{"id":4672,"date":"2014-03-08T06:59:25","date_gmt":"2014-03-08T06:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=4672"},"modified":"2014-03-08T06:59:25","modified_gmt":"2014-03-08T06:59:25","slug":"pupils-must-participate-in-parades-bright-appiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/pupils-must-participate-in-parades-bright-appiah\/","title":{"rendered":"Pupils must participate in parades \u2013 Bright Appiah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/independence.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3559\" alt=\"independence\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/independence-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/independence-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/independence-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/independence.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Executive Director of Childs&#8217; Right International, Mr. Bright Appiah has dismissed calls for an immediate exclusion of school pupils from Independence Day parades, saying such events are critical to their \u201cpatriotism and development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that one of the ways that we can build the patriotism of children is for them to participate in national events of this nature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His comments come in the wake of calls for an immediate exclusion of school pupils from Independence Day parades.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0Pressure group, Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) , the annual ritual of having school children march on Independence Day is archaic and primitive.<\/p>\n<p>But speaking on<strong> Eyewitness News<\/strong>, Mr. Appiah dismissed those claims , saying activities that will allow children to participate in national events should rather be given some level of priority and interest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInfact we are even expecting the President to have time for interaction and outline his plans to the children,&#8221;he added<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of the cardinal principles on which we enacted the Children\u2019s Act \u00a0has to do with child participation so clearly we cannot rule that out in any discussion,\u201dhe explained<\/p>\n<p>51 students col\u00adlapsed in the Tema Metropolis on Thursday morning during a parade to mark Ghana\u2019s 57th inde\u00adpendence anniversary celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Out of the number, 49 were stu\u00addents drawn from various schools in the Ashaiman Municipality who had converged at the Mandela Park for the parade<\/p>\n<p>In that regard, Mr. Appaih proposed that appropriate preparations \u00a0be made to prevent challenges that will hinder children from participating in such events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c All things must be in order to ensure that children participate and participate well,\u201d he insisted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Executive Director of Childs&#8217; Right International, Mr. Bright Appiah has dismissed calls for an immediate exclusion of school pupils from Independence Day parades, saying such events are critical to their \u201cpatriotism and development.\u201d \u201cI believe that one of the ways that we can build the patriotism of children is for them to participate in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":4675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[43,38,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pupils must participate in parades \u2013 Bright Appiah - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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