BECE results in Savelugu municipality continues to worsen

The Manager of World Vision Ghana in the Savelugu-Nanton Municipality, Mr. Kingsley Dohzie is saddened by the inability of the organization and stakeholders to reverse an increasing trend of students failing the annual BECE exam. According to him, attempts by World Vision and various stakeholders in education over the years to reverse the poor trend has proved futile. Mr. Kingsley Dohzie made this revelation at a sensitization forum organized for opinion leaders and parents from some selected communities in Nanton.  The forum which was organized by BIBIR-GHANA, a local non-governmental organization (NGO) with interest in child health and education in collaborating with World Vision is implementing a mobile Library project in five selected community schools in the Savelugu-Natong municipality. The objective of the project is to introduce reading clubs in community without such clubs and revive existing ones in those communities. Speaking at the forum, executive Director of Bibir-Ghana, Joseph Osei Charles charged parents to invest in their wards education since they are the future leaders of the country. He also assured the people Bibir-Ghana’s commitment in ensuring quality education in the area. He said among the objectives of the organization is to improve the quality of education among children in underprivileged communities in the northern region.

Source: Saaka Alhassan