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President's educational initiative failing to reach the
grassroots
Juaso (Ash), Jan.18, Ghanadot/GNA –
Due to the lack of electricity, the President’s initiative
of bringing education to the door step of the Ghanaian child
through distance learning seems not to be achieving its
stated objective.
Mr. Fabian Belieb, Asante- Akim
South District Director of Education in an interview with
the Ghana News Agency (GNA) said, the initiative so far tend
to benefit children who are fortunate to be in either cities
or urban areas, thereby defeating the original purpose
intended - of reaching millions of children across the
country.
he attributed the hindrance to lack of electricity in rual
areas since television is the main medium of extending the
programme to its target audience. Places without
electricity, he said, are, therefore, deprived of the
opportunity of reaping the full benefits of the programme.
He said it was disheartening to note that, after years since
the President’s Special Initiatives (PSI) on distance
learning was introduced most pupils in rural areas are not
aware of its existence, a situation that calls for a
concerted effort to make the programme beneficial to all.
According to him about 70 percent of the communities in the
district were without electricity hence televisions
distributed to schools under the programme were accessed by
communities with electricity supply.
He appealed to government to extend electricity to these
deprived communities to ensure that the programme reached
majority of its targets.
GNA
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