He explained that, such a move would go a long way to prepare them and also help them adapt to the rapidly changing job market requirement so they could be employed and cope with the trend.

Dr Adutwum was addressing a section of school children from three basic schools namely the St. Benedict Basic, St Barnabas Basic and Calvary Methodist Basic schools all in Accra.

The school children were at the Education Ministry to join the Minister and his staff to celebrate his 60th birthday.

The school children joined the Minister to have a buffet lunch as part of activities marking his birthday.

In attendance at the party were the Director General of the Ghana Education Service, Dr Eric Nkansah, David Prah, Deputy Director General, of Ghana TVET Service, Mrs Mamle Andrews, and Chief Director at the Education Ministry and other Directors at the Ministry as well as other well-wishers.

The Education Minister mentioned STEM education, one student, one tablet, introduction of robotics and pre-engineering, construction of 21st century Junior High Schools and the revamping of TVET institutions among others as some of the new interventions that have been introduced by the government to promote education in the country.

Dr Adutwum again appealed to the children not to let the huge investment being made in the education sector by the government and other stakeholders go waste by studying hard.

The Deputy Education Minister in charge of general education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, used the occasion to commend Dr Adutwum for his desire to ensure that the nation’s education is transformed for the good of the nation.

He said the leadership style, innovations and vision of Dr Adutwum were unmatched and worth emulating.

Rev. Fordjour on behalf of the staff of the Ministry wished the Minister a longer life and prosperity.

The Deputy Minister pledged to continue supporting the Dr Adutwum towards the transformation of the nation’s economy through education.

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Parents of the children could not control their tears as they bid farewell to their wards.

The deceased were buried in their respective hometowns after a mass funeral service.

Over a thousand residents in Nkawkaw paid their last respects to the pupils who perished in the accident.

The deceased were Kwasi Nyarko 12, Jerome Narmenu 7, Acher Binney 4, Asare Joseph 9 and Gafktsi Marcus 3.

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A Nissan Patrol vehicle, believed to be the official vehicle of the District Chief Executive for Atwima Kwanwoma in the Ashanti region, Prince Karikari, is said to have crashed into the Hyundai minibus with registration GE 2291-10.

According to an eyewitness account, the driver of the bus attempted an unapproved U-turn while driving on the shoulders of the road from the Accra-Kumasi direction at a spot near Nanchia.

In all, five pupils perished.

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The pupils were captured utilizing their extra curricular activities for some music and dance session under the supervision of one of their teachers.

They beautifully choregraphed the TikTok dance challenge of Gyakie’s trending song, ‘Something’ and the video has since gone viral.

The five pupils; three girls and two boys led the dance session while their mates cheered them on.

They were joined by their teacher who dropped every bit of seriousness to enjoy the company of the children.

Reacting to the video, Gyakie described it as a sight to behold, adding that she is in love with the attempts of the school to promote her craft.

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The situation, according to parents and school management, is affecting teaching and learning activities in the school.

Adom News’ visit to the school proved that there isn’t a single chair at the Kindergarten (KG) where the infants sat on the bare floor with a few others sitting on kitchen stool and plastic chairs to study.

The lack of furniture isn’t the only challenge to the KG block as the primary pupils are also facing similar challenges, compelling school children to use their leisure time to prepare their own table and chairs for studies.

A unit classroom with its auxiliary facility has also been left abandoned after roofing whilst others battle with dilapidated classrooms for classwork.

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Some community members, who spoke to Adom News’ reporter, Obrempongba Owusu, complained about their children’s uniforms being dirty as a result of lying and sitting on bare floor to write due to lack of furniture in the school.

The parents are not happy with this condition after several requests to the government and the district assembly to provide the school with furniture failed.

They, therefore, want the authorities or benevolent organisations to come to their aid by providing the school with furniture so that children can take their studies serious.

The school PTA Chairman, Francis Majoba, said the furniture challenge is affecting effective teaching and learning.

According to him, they have informed the District Assembly, but they are yet to attend to their concerns.

He, thus, called on benevolent individuals, NGO’s and the district assembly to assist the school with infrastructure to promote quality education in the area.

The 300-level university student, Rhoda Agboje and her boyfriend, Ifeanyi Nwankwo, are both specialized in producing and selling drug cookies to school children and other unsuspecting members of the public in Abuja.

Spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, April 20, said narcotics agents with the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Command of the NDLEA have also launched a manhunt for another member of the syndicate involved in producing the cookies with Arizona, a highly psychoactive variant of cannabis; alcohol and rohypnol among other ingredients.

Babafemi said their lid was blown open following the arrest of Rhoda Agboje with four pieces of the drug cookies on Sunday, 18th April 2021.

“She was arrested at the NNPC Cooperative estate, opposite Gaduwa estate in Abuja based on a complaint that she gave an unsuspecting young girl the cookies to eat. After eating the drug cookies, the girl lost her mind and could not sleep, making incoherent utterances due to the effects of the cookies,” the statement says.

