Story: Zakaria Alhassan, Tamale.
(JULY 8-PAGE 16)
AS part of its Community Sustainability Programme, Barclays Bank Ghana Limited has presented an amount of GH¢43,923 to School for Life (SfL), a Tamale-based NGO to facilitate its functional literacy programme in the northern regions.
The Danish sponsored programme mainly target out of school children, mostly between the ages of 8-12. They are taught in their mother tongue languages such as Dagbani, Nchaam, Likpakpaah and Anufo.
The managing director of the bank, Mr. Benjamin Debrah who made the presentation in Tamale at the weekend, explained that, the assistance also formed part of “our global Banking on Brighter Futures theme focusing on education and entrepreneurship; we use knowledge and expertise as a financial services organization to enable us to make the biggest social difference beyond simply giving money.”
He commended the management of SfL for the initiative and pledged the continuous support of the bank for the programme.
“This I believe will go a long way to enable SfL to replicate the programme in other areas in the country to achieve universal basic education for all school going children by 2015,” Mr. Debrah indicated.
The MD further advised both beneficiaries and teachers under the programme to take their studies seriously and also remain committed to their work.
The programme coordinator of SfL, Mr. Sulemana Saaaka announced that since the inception of the programme in 1995, more than 100,000 pupils have graduated from the system with 72 percent integrating into formal schools including polytechnics and the universities.
According to him, education is not only a shared responsibility but a collective exercise and therefore described the gesture by their benefactors as commendable.
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