“I have enrolled over 100 students – they are fed, loved and happy to be in school”
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As he prepared for Day of the African Child on June 20, one of our Global Youth Ambassadors from Ghana wrote about the passions and challenges involved in his work.
Education is vital in today’s society. And my contribution has become my story聽in this write-up.
Striving to ensure that children have access to basic education has been a challenge to聽most development partners in recent times.
Just to put a smile on the faces of children and achieve my goal as GYA I chose聽Glory Educational Complex聽– established in 1999 as a not-for-profit private school that has maintained its mission of providing quality tuition for its聽students. It聽currently has 120 students ranging from early childhood stage to primary school.
As a Global Youth Ambassador I have enrolled over 100 students into GLEC under a free聽admission project. These children are fed in school and聽cared with love to make them happy to be in school.聽
They are taught everything聽in the Ghana Education Service syllabus and extra activities such as cultural and聽music training. The curriculum set for our students unleashes their potential, enhances聽their cultural lives and strengthens socialisation.聽
Currently kids enrolled from the ages of four to 12 and above are able to聽express themselves in general English language – they are able to read and write based聽on their levels.
Children in the lower and upper primary are able to identify their passion and what聽they want to become in future.
Every term ending I embark on a free admission project to register kids whose parents聽are unable to enrol them in school. Children are fed in school to ensure they have a聽balanced diet.
I also organise programmes such as speeches, prize-giving ceremonies or annual聽graduation ceremonies. These bring together people in the neighbourhood to聽meet up in the school premises to see the potential of the children.
Apart from my passion to see children in school, I try to聽stabilise what I have done. And I achieve this through the following virtues:聽love, honesty, transparency and humility.
These virtues have kept me moving and have been loved by my students and their parents.
Our challenges are:
- Lack of funds for the development of structures
- Long travelling distances for some students who wishe to come to school
- Inadequate teaching and learning materials
- Inadequate furniture for students and teachers
In Africa we have an adage that a tree does not make a forest. I need individuals聽and organisations to help me address the following challenges that the school faces:
- To support teachers’ enumeration
- To help provide an ultra-modern music and cultural class
- Help in making my dream of building 21st-century classrooms and computer laboratory
Putting a smile on the faces of the young kids needs more dedication and work.
So as we celebrate the Day of the African Child, please support the children of the Glory Educational Complex to smile and be happy in school.
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