Vice President John Mahama
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3rd May, 2010
Veep Stresses Importance Of Child Education In The North
VICE President John Dramani Mahama has called on the people of the North to put high premium on their children’s education esp ecially the girl child.
He said poverty should no longer an excuse to deny their children access to quality education.
Mr Mahama made the call last Friday when he launched a programme dubbed “Tackling educational needs inclusively”, at Walewale in the West Maprusi district of the Northern Region.
The Voluntary Service Organisation (VSO) with partners like Isodec and the Ghana Education Service are the implementing partners.
The 10 year programme is being funded by Comic Relief and the VSO both British NGOs at a cost of $4.5 million.
The programme is expected to cover three districts in the three Northern Region, namely West Mamprusi in the Northern, Talensi-Nabdam in the Upper East and Jirapa in the Upper West Region.
The Vice President said ignoreance, deprivation and poverty can only be overcome when priority is given to the educational needs of all children irrespective of their gender geographical location or class.
For this reason, he said the government has put in place policies that would ensure that quality education is made available to all in order to overcome the high incidence of poverty and ignorance in the area.
Mr Mahama said the provision of pre- infrastructure, increase in the capitation grant, insentive packages for teachers in the deprived communities, free books and uniform would be intensifier.
He described as undignifying and humiliating the situation where some migrant youth from the North troop to urban centres and appealed to traditional refers and parents to support government to discourage the phenomenon of Kayayee in the country.
The Vice President lauded the VSO and its partners for their commitment to the country’s development over the past 50 years.
The Country Director of USO Ghana of VSO Ghana, Ibrahim Tanko said baseline studies have shown that several factors account for the quality gaps in the education of children particularly girls in deprived communities in North.
Mr Tanko mentioned that the training of teachers forms a component of the programme which is aimed at tackling retention of girls in school.
Professor John Nabila President of the National House of Chiefs on his part called on traditional rulers to develop interest in children’s education in their areas of jurisdiction.
He said it is prudent for them to monitor and assist teachers in order to improve quality education in their areas.
Professor Nabila said that children are the future leaders of the area, hence, the need to assist them acquire quality education in order to make them responsible future leaders of Ghana.
He said poverty should no longer an excuse to deny their children access to quality education.
Mr Mahama made the call last Friday when he launched a programme dubbed “Tackling educational needs inclusively”, at Walewale in the West Maprusi district of the Northern Region.
The Voluntary Service Organisation (VSO) with partners like Isodec and the Ghana Education Service are the implementing partners.
The 10 year programme is being funded by Comic Relief and the VSO both British NGOs at a cost of $4.5 million.
The programme is expected to cover three districts in the three Northern Region, namely West Mamprusi in the Northern, Talensi-Nabdam in the Upper East and Jirapa in the Upper West Region.
The Vice President said ignoreance, deprivation and poverty can only be overcome when priority is given to the educational needs of all children irrespective of their gender geographical location or class.
For this reason, he said the government has put in place policies that would ensure that quality education is made available to all in order to overcome the high incidence of poverty and ignorance in the area.
Mr Mahama said the provision of pre- infrastructure, increase in the capitation grant, insentive packages for teachers in the deprived communities, free books and uniform would be intensifier.
He described as undignifying and humiliating the situation where some migrant youth from the North troop to urban centres and appealed to traditional refers and parents to support government to discourage the phenomenon of Kayayee in the country.
The Vice President lauded the VSO and its partners for their commitment to the country’s development over the past 50 years.
The Country Director of USO Ghana of VSO Ghana, Ibrahim Tanko said baseline studies have shown that several factors account for the quality gaps in the education of children particularly girls in deprived communities in North.
Mr Tanko mentioned that the training of teachers forms a component of the programme which is aimed at tackling retention of girls in school.
Professor John Nabila President of the National House of Chiefs on his part called on traditional rulers to develop interest in children’s education in their areas of jurisdiction.
He said it is prudent for them to monitor and assist teachers in order to improve quality education in their areas.
Professor Nabila said that children are the future leaders of the area, hence, the need to assist them acquire quality education in order to make them responsible future leaders of Ghana.
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