Two Kindergarten Classroom Block Inaugurated in Sakoti- Nabdam District in UER

A two classroom Kindergarten block valued at the cost of 150 thousand Ghana Cedes had been inaugurated at Sakoti in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region.

The 70 seated capacity block fully fenced and furnished with ancillary facilities, a mechanized Borehole, office and store was constructed by Action Aid Ghana in partnership with the local community.

Speaking to Radio Ghana, the Country Director of Action Aid Ghana, Smaila Abdul-Rahaman said, the key motivation of Action Aid is to identity the hard to reach areas and support people living in poverty.

Mr. Abdul-Rahaman indicated that Action Aid has been operating across board in the Talensi - Nabdam area for the past 10 years before it was later divided into the two districts.

He explained that, they are engaged in Irrigations construction, some level of Regional advocacy work in areas of dehumanizing cultural practices such as Widowhood rites, Female Genital Mutilation and currently championing End Child Marriage project.

He added that it was against this backdrop, Action Aid is now constructing Early Child Care Centers and KGs to support the communities.

Mr. Abdul-Rahaman advised parents, staff of the school and community members to maintain the facility and ensure that all children of school going age are enrolled and retained in order to secure their future.

On behalf of the GES, the Nabdam District Director of Education Joseph Amesimeku thanked Action Aid Ghana for the kind gesture and appealed for their continued support in that regard.

He promised that the facility will be used accordingly for improved educational outcomes. Also in an address read on her behalf, the Nabdam DCE Agnes Anamoo underscored the role of Action Aid Ghana through its implementing partners such as Widows and Orphans Movement WOM and BONATADU.

These organizations have over the years supported a number of advocacy programmes in the Nabdam District, particularly in area of women’s right and economic empowerment.

Such programmes, she added, have helped women in the area to gain access to farm lands and also empowered them economically to achieve food security, with sustainable livelihood.

Mrs Anamoo further emphasized that, the construction of the two facilities by Action Aid gives credence to their vision of realizing a just, equitable and sustainable society in which every person enjoys the right to a life of dignity and freedom from poverty and all forms of oppression.

She added that there is no right to a life of dignity than opening the doors to education to the little ones in deprived communities such as Sekoti.

The Nabdam District Assembly, having realized government’s resolve to shifting the educational systems and structures from merely passing examinations to character formation, nurturing value, and raising literates, it was  a wakeup call for that educational transformation.

The quality of school buildings may be related to other school quality issues such as working conditions for teachers, and the ability to undertake certain instructional approaches.