Press briefed on efforts to improve education

Ho (Volta Region) 23 Mar '99

The Right Reverend Japhet Yao Ledo, Moderator of the Evangelical Presbyterian (EP) Church, Ghana, has underscored the need to improve the quality of and access to education as a bedrock for effective development. He therefore, called on non-governmental organisations, national and international stakeholders in education to help develop education to enhance its social and economic progress. Rev Ledo was addressing a press conference organised by the Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) in Ho on Monday as part of the "Good quality and enjoyable basic education for all" campaign. Mr Alfred Kofi Appiah, Regional Co-ordinator for GNECC for Volta and Eastern Regions, said the campaign is geared towards assessing the educational reforms and its lapses and what can be done to address the situation.