Enrol children in school – Moslem parents urged

Accra, Aug. 30, GNA – Three Islamic Schools in the Ablekuma Central Constituency are to benefit from a GH¢ 250,000 support from the MP's share of the common fund for the rehabilitation of their schools.

The beneficiaries are Zongo, Gbortsui and Sukura Electoral areas.

Mr. Theophilus Tetteh Chaie, MP for the area who made this known at a graduation ceremony of God's Time Day Care Centre at Abbosey Okai in Accra, said enrolment of Moslem children into public schools in the area was not encouraging, hence the need to give the schools a new face.

He said this would encourage parents to send their children to school and it would enhance teaching and learning among the Moslem children in the area.

He urged the parents to be responsible towards the welfare of their children.

The MP urged Moslem parents not to relent in their efforts when their wards failed to gain admission to senior high schools, but continue to encourage them to develop by sending them to technical and vocational institutions that would provide skills for the youth to be self employed.

He expressed concern about the poor performance of public schools in the area in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), adding,” that is why I invested 70 per cent of my share of the common fund in education for job creation through skills training”.

Mr. Peter Aye, Director of Children at the Ghana National Commission on Children, said every child has the potential and opportunity to progress and succeed in life, but its achievement also depended on the will power of parents to make the best choice for them.

“The family is always the backbone of every progressive society with the child at the centre," he said, adding that "the family environment is necessary to ensure peace which promotes survival, development, protection and participation of the child”.

Mr Aye said it was important for the private educational partners to champion the cause of quality education by investing both capital and human resources to compliment government efforts in education.

Mrs. Constance Kotey, Proprietor of the school, said quality education was not the responsibility of teachers and schools alone, but also parents and the community.

She said there was the need for parents to supervise their children when they came home from school, since quality education could not be achieved overnight, but rested on humility, discipline and a sound foundation.

The Chairman for the occasion, Mr Samuel Acquah, a Banker, called on stakeholders particularly parents to ensure that they took proper care of their children not only through the payment of school fees, but also provided them with other social needs to enable them to grow up into useful citizens.

GNA