Now the over 120 school going children of Tanjameli in the Saboba Chereponi District of the Northern Region have a 95 million cedis roof over their heads for use as an Early Childhood Development Centre (ECD), thanks to funding from Christian Children's Fund of Canada in partnership with Tuma Kavi, a local NGO. It is made up of a two classroom block, a feeding centre and a play ground with play equipment.
Christian Children’s Fund of Canada (CCFC) is an international Canadian organization which works with local partners in 12 countries around the world to improve the standards of living of children, their needy families and communities. In Africa, CCFC works in four countries namely Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana and Tanzania. In Ghana, CCFC works in nine districts namely Tamale Metropolis, Savelugu-Nanton, Tolon-Kumbungu, East Gonja, Yendi, Gushiegu, Saboba-Chereponi and Nanumba North and Nanumba South districts.
Speaking at the commissioning of the school block, the country Director of Christian Children's Fund of Canada (CCFC), Madam Sanatu Nantogma stated that through Funding from CCFC “we aim to promote pre-school education and improve the academic performance of over 900 children in 5 nurseries, 5 primary and 2 Junior Secondary Schools in 9 communities, through the provision of school needs integrated with ECD programs. CCFC also aims to facilitate access to sustainable quality Functional Reflect Circles for 50 children who are not in school and to build the capacity of at least 4- community structures in 7 communities in resource mobilization, water and sanitation, gender and management of educational programs”
The Country Director added that it is the hope that when this is done, there would be a 25% increase in academic performance of children in school in Demon area, about 1,350 School children would have enough furniture to sit for effective learning and there would be a 25% increase in JSS students who obtain the required grades for entry into senior secondary school (each year).
She assured the people of Tanjameli and surrounding communities of increased support from CCFC till the year 2012.
The District Chief Executive for Saboba Chereponi District, Honorable Azumah N. Sanda on his part, revealed that education plays a pivotal role in the social, economic, political and development of a people and since it is so central to human development, section 25 of the 4th republican constitution recognizes it as a right.
He said it is for this reason that “the NPP government in its second term in office initiated the Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy Phase 2 which has among its main objectives to enhance human resource development that must be achieved through quality education and good health delivery. To be able to achieve this the government introduced certain educational measures such as the President’s Special Initiative on Distance Learning, the Capitation grant, the School Feeding Program, the 2007 New Education Reforms etc in order to ensure mass access to education and to enhance effective and efficient school administration as well as raise enrolment levels in schools especially in the lower primary”.
Honorable Azumah Sanda disclosed that the government has a policy to ensure that every primary schools has a pre-school attached to it but Saboba Chereponi district has about 36 pre schools as against 103 primary schools and which is very evident that the district still has s long way to achieve the target of attaching a pre school to each primary school in the district. The DCE appealed to parents especially those of Tanjameli to get all their children of school going age enrolled in school.
Elucidating on the essence of the ECD centre in Tanjameli, the Project Leader for Tuma Kavi, Mrs Katumi Fuseini, said about 80 percent of children between 4-5 years in northern Ghana, especially in the rural areas are usually not in school due to reasons such as inadequate classroom space for ECD, inadequate school furniture, teaching and learning materials, poor or no recreational/play equipment to stimulate child learning and poor or no pre-school feeding program. She said these problems pose a threat to child development and education as a whole hence the construction of the ECD centre in Tanjameli.
Christian Children’s Fund of Canada (CCFC) is an international Canadian organization which works with local partners in 12 countries around the world to improve the standards of living of children, their needy families and communities. In Africa, CCFC works in four countries namely Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana and Tanzania. In Ghana, CCFC works in nine districts namely Tamale Metropolis, Savelugu-Nanton, Tolon-Kumbungu, East Gonja, Yendi, Gushiegu, Saboba-Chereponi and Nanumba North and Nanumba South districts.
Speaking at the commissioning of the school block, the country Director of Christian Children's Fund of Canada (CCFC), Madam Sanatu Nantogma stated that through Funding from CCFC “we aim to promote pre-school education and improve the academic performance of over 900 children in 5 nurseries, 5 primary and 2 Junior Secondary Schools in 9 communities, through the provision of school needs integrated with ECD programs. CCFC also aims to facilitate access to sustainable quality Functional Reflect Circles for 50 children who are not in school and to build the capacity of at least 4- community structures in 7 communities in resource mobilization, water and sanitation, gender and management of educational programs”
The Country Director added that it is the hope that when this is done, there would be a 25% increase in academic performance of children in school in Demon area, about 1,350 School children would have enough furniture to sit for effective learning and there would be a 25% increase in JSS students who obtain the required grades for entry into senior secondary school (each year).
She assured the people of Tanjameli and surrounding communities of increased support from CCFC till the year 2012.
The District Chief Executive for Saboba Chereponi District, Honorable Azumah N. Sanda on his part, revealed that education plays a pivotal role in the social, economic, political and development of a people and since it is so central to human development, section 25 of the 4th republican constitution recognizes it as a right.
He said it is for this reason that “the NPP government in its second term in office initiated the Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy Phase 2 which has among its main objectives to enhance human resource development that must be achieved through quality education and good health delivery. To be able to achieve this the government introduced certain educational measures such as the President’s Special Initiative on Distance Learning, the Capitation grant, the School Feeding Program, the 2007 New Education Reforms etc in order to ensure mass access to education and to enhance effective and efficient school administration as well as raise enrolment levels in schools especially in the lower primary”.
Honorable Azumah Sanda disclosed that the government has a policy to ensure that every primary schools has a pre-school attached to it but Saboba Chereponi district has about 36 pre schools as against 103 primary schools and which is very evident that the district still has s long way to achieve the target of attaching a pre school to each primary school in the district. The DCE appealed to parents especially those of Tanjameli to get all their children of school going age enrolled in school.
Elucidating on the essence of the ECD centre in Tanjameli, the Project Leader for Tuma Kavi, Mrs Katumi Fuseini, said about 80 percent of children between 4-5 years in northern Ghana, especially in the rural areas are usually not in school due to reasons such as inadequate classroom space for ECD, inadequate school furniture, teaching and learning materials, poor or no recreational/play equipment to stimulate child learning and poor or no pre-school feeding program. She said these problems pose a threat to child development and education as a whole hence the construction of the ECD centre in Tanjameli.
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