By
J. K. Nabary, GNA
Baifikrom (C/R) June
21, GNA – Mr Thomas Yaw Adjei-Baffoe, Deputy Central Regional Minister has
commended the leadership and members of Plan International for their hard work
and commitment to improve the quality of lives of children over the years.
Mr. Adjei-Baffoe who
was a special guest of honour at a durbar organised by Plan Ghana Central
Programme Unit to commemorate the AU Day of the African Child held at
Baifikrom, acknowledged with admiration their resolve at partnering the
government in pursuit of its development agenda.
The celebration on
the theme “Leave No Child Behind for Africa’s Development” was attended by Chiefs,
Assembly Members, School Children, teachers, parents, and Personnel from Ekumfi
District and Mfantsiman Municipality Assemblies.
“I am reliably
informed that Plan Ghana (Plan International) annually organises this event for
children to raise awareness on the need for stakeholders to support the
children and for that matter, young people to realise their full potentials,
the Deputy Minister stated.
“It is the right of
every child of school going age to have access to quality education and proper
up-bringing, saying Education and Proper
Up-bringing are a pre-requisite in individuals’ life because only a Nation of
educated, skilled, well-informed and morally sound people can build a just and
prosperous society”.
According to Mr
Adjei-Baffoe, government and parents had the responsibility to ensuring that
children go through proper education and training in tune with the current
rapid technological changes and advancement.
“This is one of the
surest ways of securing the future of our dear country towards posterity, which
the onus therefore lies on us to guard against all tendencies that hinder the
child from obtaining quality education and subsequently depriving the nation of
human resources needed to develop,” he stated.
The Deputy Minister
said government had come up with policies that would create equal and enabling
educational environment for all children, by stopping all forms of abuse
against the child.
He lamented that
such policies which include; the Free Senior High School Policy were to help
enhance the total development of the Ghanaian child and called on all take
advantage of the opportunities to educate their children.
Ms. Eunice Naana a
Child Ambassador for 2018 in her address said since the day was in memory of
the 16th June, 1976 students uprising in Soweto, South Africa in protest
against the poor quality of education they received and demanded to be taught
in their own language, stakeholders should be more serious and committed
towards addressing the numerous challenges facing children across the
continent.
She appealed to the
Ghana Education Service, Ministry of Education, the Assemblies, Teachers, and
for that matter the Government to go the extra mile at ensuring that no child
was left behind in terms of seeking quality education.
GNA