Public Agenda (Accra)
Pearl Gyasi
22 August 2008
Six hundred and eight (608) out of school children in the Sawla/Tuna/Kalba District have successfully completed a nine month complementary education programme organized by Partners in Participatory Development, in collaboration with Ibis West Africa.
At the graduation ceremony, the district director of Education, Mr. Frank K. Aflakpui disclosed that plans were advanced to build six new primary schools in the district and expressed the hope that more children would be enrolled into the formal schools.
He called on educators, especially teachers in the district to play the role expected of them very well to transform such out of school children and others into responsible adults in the future.
Mr. Frank Aflakpui advised the facilitators to continue to monitor the transition of these children into the formal educational sector, giving the assurance that his office would help with the supervision of the children's integration.
He observed that about 4,500 children in the district are out of school, therefore his outfit in collaboration with Ibis West Africa has resolved to train such children and integrate them into the formal education sector in order to curb the situation.
In his welcoming address, The director of Papadev, Mr. Eddie Telly noted that they have been able to integrate 10488 children who otherwise would have been out of school into the formal educational sector. He observed that about 45,000 children in the district are out of school and cautioned parents to keep these children in the schools.
The Ibis Regional Project Coordinator Mr. Hamza Tijani disclosed that, Ibis with it policy of supporting the promotion of education, is in discussion with the district assembly and the District Education office on establishing a junior high school for girls in the district.
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