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The Art Teachers’ Association of Ghana (ATAG) in collaboration with the Association for art education DBK e.V. Bavaria, Germany opened entries for art competition for art teachers at the pre-tertiary level in Ghana.
The competition which focused on presenting project-based proposal on teaching art with the theme: Art education in the Global Perspective, received a total of 12 entries nationwide.
The entries were critically evaluated after the submission deadline in February 2022 by a team of adjudicators from the department of Art Education, School of Creative Arts University of Education, Winneba. Three of the entries were selected as the winners of the competition based on the quality of work presented.
In a short ceremony, a total of One Thousand Two Hundred Euros cash was presented to winners. The first prize, Five hundred Euros was presented to Mr Theophilus Owusu. The second prize, as sum of Four hundred Euros presented to Mr. Appiah Gyachie whereas Mr David Hallo receives a sum of Three hundred Euros for the third prize. The cash prize, sponsored by the German partners, DBK, was to support the winners to complete their various projects of for further evaluation.
The award ceremony was held at the department of art education and was graced by Dr. Osuanyi Q. Essel (National President, ATAG), Mr. Benjamin Quarshie (National Secretary, ATAG), Mr. Samuel Donkoh (National PRO, ATAG), Prof. Patrique deGraft-Yankson (Dean, School of Creative Arts UEW), Dr. Emmanuel K. Aminsah (UEW, ATAG Patron) and other members of the association.
The national executive entreats all art teachers to be proactive to take such opportunities in the future seriously as it will help them to secure reputable position in the global space as professional.
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