Education 1

Photo and text by Nichole Huck At this age boys and girls seem to have equal access to education. However, as they get older many more men will be educated than women. The literacy rate for men is 60% as opposed to 30% for women. When families are faced with economic difficulties, they find it easier to withdraw the girls because it is felt the girls do not need as much education as the boys because they are expected to get married and have children.

School shots

November 21st 2007
My collegue at Radio Justice Adams Abdul Sammed and I went to visit the Yilonaayili Anglican Primary School earlier this month. Sammed first became interested in this school when he met one of the teachers Madame Judith. She told him about some of the challenges at the school (such as overcrowding) and how she has been trying to help some of the students who come from very poor families. We sp ... read more

Africa » Ghana » Northern » Tamale

Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. A long series of coups resulted in the suspension of the ... ... read more

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