The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) has called on all key stakeholders in the education sector to get on board in complementing the effort of the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Ghana Education Service (GES) to address the pending challenges in our schools to ensure that no child is left behind.
The GNECC, which joined hands with millions of people across Africa today to mark this year’s African Union (AU) Day of the African Child, indicated that the effort will drive the country towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 targets.
This was contained in a statement issued and signed by Mr Joseph Atsu Homadzi, Chairman of GNECC and copied to Beachfmonline.com.
He mentioned the SDG 4 thus, “Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all” and said we would only be able to empower girls, combat climate change, fight inequality and end extreme poverty if all stakeholders, including business, commit themselves to advancing the education goal.
He said GNECC considers today as a day of reckoning, and a day to create awareness among relevant stakeholders on the ongoing celebration and seeks to emphasize the need to improve education for all children living in Ghana and across Africa.
“As the celebration is expected across Africa to create awareness on the importance of children having access to justice in all matters concerning their welfare, this is a day to discuss and find solutions to the challenges children in Africa face on a daily basis”, he stressed.
Mr Homadzi highlighted that GNECC is a notable civil society mouthpiece on education in Ghana and is poised to carry out its mandate to advocate for free, quality, equitable and accessible education for all.
The AU Day of the African Child was instituted on June 16, 1976, and has been celebrated annually in remembrance of the children who died in Soweto, South Africa as they marched on the street in protest to what they thought was a violation of their rights to quality education.
The Day focuses attention on the barriers African children face in order to receive a quality education.
