{"id":338376,"date":"2017-07-21T16:51:33","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T16:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=338376"},"modified":"2017-07-21T16:51:33","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T16:51:33","slug":"ghanaian-schools-hail-citi-fms-literacy-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/ghanaian-schools-hail-citi-fms-literacy-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaian schools hail Citi FM\u2019s Literacy Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some schools in Accra say they are excited over <strong>Citi FM<\/strong>\u2019s Literacy Challenge which seeks to enhance Ghana\u2019s educational system.<\/p>\n<p>Some pupils and head-teachers of schools the Literacy Challenge team visited were full of praise for Citi FM describing the initiative as laudable.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-338396\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/literacy-challenge-8_800x449.jpg\" alt=\"literacy-challenge-8_800x449\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-338395\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/literacy-challenge-6_800x533.jpg\" alt=\"literacy-challenge-6_800x533\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-338394\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/literacy-challenge-5_800x533.jpg\" alt=\"literacy-challenge-5_800x533\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Citi FM on Wednesday launched the \u201cLiteracy Challenge\u201d to recognize exceptional basic school students from the various Junior High School in the country through essay writing, aptitude test and quiz competition.<\/p>\n<p>The overall winner will take home a whooping GHc10, 000.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-338393\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/literacy-challenge-4_800x449.jpg\" alt=\"literacy-challenge-4_800x449\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-338392\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/literacy-challenge-3_800x449.jpg\" alt=\"literacy-challenge-3_800x449\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-338390\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/literacy-challenge-22_800x449.jpg\" alt=\"literacy-challenge-22_800x449\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-338389\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/literacy-challenge-21_800x449.jpg\" alt=\"literacy-challenge-21_800x449\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-338388\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/literacy-challenge-20_800x449.jpg\" alt=\"literacy-challenge-20_800x449\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some students from the Christ the King, 37 Military Hospital and Ministry of Health basic schools the Literacy Challenge team visited promised to put in their best to win the competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am going to take part in this programme because it is going to help me a lot. I\u2019m going to share my views on how to make Accra clean and when I win; I\u2019m going to use the money to further my education,\u201d a student said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-338387\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/literacy-challenge-18_800x449.jpg\" alt=\"literacy-challenge-18_800x449\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-338386\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/literacy-challenge-17_800x449.jpg\" alt=\"literacy-challenge-17_800x449\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-338385\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/literacy-challenge-16_800x449.jpg\" alt=\"literacy-challenge-16_800x449\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-338384\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/literacy-challenge-15_800x449.jpg\" alt=\"literacy-challenge-15_800x449\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-338383\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/literacy-challenge-14_800x449.jpg\" alt=\"literacy-challenge-14_800x449\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another student said \u201cI think it is great because it will give me and other people like me the chance to express themselves and the chance for the nation to know that we are here not just to study and grow up but also help the country to become a better place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Heads of the schools visited were not also left out in the excitement.<\/p>\n<p>They wholly endorsed the challenge urging their students to fully participate.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-338384\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/literacy-challenge-15_800x449.jpg\" alt=\"literacy-challenge-15_800x449\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-338383\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/literacy-challenge-14_800x449.jpg\" alt=\"literacy-challenge-14_800x449\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-338382\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/literacy-challenge-13_800x449.jpg\" alt=\"literacy-challenge-13_800x449\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-338381\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/literacy-challenge-12_800x449.jpg\" alt=\"literacy-challenge-12_800x449\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-338380\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/literacy-challenge-11_800x449.jpg\" alt=\"literacy-challenge-11_800x449\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-338379\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/literacy-challenge-10_800x449.jpg\" alt=\"literacy-challenge-10_800x449\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-338378\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/literacy-challenge-9_800x449.jpg\" alt=\"literacy-challenge-9_800x449\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so excited having included the 37 Military basic school in the contest. Looking at my children, I know that they will do well and will be put on the limelight with their performances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will give them the exposure; it will also keep them very active. Most of them explore, so they will go further to explore a lot of things to help them write a well-informed essay and proceed further to the rest of the stages in the competition,\u201d another headmaster added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Godwin A. 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