Right To Play Ghana is urging the government to ensure all children access to quality education due to the challenges the COVID-19 has posed to the system.
According to the organisation, the COVID-19 global health crisis have far-reaching implications on primary education hence, the need for urgent measures to mitigate its effects, especially in the rural areas.
“Children in communities with no access to internet and modern technologies are already disadvantaged and there is the need to bring them up to speed with the newly emerging use of social media,” it said.
As a promoter of quality primary education in Ghana, they made this call in a statement to mark the 2020 International Day of the African child.
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“Right To Play is of the view that access to a child-friendly justice system in Africa, which is the continental theme for this year’s African Child’s Day should be linked to efforts to secure the education of children in the deprived communities,” the statement signed by the Country Director, Josephine Mukakalisa read.
The statement noted Right to Play has adopted and initiated a modified program with the aim of ensuring that children in such communities continue to have access to education.
It revealed following the outbreak of COVID-19 in Ghana, it has partnered with the Ghana Education Service at the district level to introduce supplementary Learning, health and psychosocial support to children and their families.
As of June 16, 2020, an estimated 15,000 children have benefited from the program which deploys volunteer teachers, members of community-based organisations and district education officials to pay home visits for sensitisation, representing 7,800 girls and 7,200 boys.