The US Agency for International
Development (USAID), World Vision USA, and the Australian Agency for
International Development (AusAID) have jointly launched a multi-year
initiative to help improve early grade reading outcomes in low-resource
settings in Ghana.
The US Deputy Chief of Mission in Ghana, Pat Alsup, launched the
initiative with a forum where the ‘All Children Reading Grand Challenge’
awardees for Ghana presented their winning concepts and proposed
implementation plans to USAID and key Ghana education sector
stakeholders, including members of the Ghana Education Service and
Development Partners.
A statement from the Public Affairs
Department of the US Embassy in Accra said the All Children Reading: A
Grand Challenge for Development program focuses attention on specific
and narrowly defined development challenges that facilitate innovative
approaches to solving those challenges.
The initiative emphasises solutions that
are grounded in science and technology, and are robust, cost effective,
and expandable to other areas.
The focus on reading is anticipated to
contribute to Ghana’s Education Strategic Plan 2010-2020 policy
objectives of providing quality education at the basic education level.
The statement said: "for Ghana to
advance human capacity, a key driver to economic growth, successful
completion of basic schooling and a minimum of foundational skills, such
as the ability to read and calculate, are required."
Ghana is one of 20 countries that have
developed draft Reading Action Plans that will contribute to halving the
number of non-readers across these countries.
Four organisations have been selected
for the All Children Reading Grand Challenge Round One Ghana 2012:
Perkins School for the Blind; Olinga Foundation for Human Development
Ghana; Open Learning Exchange Ghana; and World reader.
These organisations, the statement said,
were selected to receive grants after a rigorous assessment of
proposals, from approximately 400 organisations across the globe, to
provide innovative ideas to identify and expand groundbreaking
approaches for promoting early grade reading, particularly in low
resource settings.
Source : GNA
Source : GNA
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