Festive Kids International Foundation, FKIF, a humanitarian non-governmental organization in collaboration with GBC –Radio Central yesterday launched the FKIF Radio Learning Program.
The initiative which is a brainchild of FKIF was started in April this year to provide daily tuition on the four main core subjects, English, Mathematics, Integrated and Social Studies and Guidance and Counselling to Junior High School students who are on the unintended Covid 19 break especially those in the rural areas in the Central Region.
Launching the program, the Paramount Chief of Assin Owirenkyi Traditional Area, Ehunabobrem Prah Agyensem VI, commended the foundation for their innovative initiative particularly in education at the rural areas.
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He however called on government to give the needed support to such initiatives in order to help reduce the unequal distribution of resources in the rural areas.
“I hope there will be a political will in the reform of education to take in to account this initiative by FKIF, because the radio has the propensity engage or arrest the attention of kids effectively.”
Speaking in an interview with ATL FM News, founder and president of FKIF Mr. Prince Messiah Yeboah Hayford explained that the initiative has it prime focus on school children who are not able to access government’s online tuition in the wake of the pandemic as a result of resource constraints.
He said in order to achieve the intended purpose the foundation has partnered with the community leaders who, as part of their support to the program, monitor the school children to ensure that they are making good use of the program.
Ehunabobrem Prah Agyensem VI supported the initiative with an amount of ten thousand Ghana Cedis (10,000) to be used to extend the programme to other rural communities in the region and eventually to other parts of the country.
The event was attended by some queen mothers in the region, including the Nana Amba Eyiaba, Krontihema of Oguaa Traditional Area and a delegation from GBC led by the Deputy Director Ing. Augustus Yamson, assembly members from the benefiting communities and some stakeholders in the education sector.
Source: Joseph Kobina Amuah / ATL FM NEWS
