{"id":33023,"date":"2014-07-19T10:09:28","date_gmt":"2014-07-19T10:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=33023"},"modified":"2014-07-19T10:09:28","modified_gmt":"2014-07-19T10:09:28","slug":"early-childhood-development-under-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=33023","title":{"rendered":"Early childhood development under threat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lack of access to early childhood development centres has become a huge disincentive and a major drawback on efforts at promoting child education in three Asante-Akim Central communities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Boatengkrom, Nyamebekyere and Nsiakrom have neither a kindergarten nor basic school and kids there have to make daily round trips of about six kilometres on foot to attend classes at Dwease.<\/p>\n

Children below the age of 10 years, unable to travel that long distances are forced to stay in the house, often accompanying their parents to farms.<\/p>\n

Ms Eunice Dankwah, a mother and a member of the Boatengkrom Unit Committee, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA), that the situation \u201cis quite disturbing\u201d.<\/p>\n

The late start of schooling by the children was both awkward and unhelpful to their academic progression, as those in their age-group elsewhere invariably tend to stay far ahead of them.<\/p>\n

The GNA had visited the area under the STAR-Ghana\u2019s sponsored media auditing and tracking of development projects, a multi-donor polled initiative, launched to shine a spotlight on how government\u2019s resources were helping to transform the lives of the people, particularly the rural population.<\/p>\n

The goal was to aid transparency and promote good governance.<\/p>\n

Ms Dankwah said through self-help, they had built a three-unit classroom block to serve the three communities but the poor work ethics of teachers posted there was \u00a0discouraging parents from putting their children in the school.<\/p>\n

She complained that \u201cthe teachers frequently absent themselves from the classroom and appear to have no motivation to teach\u201d.<\/p>\n

To buttress her claim, she took the GNA to the school and it was closed at a time classes were supposed to be going on.<\/p>\n

Ms Dankwah said they had made several appeals to the political and education authorities to act and change the situation but they were yet to respond.<\/p>\n

She said it was important to make sure the kids were given the opportunity to receive pre-school education before entering the main school system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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