{"id":171033,"date":"2015-12-01T09:39:40","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T09:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=171033"},"modified":"2015-12-01T09:39:40","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T09:39:40","slug":"more-than-5000-ghanaian-children-not-in-school-action-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=171033","title":{"rendered":"More than 5000 Ghanaian children\u00a0not in school &#8211; Action Aid\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Country Director of Action Aid Ghana, Mr Sumaila Abdul-Rahman has disclosed that more than 5000 Ghanaian children\u00a0 are being deprived of education.<\/p>\n<p>The situation, he says could have negative consequences on national development.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Abdul-Rahman made the disclosure at a ceremony to \u00a0inaugurate a three- classroom block a library and teacher\u2019s common room, equipped with chairs and tables and water harvesting facility.<\/p>\n<p>It was constructed and funded by Action Aid Ghana at a cost of GH\u00a2150,000.00 for Kwame Brentim Basic School at Brentim in the Tain District of Brong-Ahafo Region.<\/p>\n<p>The provision of the facility formed part of the organisation\u2019s 25th anniversary celebration in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Abdul -Rahman expressed the hope that the school would assist in the prevention of truancy among pupils in the area by relieving <a style=\"text-decoration:none; color: #333;\" href=\"http:\/\/vhealthportal.com\/product\/zyloprim\/\">http:\/\/vhealthportal.com\/product\/zyloprim\/<\/a> them from walking many miles every morning to school in neighbouring towns.<\/p>\n<p>He advised parents to make the education of their children a priority, since that is the best legacy they can give them.<\/p>\n<p>He \u00a0appealed to the District Assembly and the District Directorate of Education to assist the school with teaching and learning materials to enhance teaching and learning.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Abdul-Rahman also called on the community to assist in the maintenance of the facility.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Christian Amarchey, Regional \u00a0Programme Director of Action Aid Ghana expressed appreciation to the chief of the town and other stakeholders for providing the land for the project.<\/p>\n<p>She stated that the facility would save pupils from the risk of crossing rivers to attend school.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country Director of Action Aid Ghana, Mr Sumaila Abdul-Rahman has disclosed that more than 5000 Ghanaian children\u00a0 are being deprived of education. The situation, he says could have negative consequences on national development. Mr Abdul-Rahman made the disclosure at a ceremony to \u00a0inaugurate a three- classroom block a library and teacher\u2019s common room, equipped with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":124368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-171033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-shooting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=171033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/124368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=171033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=171033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=171033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}