C'wealth Fund to give ?200,00 for education

The Commonwealth Fund is to assist the Ghana Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) with 200,000 pounds within the next three years to enhance education.

Mr Charles Abbey, chairman of the coalition of NGOs said the fund would be used for advocacy programmes and human resource development needs of the Ghana Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC).

Mr Abbey was speaking at a two-day capacity building workshop on sensitisation and policy gaps in education for regional and district GNECC and Education For All (EFA) committees.

The workshop, organised by the GNECC and attended by committee members drawn from all the districts in the region, is aimed at structuring and equipping them to take up advocacy roles at the grassroots level.

Mr Abbey said there was the need for all stakeholders in education to access resources to help raise education standard.

Dr James Opare, Dean of the Faculty of Education, University of Cape Coast (UCC), said the FCUBE programme had helped to increase access to education especially those in the rural areas.

He, however, regretted that the programme has not been able to achieve the full participation of girls and attributed this to the attitude of parents towards the education of the girl-child.

He said due to the economic situation in the country most parents preferred using their money for survival needs to the disadvantage of girls.

Dr Opare said unless the poverty level was improved and attitude of parents towards the education of girls is changed the FCUBE programme would not achieve its aims and objectives.