The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of As I Grow, which is based at Larteh in the Akuapem North Municipality, Mr. Debrah Bekoe Isaac, has advocated for a paradigm shift in terms of the way children are educated in the country.
According to him, one of the major problems impeding education in the deprived communities in Ghana was the absence of educational equipment and facilities, a situation that called for immediate redress.
Taking a closer look at the current educational trend, the ‘As I Grow’ CEO disclosed that “there should be a paradigm shift in terms of raising the general standards in the area of learning for all children”.
According to him, it has been estimated that more than seventy percent (70%) of children in the deprived community schools in Ghana do not have the required educational materials such as exercise books, writing materials, uniforms, footwear and bags among others.
Mr. Debrah Bekoe Isaac was speaking at a ceremony to hand over school uniforms to school children in Asaase Korkoo MA Basic School and Atwetwerede DA School in the Okere and Akuapem North districts.
He bemoaned that most of the parents of these children are farmers whose low incomes do not allow them to properly take of their children.
He, therefore, called on the government, institutions and members of parliament, opinion leaders, clergy, NGOs and individuals to come to the rescue of these children in the deprived communities, since they are the future of the country.
