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General News of Tuesday, 9 March 1999

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The Ghanaian Chronicle

The paper has on its front-page "President's vision for educating the Ghanaian". According to the paper the President, Jerry John Rawlings has stressed that education of the youth is the responsibility of all and not only the government, educational bodies or the district school authorities.

The Paper stated that the President made the this known when he addressed a colourful parade of school children and other organisations in Accra to mark the 42nd Independence anniversary of the country.

The paper says the President sighted the case of Kushea in the Northern region where the people, the chief and the leaders came together with unity of purpose to solve the problem of the abysmal performance of their children in examination.

According to the story, the president also advised the youth to read papers critically to be able to know the truth.

The paper concluded that the children promised to keep their environment clean and move away from anti-social activities such as drugs abuse and teenage pregnancy.