CHILDREN AT RISK

While facing challenges reaching Education, Ghana has realized modest gains in basic education achievement. Enrollment rates increased from 57% in 1999 to 90% in 2006, and the percentage of girls in school has gone up. However, rates are still low in many places, particularly rural areas and the northern regions of the country. In northern Ghana, partly due to increased incidences of food insecurity, more than 40% of girls at the basic level are not in school. Low quality of education adversely affects retention and primary school completion. At the primary level, 20% of all children are out of school and only 16% of students read at grade level. [1]

Pioneers-Ghana Teachers visit remote villages during the week and have small group classes with these children, by providing basic formal education. Our curriculum is structured in a manner that would provide children not only with cognitive skills but with moral skills that would shape them for the future. For more information. email: dyebuah@pioneers-africa.org or admin@pioneers-africa.org