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Challenges of quality education global concern — Ejura MCE

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ejura-Sekyedumase in Ashanti, Alhaji Mohammed Bawah Braimah,  has urged stakeholders of education to continue to debate on the challenges of quality education, in order to find solutions to improve access to education for the African child.

He noted that despite the realisation of the importance of education and the considerable investment in the sector by African states and partners, a number of children were still unable to access or benefit from quality education.

Alhaji Braimah stated this at the celebration of this year’s African Union Day of the African Child at Ejura, which was organised by World Vision Ghana (WVG), an international humanitarian organisation.

Held on the theme: “A Child-friendly, quality, free and compulsory education for all children in Africa,” the event was marked to draw the attention of AU member states and other stakeholders to their responsibilities in respect of ensuring children’s right to education, in accordance with the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (Children’s Charter).

Responsibility of MMDAs 

He acknowledged the responsibility of metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) to build, equip and maintain schools to enhance quality teaching and learning, and indicated the assembly’s commitment to perform these roles to sustain the Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (FCUBE) programme.

The Ejura-Sekyedumase Municipal Director of Education, Mr Joseph Kwame Appiah, urged the pupils to take their studies seriously to ensure the development of their God-given talents.

He assured them of the government’s determination to address challenges confronting education in the municipality.

In an address read on behalf of the Manager of the Ashanti Regional Area Development Programme of the WVG, Mr Solomon Domayou Antumwini, the National Director of the organisation, Mr Hubert Charles, noted that a number of  children of schoolage in rural communities found it difficult to commute long distances to and from school and that made some of them drop out of school.

The event was marked with an inter-schools quiz competition. At the end of the competition, Dromankuma Anglican JHS, St Mary’s Anglican “A” JHS, Ejura Brigade JHS and Sandania Islamic JHS took the first, second, third and fourth positions respectively.

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