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USAID, MoE, support visually impaired students with Braille learning materials
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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education (MoE) has presented 1,400 Braille Teaching and Learning Materials to nine Special Education Schools that support visually impaired learners.
USAID Education Office Director, Rasheena Reid, joined the Deputy Minister of Education, Reverend John N. Fordjour last Wednesday at the Akropong School to handover the materials which were developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Education’s Special Education Division.
The “Partnership for Education: Learning” programme, partnered with the Ministry to create the materials to help improve the reading performance of visually impaired learners in the country.
“Education opens doors for professional, economic, and cultural opportunities. Visually impaired students deserve those same opportunities.
“We congratulate the Ministry of Education and Ghana Education Service on their commitment to inclusive education, especially as the Government of Ghana supports the Global Disability Summit,” USAID’s Rasheena Reid said while Rev. Fordjour stressed the importance of inclusive education for all learners.
The collaboration with the Ministry of Education focuses on promoting quality education for children. Sixty-five teachers from nine special education schools for the blind and selected District Special Education Coordinators would receive training on the use of the materials.
The schools include: Wa Methodist School For The Blind, Bechem School For The Deaf/Blind, Cape Coast School For The Deaf/Blind, Demonstration School For The Deaf/Blind, Volta School For The Deaf/Blind, Ashanti School For The Deaf/Blind, Three Kings Special School, Ghana National Basic Inclusive, Akropong School For The Blind.
The activity was part of the ‘Learning T2E Plus programme’, which supports the MoE and the GES to improve early grade reading of learners in Ghana. The programme has trained over 20,000 teachers and reached over 750,000 pupils from over 5,000 schools across the country.
By Spectator Reporter
Deputy National Women Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mimi Duah, has openly declared her support for Mavis Hawa Koomson as the next National Women’s Organiser of the party.
In a statement endorsing Hawa Koomson’s candidature, Ms Duah outlined four key reasons why she believes the former MP and Minister of State is best placed to lead the party’s women’s wing.
According to her, Hawa Koomson is a motherly figure who rose from the grassroots and is widely noted for her forgiving nature and ability to foster unity.
“She is a true grassroots mother who easily forgives, fosters unity, provides guidance and arbitrates to ensure all aggrieved party women are brought on board to ensure a unified women’s wing,” she stated.
Ms Duah also pointed to Hawa Koomson’s vast experience, having served as a Constituency Women’s Organiser, Member of Parliament and Minister of State, noting that the experience positions her to provide effective leadership as National Women’s Organiser.
She further described Hawa Koomson as capable of making the women’s wing resourceful, through her extensive network and business contacts, to lobby for logistics, training and financial support for women organisers at all levels.
Lastly, she said the NPP as an opposition party needs fearless, bold and assertive leadership at the women’s front to inspire regional, constituency and polling station women organisers as the party reorganises towards the 2028 elections.
“We need a Women’s Organiser who has been tested, who is bold, who understands grassroots women, and who can lead us to victory in 2028. Hon. Mavis Hawa Koomson is that leader,” she stressed.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
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Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts Minister inaugurates Ghana-Korea Heritage Project Steering Committee
Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts Minister, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has inaugurated the Ghana-Korea Heritage Project Steering Committee to provide strategic oversight for a five-year programme focused on preserving Ghana’s heritage sites and strengthening their resilience to climate change.
The project will support climate-risk mapping, digital surveying and 3D modelling, joint research, capacity building, community engagement and modern monitoring technologies.
Korea is also providing specialised equipment, including drones, 3D scanners, digital microscopes, thermal imaging cameras and GPS survey instruments, to enhance Ghana’s capacity to scientifically assess, document and conserve heritage structures.
The partnership, which will run through 2030 and beyond, is expected to deepen Ghana-Korea cultural ties while promoting sustainable, technology-driven and climate-adaptive heritage management for future generations.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
