Benedicta Tenni Seidu
The Girls’ Education Unit (GEU) of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has celebrated the 2022 International Day of the Girl (IDG) with a sensitisation durbar at Bamiankor, a farming community in the Nzema East Municipal of the Western Region.
The durbar, held on the campus of Gwiraman Community Senior High School (GWIRASEC), was also used to commemorate the twenty-fifth (25) anniversary of the establishment of the GEU.
Attended by chiefs, queen-mothers, community opinion leaders and school children, the occasion was characterised by a host of activities, including a procession of school children through the principal streets of Bamiankor and Anibil, a parade by the GWIRASEC school cadet, drama performances, poetry and speeches.
Speaking on the theme, “Our Time Is Now: Our Rights, Our Future,” the Director of Girls Education Unit (GEU), Benedicta Tenni Seidu, underscored the importance of educating the Ghanaian girl and urged parents to invest their attention on that.
She indicated that GES management has, through various directives, removed all administrative barriers to the education of girls and “so parents and everyone should take advantage of this and send your girl-child to school. Even if that girl has got pregnant or given birth, we are not throwing her away. She is still a Ghanaian child whose right to education is guaranteed both by God and law.”
The Paramount Chief (Omanhene) of Gwirae Traditional Area, Awulae Angama Tu-Agyan II, who chaired the durbar, entreated parents and community-members to forgo all cultural misconceptions about the education of girls and rather invest their resources into educating their daughters.
Municipal Chief Executive of Nzema East, Elizabeth Dorcas Amoah, implored parents to take advantage of all the good interventions by government, including the Free SHS policy and school feeding programme, to send their children, especially the girls, to school.