The continuous partnership and support for issues
and projects bordering on health and education in the country as well as rural
development by multi-donor organization, Star-Ghana over the years remain
commendable.
Over the past six years, Star-Ghana has committed a
little over eight million cedis to supporting some thirty five media
institutions in the drive to enhance education, promote healthcare and decentralization
in our communities, among others.
As a results-orientated organization, the multi-donor
pooled funding organization has used a number of initiatives to aid the coming
into fruition of major projects country-wide, which have impacted society in
many ways.
In the spirit of strengthening transparency,
accountability and responsiveness in Ghana, Star-Ghana has again partnered the
state broadcaster, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) to embark on a massive
sensitization and awareness increasing enterprise in the basic educational
sector.
It is common knowledge that, standard of basic
education in the country on a general level is below average, especially with public
schools.
The reasons being a consequence of factors such as inadequate infrastructure,
improper supervision, low levels of commitment and participation on the part of
parents and community folks, as well as uninspiring government policies.
These have led to these schools, churning out very
disastrous results. In the light of this, the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
has embarked on a project, to spotlight the issues that pertain to basic
education in some four districts in the country. The focus of the fourteen-month
project is to expose the inefficiencies and shortfalls in the educational
system at these levels, so as to trigger stakeholder responses to help address
them.
The project dubbed, “Same Curriculum, Different Opportunities”
has therefore concentrated on Ashaiman, Ho, Cape Coast and Obuasi districts and
undertaken in-depth research and investigation into the basic education systems
in these areas, and will be presented through documentaries, deliberative
studio discussions among others.It is also aimed at influencing government agencies and all local communities including traditional leaders and community folks to be more responsive in improving the physical learning environments in basic schools in the country.
Speaking at the official launch of the project,
retired educationist and senior statesman, Dr. K. B Asante decried the fallen
standards of education in the country, adding that, political gimmicking and
politicization of education has contributed to the decline in the previously
high educational standards. The provision of free education as bandied about by
political parties, he said has contributed largely to the shirking of responsibilities
by parents.
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| Dr. K.B Asante speaking at the project launch |
He called for those who can pay for education to be allowed
to pay, while those who genuinely cannot, be assisted. He also charged parents
to take utmost responsibility and interest in the upbringing and education of
their wards in order to prevent some of the terrible products being churned out
by these less facilitated schools.
Program Manager of Star-Ghana, Ibrahim Tanko-Amidu while
pledging continuous support to the corporation, challenged GBC to ensure that
the project is aggressively championed in order to realize results, and bring
solutions to these districts under study.
The ceremony witnessed in attendance a number of
high profile personalities and stakeholders in education as well as friends
from the media.
Snippets of the documentary were shown to the audience,
to give them a feel of what pertains on the ground.
“The Curriculum” documentary series airs on GTV
every two weeks, with the maiden episode showing on Thursday, April 24, 2014 at
8:30pm,followed by studio discussions on Friday, April 25,2014 at exactly
5:30pm.
-Komla Adom
17-04-14
hmmm interseting
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