Prof. Kwesi Amankwah, GES Boss
Nana Ago Boakye Dampare, a form two student of the Atomic Basic School in Accra, is representing Ghana in the African Spelling ‘B’ competition in Mumbasa, Kenya.
Nana Boakye Dampare, who placed third in the National Spelling Competition organized by Educational Promotion Concept (EDUPRO) held at the University of Ghana, Legon, travelled to Kenya on Wednesday to join contestants from other African countries.
Earlier in the year, Jessica Akpalu of Beyonster International School, Adenta and Ebenezer Owusu of the Delight International School, Ashaiman, who placed first and second respectively in the national competition, represented Ghana in the Intercontinental Spelling Competition held in Dubai.
Speaking to Ghana News Agency (GNA) on Wednesday at the Kotoka International Airport, the Executive Producer of Edupro Concept, Christabel Vida Okyere said, “Education is very important in developing every country and must be given the country’s outmost support.”
She, therefore, called on stakeholders to promote policies that would bring out the best in students so that they would compete equally with their peers from developed countries.
Stressing the need for investors to invest in educational programmes, she said, “Investors are always ready to sponsor programmes other than that of education, which is very unhealthy for the development of our children.”
She called on the government to see the promotion of reading among children as the only means of helping to develop the human resource base of the country for economic and social development.
Nana Boakye-Dampare, who expressed appreciation for the selection, assured her parents, teachers and colleagues that she would make the country proud by returning home with the ultimate prize.
The mother of the contestant, Angela Boakye-Dampare, advised parents to help bring out the best in their children to be able to become the blessings God want them to be for the family and country.
EDUPRO is a not-for-profit organization in Tema, which focuses on organizing educational programmes for basic, second-cycle and tertiary schools to complement their curricular as a way of helping to develop Ghana’s human resource.
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