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What's happening in 2008: 10th May - Public Agenda - Ghana Ghana: Deputy Minister Gets Set to Repatriate Migrant Children Hon Baiden-Amissah said this during a national durbar held in Accra to lower the curtain on the just-ended 2008 Global Action Week (GAW), ... 5th May - Public Agenda - Ghana Ghana: Education Minister Declines to Take Resolution Locally, the week was observed under the theme: "Quality Education to end Exclusion." During the weeklong programme, GNECC made public the findings of a ... 30th April - Public Agenda - Ghana Ghana: Mrs. Baiden-Amissah Got It Wrong Activities marking the 2008 edition of the Global Action Week (GAW), a world wide campaign platform for promoting the Education for All (EFA) goals, ... 29th April - Public Agenda - Ghana Ghana: We Can't Give Free Uniforms to 'Daft' Students At a time the Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) is emphasizing quality education for all children to end exclusion, the Ministry of ... 28th April - Joy Online - Ghana Teachers to blame for poor quality of education ... Ms Hellen McDonald, said it was a delight to have made sustained and fruitful partners in Ghana towards the achievement of education for all, adding, ... A national community meeting (Durbar) slated for the 24th of April will be the crescendo of action week in Ghana. The Durbar which will be attended by the Vice President of Ghana Mr Alhji Aliu Mahama will engage many of Ghana's stakeholders including traditional leaders and politicians who will be taken through an elaborate photo exhibition of the differences in infrastructure between rural and urban schools. This is aimed at demostrating the exclusion in quality education for the rural poor. The politicians will be taken through a lesson by over 400 pupils. The pupils are currently reshearsing drama and poems for the occasion. GNECC is currently working hard to ensure that its activities for the 2008 Global Action Week are effective and go off smoothly. The week’s activities will being with a National Press Launch on April 16th will engage the media in a discussion regarding exclusion in education with a focus on the rural-urban divide that exists within Ghana’s education system. The occasion will be chaired by Professor J.S. Nabila, member of the Council of State and the Chief of Wulugu. Thirteen different press and media houses will be present at this event in order to capture the spirit of the week and disseminate the GAW 2008 message across the country. A National Community Durbar on April 24th, will engage many of Ghana’s education stakeholders in a discussion and exhibition of evidence of exclusion in basic education. This will begin with a photo exhibition depicting the difference of infrastructure and teacher learning material standards in rural versus urban schools in order to demonstrate exclusion in quality education. Politicians will take part in this activity by being taken through lessons in the exhibition in a manner similar to the “Politicians Go Back to School” campaign suggested by GCE. The durbar will be attended by all levels of stakeholders including the Vice President of Ghana, Mr. Alhaji Aliu Mahama, the Minister of Education and key politicians, civil society organizations, GNECC members, traditional authorities, parents, and over 400 pupils. Pupils from AME Zion School, Mamprobi and Osu salem boys school are currently rehearsing drama’s and poems for the occasion On April 25th, , GNECC will deliver a resolution to parliament that will be based on the findings from the durbar and research conducted on the rural-urban divide in education and how this has contributed to exclusion. The resolution is to be submitted to Parliament, the Ministry of Education, Science, and Sports, as well as to the Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs. Television and radio programs have started discussing the findings and recommendations of the research with the hallmark being an hour’s discussion on the most viewed current affairs program in Ghana” Talking Point” on Ghana Television on 27th April 2008.On this note, two big billboards are in the process of construction to be posted in key areas of Accra to attract more attention to the issue of exclusion in basic education. The final meeting of the Action Steering Committee is coming of tomorrow to finalise arrangements for next weeks activities. It will be attended by all GNECC partner. "Download the detailed activitiy proposal for Ghana National Education Coalition here Media Coverage: 21st April – Public Agenda - Ghana Ghana: Education Coalition Calls for an End to Exclusion What happened in 2007? Students and teachers alike got stuck into the Action Week activities taking part in painting competitions, poetry and drama sessions and doing a big walk through the streets of Accra, where they sang songs for education. The week’s activities were well covered in the media, and were attended by government officials, who reaffirmed Ghana’s commitment towards education for all by 2015. In 2007, GNECC organized a set of activities against the GAW theme “Join Up for Education Rights Now”. The key activities for 2007 included radio and TV discussions to raise awareness on the theme of education as a human right, focusing on access and quality, as well as the publication of national GAW posters with the same intent. A national press launch was also held which saw the attendance of over 34 media practitioners and 23 members of civil society organizations in Ghana that culminated in a 2 hour interaction between educationalists and the press. A community durbar in the Ankamu district was held two days later which had government officials visiting a school in the district and hearing about the findings conducted by GNECC on why 15 schools scored zero percent in the BECE. The biggest event was the “Big Chain Re-action”, a procession of over 600 people from all different walks of life who walked through downtown Accra to present a research file to the Rt. Honourable Minister of Parliament, Hon. Minister of Education. Science, and Sports, and Hon. Minister of Women and Children’s Affairs.
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