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Deprived
School creates awareness on Education
Accra, Nov. 3, Ghanadot/GNA -- One of the most deprived
schools in Accra, the Nima Saint Kizito Roman Catholic
Junior High School is to launch a year-long performance
improvement activities to create awareness on the value of
education in the Nima Community.
The programme dubbed: "EDUPA 2008' is under the theme;
"Offering quality Education in Ghana Public Schools, the
role of Stakeholders".
The quality education programme also has, among its
objectives, creating conducive learning environment and to
embark on an extensive retention drive, making learning
practical and functional and to create awareness about girl
child education.
Briefing the GNA, Mrs. Beatrice Ogah-Amanor, Headmistress of
the School said the School, established in 1978 and located
in Nima is one of the most deprived schools in Accra.
It is heavily populated with students from mixed tribes, and
lacks adequate furniture, health facilities,
teaching/learning materials and recreational facilities.
The learning environment is so poor that the school tends to
turn out sub-standard ptoducts with weak morals and of late
the rate of girls' drop-out in the school due to teenage
pregnancy was rising at an alarming rate.
Mrs Orgah-Amanor said that there appeared to be a stigma of
poor performance in Nima schools, a perception the school
wants to debunk now.
She said the main purpose of EDUPA 2008 is to cerate
awareness that children of Nima also have the potentials to
perform like their counterparts in the well-endowed schools
when given the right opportunity.
"The students of the school have great potentials which,
when developed, would not only enhance the status of the
student body but also benefit the society and the nation as
a whole".
She said the school is heavily populated with students from
mixed tribes and religion, which needed greater supervision
but lack basic facilities was retarding its progress.
The year-long planned activities have been documented in a
proposal form to be out-doored for discussion during the
launching ceremony.
GNA
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