Learning materials for less-endowed childhood centres

The Deputy Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Mr Thomas Baafi, on behalf of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association (OECTA), presenting teaching and learning materials worth GH¢9,441.62 to Nana Ama Afari, Deputy Director of Supervision of the Ga South Municipal Education to facilitate teaching and learning in four less--endowed early childhood centres (ECD) in the country.

The centres are Amuman Municipal Assembly ECD in the Ga South, Tano Odumasi SDA ECD at Agona Ashanti, Oyoko R/C ECD Centre at Oyoko in the Eastern Region and Tsito EP ECD Centre at Tsito in the Volta Region.

The items included play dough, alphabet cards, sleeping mats, alphabet learning mats, chalk and dusters.

The rest were readers, copy books, safety scissors, washable crayons and jumbo pencils.

Mr Baafi said the items were donated through the efforts of one of the four Canadian resource persons, Ms Catharine Douris, who took part in the GNAT and Canadian Teacher's Federation (CTF) literacy and numeracy programme last year and wrote a proposal to solicit funds to purchase the items.

Nana Afari thanked the OECTA for the gesture and expressed the hope that they would raise more funds to support them.