Fresh water stops violence
How fresh water stops violence |
Improving the water supply in Niger’s western border region is a perilous task. Militants have been active in the area for years and violence is common along the frontier with Mali and Burkina Faso. Site visits by water experts are limited and must be made under the protection of the army. That makes improving Niger’s water supply difficult. The availability of clean drinking water in the country is low by global standards, with large disparities between urban and rural areas. Niger ranks near the bottom in the United Nations Human Development Index. Many areas are threatened by drought and desertification. In the Tillabéri region near the western border, 92% of the population live in rural areas and suffer from chronic shortages of clean water, especially during the hot season when temperatures often rise above 40 degrees Celsius. The European Investment Bank is working with the Niger water authority to find solutions for these problems, backed by a donor fund supported by the Dutch government. Access to basic water services can help stabilise the political and security situation in Niger. Bottom line: it can reduce violence by improving economic and social development. Read the article: https://www.eib.org/en/stories/niger-water-development?utm_source=mailje... |
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Show previous commentsA FACELIFT IN FORMAL EDUCATION IN THE CENTRAL REGION OF GHANA
Central region of Ghana has been noted as the first birth of education in Ghana. For sometime, it has been troubled with several juvinal issues. Among which are teenage pregnancies, school dropout, ill teacher-student relationship, lack of Parental care, inadequate government support to Schools and many others. The number of students who passed out from the first cycle to the second cycle, used to be low as compared to the current situation.
Formally, few students gain access to the secondary school and majority of them had to find immediate miniature jobs to themselves. Though the best Schools in Ghana can be found in this region but, gaining access to them by the students in the region was a problem. All because parents could not find their ways out to pay school fees at the Secondary level, and to the tertiary level.
Few years back when reforms in Ghana Education started, where the government had to absorb the fees for second cycle level in education, majority of students passing out of their first cycle Schools, can now gain access to the second cycle Education. So the level of Education for the youths at the moment is a second cycle Education, which is free and compulsory.
There are now minimal students dropout, increase in good parental Responsibility, good teacher-student relationship in the area of fact-finding and solutions to learner's academic problems. There have been increase in school supervision and monitoring as well.
Stakeholders in education in the central region are also becoming aware of their role in supporting Schools through quality provisions of structures to help government in the quest to reach the United Nations Educational targets.
In the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem Municipality, an Education Centre has been built in Elmina to support students in Elmina and its environs. This is the Adjaye Education Centre built by the Adjaye family. Professor Joseph Adjaye, Professor Sophia Meritas Adjaye and Doctor Robert Adjaye.
The Centre is been piloted and it is having a great impact on the current students in the Municipality.
There are still hope in the lifting of the level of Education in the central region of Ghana.
A FACELIFT IN FORMAL EDUCATION IN THE CENTRAL REGION OF GHANA
Central region of Ghana has been noted as the first birth of education in Ghana. For sometime, it has been troubled with several juvinal issues. Among which are teenage pregnancies, school dropout, ill teacher-student relationship, lack of Parental care, inadequate government support to Schools and many others. The number of students who passed out from the first cycle to the second cycle, used to be low as compared to the current situation.
Formally, few students gain access to the secondary school and majority of them had to find immediate miniature jobs to themselves. Though the best Schools in Ghana can be found in this region but, gaining access to them by the students in the region was a problem. All because parents could not find their ways out to pay school fees at the Secondary level, and to the tertiary level.
Few years back when reforms in Ghana Education started, where the government had to absorb the fees for second cycle level in education, majority of students passing out of their first cycle Schools, can now gain access to the second cycle Education. So the level of Education for the youths at the moment is a second cycle Education, which is free and compulsory.
There are now minimal students dropout, increase in good parental Responsibility, good teacher-student relationship in the area of fact-finding and solutions to learner's academic problems. There have been increase in school supervision and monitoring as well.
Stakeholders in education in the central region are also becoming aware of their role in supporting Schools through quality provisions of structures to help government in the quest to reach the United Nations Educational targets.
In the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem Municipality, an Education Centre has been built in Elmina to support students in Elmina and its environs. This is the Adjaye Education Centre built by the Adjaye family. Professor Joseph Adjaye, Professor Sophia Meritas Adjaye and Doctor Robert Adjaye.
The Centre is been piloted and it is having a great impact on the current students in the Municipality.
There are still hope in the lifting of the level of Education in the central region of Ghana.
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