AN educational initiative aims at promoting the enrolment and retention of children in school, especially in rural communities, has been launched at Wulensi in the Northern Region.
The interactive learning road show programme is the initiative of the Campaign for Female Education (Camfed) Ghana. It formed part of the “1 Goal: Education for All” campaign that aims at getting world leaders to commit themselves to achieving education for all children by 2015.
The programme brought together over 1,500 in-school and out-of-school children from kindergarten to the senior high school level in the Bimbilla North and South Districts of the Northern Region.
The occasion was witnessed by renowned musicians and footballers such as Obuor, Mama Rams, Mohammed Gargo and Shilla llliasu.
It afforded the out-of-school children the opportunity to interact with their friends at the lower primary level. They were taken through computer-based interactive play and learning lessons, among other innovations.
It is expected that at the beginning of this academic year, more children would be enrolled, as Camfed has pledged to motivate more children by providing them with uniforms and other teaching and learning materials to begin schooling this September.
In addition, mobile libraries and books would be presented to selected schools, while 50 girls who commute long distances to school every day would be provided with bicycles in beneficiary districts.
The programme is being funded by Credit Suisse, a charity organisation as part of its vision to educate 45,000 students.
According to the Executive Director of Camfed, Mrs Dolores Dickson, her outfit is into charity work, dedicated to the eradication of poverty in Africa through education and the empowerment of girls.
She said the NGO was a partner of the Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition which was leading the 1 Goal campaign in the country.
The director further explained that the road show initiative was the first of its kind and an innovative activity that combined excitement in learning environment for schoolchildren.
The Northern Regional Director of Education, Mrs Elizabeth De-Souza, said the model would not only engage and motivate pupils and their parents but also build the interest of out- of- school children, particularly girls and their parents to enrol them in school.
“I will like to commend Camfed for this innovation,” she said, and called on parents to encourage their children, especially girls,
to go to school and remain in school till completion to enhance their lives and that of their communities.
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