GHANA EDUCATION SERVICES INCLUDES READING CLUB AND FEEDING PROGRAM


 


      The reading level of Ghana student is poor as of 2003 the Criterion Reference Test (CRT) shows that elementary students are unable to master and read fundamental English and other Ghanaian language. During 2003 to 2004 and in response, the Ministry of Education Youth and Sports (MOEYS) with Ghana Education Service (GES) they have created an Education Strategy Plan with the recommendation of Dr. Richard Kraft to adapt the Breakthrough to Literacy plan of Molteno Project that has been widespread in most of South African Countries. The program has been possible together with the help of various local and international agencies.   


      The International Reading Association (IRA) in cooperation of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and other organization in Ghana including Youth Icons Ghana (YIG), ReadWide Ghana Limited has also established their own reading campaign in this country to bring together the benefits and importance of reading in education that can brought about changes and opportunity to individual and to the country. They also believed that through reading they can bring significant progress enrichment especially among the children who would like to discover new things. Together they have promoted the reading club in Ghana.  


      During the start they have also find it hard to teach children because of many limitations that they have faced including regional and gender differences, age gap that even older people has been engage in education and they can hardly read. So they insist to the Ghanaian community the promotion of the most stimulating innovations that they have also included the usefulness of Information and Communication Technology, they have also include Culture, Music and Short Story Telling altogether to promote reading to their country and children find it very exciting to engage in this project that they have enjoyed, experienced and learn the basics of reading.


      The reading club has also particularly performed various activities including letter writing and randomization for further understanding, word reading and letter isolation for easy familiarization from book and notebook. They are also taught proper pronunciation and grammar, memorization of single and double words and sentence construction exercises. Most importantly children listen attentively to great stories so that they can also learn values education the children have also understand respect and participation in giving their views. These basic exercises have increased creativity of most students and within a few months they have already learned to read and write Basic English construction and sentence completion, some children have learned to read independently they are now more confident in dealing with other subjects. They also do this activities in Sundays and Holidays if possible.         


      The feeding program has also been included in some parts of Ghana to encourage reading literacy and nourishment within the community although this program has been limited to some areas including Akuapem Hills in the Eastern Region of Ghana that was conducted in Aframae School in the Village of Abiriw. The program includes volunteer students and teachers from other countries the foreigners would visit the schools and with the help of local people, together they teach the children one on one and by group study they would read various books and various topics and after about an hour of study the children are given healthy drinks and snack. Sometimes children are encouraged with the food alone but basically most of them do participate diligently and learn.   


      This project is still ongoing from various Ghanaian Communities and various local Schools and Government institutions to ensure that the children in Ghana read more and learn. The government has also planned on creating 10 more additional libraries in strategic areas in Ghana, this can also provide and encourage more than students but also individual and out of school youth who also would like to participate and learn in reading. They have also promoted to bring a book project campaign to the community residence about donating a book to schools and anything about what they can share to provide a sustainable reading campaign project in their country.


      This campaign will ensure that there will be enough books and reading materials for every participant in the reading club. The government and schools believed that they will meet their objectives in the next few years that will cultivate the habit of reading to their students and to the society and it will also encourage more than education but also economic development and job creation affiliation that can alleviate poverty they have long experienced. In order to provide sustainability and continuity of the reading club they have used all of its resources and materials and the reading club will be implemented simultaneously little by little until it can reach in every district of Ghana.


     


 


     



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