problems and conflicts.
In a post lecture interview James Kwesi Addison said it is high time we gave our children emotional instructions along with their ABCs for he is of the opinion that students who are aware of and can manage their emotions, demonstrate caring and concern for others, establish positive relationship, make responsible decisions, and can handle challenging social situations constructively.
Ghana | Atinkaonline.com
