The Nima Two Basic School in the Ayawaso East Municipality has won the maiden Inter-School Quiz on plastic pollution. They garner 106.6 points out of a total score of 120 points through an impressive presentation on different uses of plastic wastes to earn money whiles protecting the environment. The school…
The Ada East District Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in the Greater Accra Region has climaxed the 2022 Citizenship Week Celebration with a call on the youth to respect and honour national monuments. The 2022 Citizenship Week was commemorated on the general theme: “Sustaining our democracy;…
Back to school for 9.2 million children, including 1.2 million first-time Kindergarten children UNICEF 26 January 2021
The scene is slightly different, but the sounds remain the same: last week schools reopened in Ghana for the first time since the first cases of coronavirus were identified in the country 10 months ago. Now, children and teachers wear nose masks, greater attention is given to washing hands with soap and running water, and seats are more widely spaced out. Yet the sense of vibrancy, optimism and peals of laughter all feel very familiar.
Approximately eight million children - ranging from kindergarten through to senior high school – returned to the classroom last week, eager to adhere to the COVID-19 safety protocols and to learn.