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The National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE) has launched the second edition of the Interuniversity Civic Challenge aimed at motivating higher education students to learn the content of the 1992 Constitution and to become ambbadadors of the university. Rule of law.
The challenge, which is a quiz and debate, will bring together students from 20 higher education institutions this year. The first edition last year included 16 higher education institutions.
The challenge launched this year in Accra adopted the theme of the Commission for 2019: "Ghana, a people: our values, our sovereignty in participatory democracy".
Defend the constitution
Josephine Nkrumah, President of the CNCE, expressed the hope that the challenge would inculcate citizens' awareness of the fundamental principles and objectives of the Constitution.
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In addition, she said that it would strengthen the capacity of citizens to defend the Constitution and endow them with the nation's values set out in the Constitution.
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NCCE Vice President, Finance and Administration Kathleen Addy, who provided the details of the competition, said the two-phase challenge would begin with the in-house selection competitions. February 13, 2019, while zonal competitions would be held between March 5, 2019 and March 21, 2019.
She added that the second phase would include zone competitions, semi-finals and the grand finale debate.
Participating schools, which include traditional private, faith-based, technical and tertiary institutions, include Bolga Technical University, Wa Technical University, Tamale Technical University, University for Development Studies (UDS). , Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
Others are Garden City University College, Kumasi, Sunyani Technical University, Catholic University, Takoradi Technical University and University of Mining and Technology.
The others are the University of Cape Coast (UCC), the University of Education Winneba (UEW), the Ashesi University, the University of Ghana, Legon, the University of Professional Studies of Accra (UPSA), Accra Technical University, Ho Technical University, Islamic University, All Nations University and Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).
Deputy Information Minister Pius Enam Hadzide said targeting young people in higher education was the best way to instill the values of the nation and the law to young people. to turn them into patriotic citizens baduming leadership roles. .
He appealed to other companies to help the CNCE fulfill its mandate.
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