Efo juju textbook: Africa Education Watch calls for expedited action on Ghana Book Development Bill to sanitise book sector
By Eric Nana Yaw Kwafo LISTEN
MAR 16, 2021
The Africa Education Watch is calling on government to expedite action on the Ghana Book Development Bill following the release of some stereotypical textbooks onto the market.
In the last few weeks, concerns have been raised by several organisations after some textbooks popped up on the market purported to have been approved into the education curriculum.
Although there has been a disclaimer from the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) indicating the said books are unapproved, the content of some is described as degrading and distasteful of the Ewe tribe.
Probe Efo juju textbook influx – Africa Education Watch to National Security LISTEN 1
Africa Education Watch has called on the National Security Secretariat to probe how some primary school textbooks containing stereotypical content about Ewes, found their way onto the market in commercial quantities when they had not been approved.
“We call for further investigations by National Security to ascertain how samples of books submitted to NaCCA by the publishers and queried by same in September 2020, found their way in commercial quantities unto the Ghanaian book market in 2021”, the group said in a statement.
The National Council for Curriculum Assessment (NaCCA) said the three textbooks: “History of Ghana for Basic 6 by Golden Publications, which carries distasteful information about Dr Kwame Nkrumah and the CPP; History of Ghana Textbook 3 by Badu Nkansah Publications, which features a song that shows the Ewes identity; Golden English Basic 4 by Golden Publications
Accra To Bid For The Unesco World Book Capital, 2023
By Daniel Ofosu-Asamoah
MAR 5, 2021
Accra is poised to be declared as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Book Capital for the year 2023. This was disclosed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and Mayor of Accra, Mr Nii Adjei Sowah, after a meeting in Accra with some officials of the Ghana Book Development Council (GBDC) and the AMA. The title, the Mayor announced, would help put Accra on the world map of books, promote reading and literacy in Accra (and the country in general), and also boost the domestic book industry. The title will also help increase the inflow of foreign tourists to Accra and grow the domestic economy.