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million. Michael Katamani, Coordinator of Counseling and Counseling Services for Municipal Education in East Krachi, says the alarming level of early pregnancy and early marriage is one of the major problems affecting education in the area. municipality
. teenage pregnancy case; declaring that in the examination of end of elementary studies (BECE), 22 girls were pregnant.
He said that of the 22, two of them gave birth during the week of examination.
He noted that the two girls Mr. Katamani made these revelations in his presentation during a courtesy visit of a delegation of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to Ghana and the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), on the occasion of a press conference. Krachi East City General Manager Patrick Charty Jilima in Dambai
This visit was intended to provide the delegation with an overview of the priorities of the district and the adolescent program.
UNICEF and KOICA jointly implement a three-year program called "Better Life for Girls" (BLG) and aims to provide adolescent girls in Ghana with the knowledge, skills and enabling environment to make decisions enlightened on the questions concerning them.
A $ 5.2 million project focuses on interventions that cover health and nutrition, girls' education, and child protection.
The goal of BLG's interventions in education is to design a set of interventions to keep girls in school. Katamani said the success rate of girls completing basic education in the municipality in 2017 was 34.3 percent, however, with interventions from UNICEF and its partners . Mr. Paul Avorkah, National Director of the Community Development Department, said the Child Protection Program was now being implemented holistically through its Child and Family Protection Policy. and the justice policy for children. 19659002] He said they were targeting, preventing child abuse, child abuse and child neglect, and wa s working through community education by hiring family members community members and faith-based organizations to enable them to support children.
Mr. Avorkah said that in a situation where child abuse provide quality services across his department, the Department of Social Welfare and Ghana Education Service, so that they can respond appropriately. "19659002" So we train all members of the Assembly in Ghana with the necessary information, knowledge and skills. Mr Yukyum Kim, Country Director, KOICA, said that the BLG project that was funded by KOICA included elements that highlighted approaches that could holistically support the adolescent empowerment agenda.
A field visit would help KOICA and UNICEF evaluate its programs and gather evidence to expand its interventions.
Mrs. Anne-Claire Dufay, Country D UNICEF, UNICEF, collected data on social indicators in various districts and wished to improve the situation of children, adolescents and families in developing countries. areas of social protection, health, education, water and sanitation. It is encouraging to see the progress already made in girls' lives because early marriage, teenage pregnancy, school dropouts, anemia and other problems that girls face in their lives daily are of concern
. In the Volta Region, one in three people lived below the national poverty line and one in five girls got married early; So these are some of the indicators they wanted to change with the community to make a difference in the lives of families and especially girls.
Mr. Jilima said that the Assembly would soon open two schools for girls only in Dambai and Ayeremu. allow them to have access to education.
He noted that most of these girls had difficulties in education; thus the two modules called "Girls School Module" would help provide the training that would allow them to reach their full potential.
Source: GNA.
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