Under interrogation, the prime suspect, Rhoda confessed she prepares the cookies with a friend and sells each pack of three pieces at N1, 500. A follow up operation in her boyfriend’s house led to the recovery of over 200 pieces of the drug cookies.

According to the Commander, FCT Command of the NDLEA, Mohammed Malami Sokoto, the boyfriend, Ifeanyi Nwankwo and all the equipment used for the production of the cookies were brought to the office for further investigation.

The suspect confirmed that she sells at parties and to unsuspecting members of the public, including school children that are the most vulnerable. The suspect also supplies some supermarkets and clubs in the FCT.

While commending officers and men of the FCT Command for unraveling the syndicate, Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) said what the syndicate was doing is not only criminal but equally unconscionable by deliberately luring school children into drugs under the cover of selling to them biscuits or cookies.

“I wish to draw the attention of parents to this new devious strategy to get children addicted to drug cookies and to urge them to remain vigilant while monitoring what their wards bring home from school or consume as snack”, Marwa stated on Tuesday.

The school, located in the Tema East Municipality, is the alma mater of the multiple award winning artiste, as he shared many goodies including chocolates, mathematical sets, among others, with pupils of the school.

Speaking in an interview, Armstrong Afful, as he’s known in real life, was elated to pay a visit to his alma mater and hopes it would inspire the students.

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”I am very happy to spend time with these kids especially on this special day of love.

”I realized these kids wouldn’t have any love on Vals days so I decided to make them feel loved on this special day and hope it would inspire them become great future leaders,” Opanka said.

Opanka is expected to release his first single of the year titled ”Blow My Mind” which features another music sensation Kelvynboy.

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Those who qualify for a scholarship will receive bikes to make sure they get to school.
According to the foundation, there are approximately 4.6 million students across Malawi but only 8% of students complete secondary school.
One of the reasons for that is because of the poor transport links.

“I’m so happy about the Clara Lionel Foundation’s new partnership with Ofo because it will help so many young people around the world receive a quality education,” Rihanna said.
“And also help the young girls of Malawi get to school safely, cutting down those very long walks they make to and from school all alone.”
Rihanna has a reputation for being a humanitarian.
Through her foundation, which is named after her grandparents, she has focused on providing children with access to education in over 60 developing countries, giving priority to girls.

Image caption She met with French president Emmanuel Macron and first lady Brigitte Macron

Her efforts helped win her Harvard University’s Humanitarian of the Year award.
In June, she tweeted a number of world leaders to try to rally more funding for global education.

Nigerian police are searching for six children abducted from their school on the outskirts of the main city, Lagos.

The abductors freed four other children after “profiling” their parents, police said, apparently referring to the fact that they were not regarded as wealthy.

The men came through a swampy forest bordering the state-run Model College school, and cut a hole in the fence to enter, police said.

Schools in Lagos have been hit by several kidnappings for ransom.

Four children were abducted from the same school in October 2016, and three from another school in Lagos in southern Nigeria in March this year. They were later freed.

Lagos police spokesman Olarinde Famous-Cole condemned the abductions as “dastardly” and said an operation was under way to rescue the girls and apprehend the kidnappers.

In north-eastern Nigeria, militant Islamist group Boko Haram has carried out a space of abductions since launching an insurgency in 2009, using girls as sex slaves, labourers and suicide bombers.

According to him, the prohibition made it difficult for students and pupils to learn and appreciate their own language adding that most times they were prevented from speaking the language which identifies them as Ghanaians.

“Much attention is focused on the speaking and learning of foreign languages especially English to the detriment of our own,” he said

The minister said there was the need for managements of schools to come up with innovative ways of making pupils learn and speak their own languages well.

Mr Kwakye Darfour made the statements during the Nyasapo Festival organised by the Eastern regional branch of the Centre for National Culture.

The festival themed: ‘Ghana at 60: Exhibiting togetherness in our collective identity through the local language” sought to bring together students and pupils from different schools in the region to imbibe in them the ideals and affluent nature of the Ghanaian language.

Students and pupils from different schools in Koforidua displayed and performed through drama and recited poems in the local languages to depict the Ghanaian culture.

Mr Darfour noted that “it is not to say that, it is not good to speak other languages, but it is more convenient to be able to write, read and express one’s self fluently, as a result of which one can communicate in any other language excellently.”

He therefore stressed the need for students and pupils to learn to speak their own language to enable them to grow to understand each other and coordinate in future to ensure the development of the country.

. Advising the students and pupils, Mr Darfour urged them to eschew bad counsel and stick to good morals and courtesy with which success and higher heights could be reached.

The Regional Minister commended the Centre for National Culture for organising the festival and appealed to them to organise the festival at the regional level to enable students to perform in the various local languages in the region.

For his part, the Eastern Regional Director of the Centre for National Culture, Mr Stephen Sedofu appealed to the government and other stakeholders to come to the aid of the Centre and help it complete its building project.

source: ghanaiantimes