{"id":100289,"date":"2015-03-17T20:19:48","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T20:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=100289"},"modified":"2015-03-17T20:19:48","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T20:19:48","slug":"vodafone-ghana-foundation-partners-ngo-to-enhance-education-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/03\/vodafone-ghana-foundation-partners-ngo-to-enhance-education-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Vodafone Ghana Foundation partners NGO to enhance education sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vodafone Ghana and Educators International (EI) have launched <em>\u2018Phonics by Phone Project\u2019<\/em>, a mobile application, as part of efforts to empower majority of teachers in the education sector.<\/p>\n<p>Compatible with normal mobile phones, the<em> \u2018Phonics by Phone Project\u2019<\/em> under Vodafone\u2019s Mobile for Good inventiveness, equips teachers to help children build sounds into words, and remember them through rhymes, songs, riddles and games.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the app, Nana Yaa Afriyie Ofori-Koree, Foundation and Sustainability Manager at Vodafone Ghana said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Ghana, only 2% of school children by end of Primary Two can read fluently; whereas in the UK the figure is over 80%. The difference is startling and Vodafone wants to create a platform that will help correct this predicament. Education holds the lifeline to the advancement of every economy and we are determined to be at the forefront of this drive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mobile \u201capp\u201d will give educational institutions the opportunity to receive phonics training in order to train their students to embrace the concept in a unique way.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Stark, an Educators International Trustee said:\u201cThe GH\u023b50,000 grant by Vodafone Foundation has enabled us to prepare a set of audio units which together will create a full course content for the app. We have also developed a site www.phonicsghana.mobi which is optimised for ordinary and smart phones alike. This way, the city and village teachers can enjoy the same educational package\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Vodafone Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vodafone Ghana and Educators International (EI) have launched \u2018Phonics by Phone Project\u2019, a mobile application, as part of efforts to empower majority of teachers in the education sector. 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