ACTION-AID GHANA ORGANIZES WORKSHOP ON PROMOTING EQUAL RIGHTS IN SCHOOLS

ACTION-AID GHANA ORGANIZES WORKSHOP ON PROMOTING EQUAL RIGHTS IN SCHOOLS
A five day training workshop on promoting equal rights in schools spearheaded
by Action-Aid Ghana is underway in Tamale.
Among other objectives, the workshop aims at gathering sufficient data that
will enable Action-Aid Ghana and its allied bodies develop a comprehensive
action plan vital for mainstreaming child participation in the network on
promoting rights in Ghanaian schools.
Participants attending the workshop are from the Ghana Education Service, the
Campaign for Female Education, the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs and
the Department of Social Welfare among other major stakeholders.
Speaking to Citi News on the sidelines at the opening ceremony, Adwoa
Kwateng-Kluvuitse, Country Director of Action Aid Ghana said the nation had
made significant gains in the area of promoting child rights as part of her
Millennium Development Goals though some major challenges were yet to be
addressed.
She complained about the increasing number of children dropping out of school
at the basic level and called for a collective approach to resolve the problem.
Adwoa Kwateng-Kluvuitse attributed the falling standard of education in
especially underserved communities in northern Ghana to lack of qualified
teachers, inadequate infrastructure and the absence of teaching and learning
materials.
She said the situation was generally unacceptable for which reason government
and her development partners should ensure that every Ghanaian child of school
going age has access to quality but affordable education irrespective of
his/her geographical location.
For her part, Dorothy Konadu, Action-Aid Ghana’s Education Policy Advisor
maintained that girls should be enpowered through education to defend and
protect their rights at all levels in the society.
She described young girls as the most vulnerable whose fundamental human rights
have usually been compressed in the communities for which reason Action-Aid
Ghana established the community Based Anti Violence Teams (COMBAT) to tackle
the situation.
Dorothy Konadu reaffirmed the organization’s commitment to ensure that the
rights of Ghanaian children to quality education would be met across board.