School
for Life presented ten (10) Motorbikes to the Ghana Education Service in 9
Districts at the School for Life Head Office in Tamale. On behalf of DFID/SfL
CBE Programme, the School for Life Programme Manager presented the bikes to the
District Directorate of Education. The Motorbikes were procured under
accountable grant 1 & 2 of the DFID funded “Literacy for Life Change
Project”.
Friday 29 August 2014
Friday 22 August 2014
E4L MEDIA REVIEW MEETING, 22/08/2014
By: C&AO, School for Life
The
Empowerment for Life (E4L) Programme holds regular media review meetings with media men in Tamale to
brief the media outlets on emerging developments in Programme activities and
pertinent advocacy issues that can be taken up by the media to make the most
impact in target communities.
In
today’s session, the education component of the
E4L Programme implemented by School for Life, focused on the Ghana CBE
Programme. The first cycle of the Programme, which started on a nation-wide
scale last year has just ended with Implementing Partners strategizing towards
ensuring that all learners graduated are integrated into formal schools.
Deputy Manager for Advocacy and Gender, Lawrencia Dakurah-Abakisi, stressing a point during the meeting |
School
for Life pointed out that the major advocacy issue in respect of graduated
learners from the first cycle, is to get District Assemblies and the District
Directorate of GES to make commitments in ensuring integration of the learners,
especially those coming from communities without formal schools.
Media Representative from Viasat 1 seeking clarifications |
While
efforts are being made to achieve 100 percent integration of learners from the
first cycle, preparations are on going for start of CBE classes in the second
year of the Programme. Community animations and sensitization are currently
under way in all Programme communities to identify potential facilitators and to
site CBE classes.
Meanwhile,
the Ghana CBE Programme Management Unit is currently organizing training for
key staff of Implementing Partners, for improved implementation of the programme in
the second year. It is expected that concerted efforts will be made towards enhancing
working collaboration with District Assemblies, Ghana Education Service, Media
Houses and Implementing Partners will result in improved delivery of CBE. Importantly, there is the need for advocacy efforts to be made towards ensuring that the Government of Ghana backs the CBE Policy with legal instrument and make budgetary allocation to CBE implementation in the country. This
will ultimately contribute to Ghana’s efforts towards achieving MDG 2, Universal
Primary Education and Education for All.
Friday 15 August 2014
FACILITATORS' DAY UNDERWAY IN CBE DISTRICTS
By: Communications Officer, School for Life
The Facilitators' day, is usually organised in Programme districts, after CBE learners have graduated to serve a range of purposes: to appreciate the work of the
Facilitators; to provide the opportunity for reflections and learning on what
worked well and what the challenges were during the cycle; to engage with
stakeholders of education for improved quality of education and to award
facilitators for their outstanding performances through-out the cycle.
Facilitators day at the Sagnarigu
District
Female Facilitators
presented their Certificates
The facilitators’
day has been celebrated in a number of districts, including Sagnarigu and Tolon
Districts and is currently being organised in the rest of the district.
In the Tolon District, the facilitators’ day
was particularly emotional because, the district like
two other districts (East Gonja and Nanumba North) are no longer going to
benefit from the delivery of CBE classes supported by DANIDA. The
ceremony in Tolon, had the attendance of the District Chief Executive, the
Deputy Director of Education, the Chief of Tolon, SfL Deputy Manager of
Operations and other personalities. In the period between 1999 and
2014, Tolon District has produced 10, 916 learners in the SfL model with 20
rising to become professional teachers, 20 still under training and 1
studying Veterinary Medicine at the University of Ghana. The DCE, Chief and
Deputy Director of Education of the District, were happy to hear this great
achievement by the Programme and pledged to take steps to train a lot more
teachers of the formal schools in the SfL methodology to improve the quality of teaching and learning. Amidst the delight and appreciation, the Chief expressed his frustrations regarding
the withdrawal of services by SfL and encouraged the organization to consider
Tolon District, if any opportunity emerges.
Facilitators’ Day at Tolon
District
District Chief Ececutive of
Tolon Presenting Certificates to Facilitators
SfL will continue
to give this support to all the facilitators until they complete their
respective programmes. This is considered one of the ways to ensuring that communities and the districts continue to benefit from the programme after services are withdrawn.
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