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The Association of School Forest for West Africa, a German-based Non-Governmental Organisation(NGO) in partnership with its local partner, Youth and Environment Club (YEC), based in Agona Nyakrom has presented teaching and learning materials (TLMs) on the environment to some selected basic schools in three districts in the Central Region.
The beneficiary schools are Nyakrom Catholic Basic School, Nyakrom A.W.M.A. school, Nyakrom S.D.A. school, Nyakrom Presby basic school, Nyakrom St. Roses Girls basic school, Nkum Catholic school, Abodom Anglican school, Swedru A.W.M.A ‘A’ and Bobikuma Presby School, all in the Agona West Municipality.
Back to school after delivery: The poverty dilemma in Assin South and Ajumako Listen to article
Teenage pregnancy and motherhood is a global problem. The educational difficulties of adolescents who experience pregnancy are enormous. Pregnant adolescents are a population at risk for dropout and have been found to complete fewer years of education than peers.
Pregnant girls’ social experience in school may be a factor in their likelihood to persist, as social integration is thought to buffer dropout risk.
Each year, more than sixteen million teenage girls around the world give birth. The majority of teenage mothers are found in low and middle-income countries (WHO, 2016).
Girls education receives boost at Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam 17th Dec 2020 | Source: GNA
A 30-member Girls Education Network has been inaugurated in the Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam District with the responsibility to champion girls education there.
The team would, among other things, provide education and training to young girls to increase enrolment, retention, performance and transition into higher levels of education.
It also has the responsibility to provide direct interventions to needy girls in the District.
The Team includes the Girls Education Unit, Special Education, Guidance and Counselling, and School Health Education Programme units all under the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Departments of Social Protection and Community Development.
Prosecute DCE, others who assaulted me – Policeman seeks justice
Grand Corporal Frank Mensah, the Police Officer who was allegedly beaten by the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District Chief Executive, Hon. Emmanuel Ransford Kwesi Nyarko, at Ajumako Ocheso is demanding justice.
The law enforcement officer is suffering from pains in his spinal cord and the entire body which has left him unable to sleep at night.
“I can’t sit down for more than one hour due to my situation so I want Justice. Nobody is above the law and so I expect the DCE and his thugs who assaulted me to face the law just as any other Ghanaian who has violated the law will be made to do. They must be prosecuted to serve as a deterrent for others not to put the law into their own hands,” G/Cpl Frank Mensah told Kasapa News Yaw Bagyan.
Ajumako Girls Model JHS graduates first batch of students
The Ajumako Girls’ Model Junior School (JHS) in the Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam District of Central Region has graduated its first batch of students. The public school was set up in January 2018 to boost the participation and quality learning outcomes of girls, and ultimately promote their education in the District. The first batch participated in the 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and are awaiting their results. Mr Clement Asiedu, Chairman, Parents Teachers’ Association (PTA) of Ajumako Girls’ Model JHS, was full of praise for Ms Hindu Alhassan, the Headteacher, and all staff of the school.