United States Ambassador to Ghana Robert P. Jackson has launched the ‘Promoting Transparency and Accountability in Education’ activity at the Northern Network for Education Development (NNED) headquarters in Tamale.
At
the event, Ambassador Jackson and NNED Executive Committee Chair Rosemond Kumah
signed a cooperative agreement for the 18-month US$648,000 USAID activity,
which will be implemented by NNED.
Through
the activity, USAID will support NNED’s continuing efforts to promote greater
accountability, focusing on 200 schools in 25 districts of northern Ghana.
NNED
is a Ghanaian non-governmental organisation that works to increase the quality
of and access to education in northern Ghana through advocacy, resource mobilisation,
and harmonisation of stakeholder efforts.
NNED will draw on its large networks
of educational stakeholders to facilitate greater involvement by civil society
organizations and community members in the management of educational resources
and to provide support and promote further accountability of 250 Ghana
Education Service district managers in northern Ghana.
“NNED
is a critical partner for us in our efforts here in the north,” said Ambassador
Jackson at the launch. “With NNED’s extensive networks and considerable
experience working to improve education here in northern Ghana, I am confident
we will make great gains in ensuring every child in even the most remote
villages receives the education they deserve.”
The
goal of USAID/Ghana’s education programme is to ensure that children are given
the foundational skills to read with understanding in the early grades of
primary school.
USAID’s
activities in Ghana improve the quality of reading instruction, strengthen the
management of educational institutions, improve accountability and transparency
between parents, schools and local government, and help communities contribute
to student and teacher performance.
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