Our Village Schools, Still the same!

INTRODUCTION 

Education is still the weapon to overcome darkness of life and future, it erases ignorance and desperation to the least regards of our society and brings the root of civilization. Structures to its quality and benefits to people matters most especially less-privileged, this was what I witnessed six years ago at Saboba and still nothing much has been done about it. 

In spite of the numerous consultations and advocacy I have made to some stakeholders including Member of Parliament, Assemblymen, Media Personnel and Lighting company. 

This is the content of the proposal since 2016:

 “Lighting Our Community” is an initiative of Mr. PRINCE HASEVI, a graduate of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST. During his one-year mandatory National Service in the Northern Region, specifically Saboba Ghana Education Services, District Directorate, where he discovered that the large population does not have access to electricity. 

However, the lines passed through almost all the communities but due to the state of their livelihoods, they cannot afford to buy the meters and the cables needed for connection. As a result, the academic performances of the school children have dropped drastically from years to years which are very rampant and alarming. 

The objectives for this project are: 

(1) to create awareness about the problem 

 (2) to connect with stakeholders through the media 

 (3) to raise fund to implement the project 

(4) to help improve academic performance

 (5) to help reduce poverty in the communities

 BACKGROUND Saboba is one of the Districts in the Northern Region with about 63 communities. According to Ghana Statistical Services with collaboration of organizations such as Canadian Embassy and DANIDA Districts analytical reports, 2010 and 2014 indicated that the overall population of the District is about 65,706 representing 2.7 percent of the total population of the Northern region (2, 479, 561). 

Population for 18 years and above constituted 43.4% and below 18 years 56.7% and also rural population constituted to 59.497(90.55%) compared to urban population 6.209(9.45%). 

The major occupation is farming, forestry, fishery industry with the population of 23,187. Employees in the District also made up to 1,084. Population per household for rural dwellers is (11.0) which is higher than both regional (9.5) and national (7.1) averages, even than urban areas in the District.

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