A Ladies Day event held on March 9 aimed to encourage women within the creative sector to start their own business by celebrating established female entrepreneurs. Celebrating the Creativity of Women was the theme of the event organised by 2Inspire Network, which coincided with International Women’s Day, which provided newly established entrepreneurs within the creative industries…
Education is the key to success and the bedrock of the development of every nation including those of Africa. One does not need to be an expert in education or hold a doctorate degree in education to know that the future of Ghana’s education is in jeopardy and this in my view should be blamed…
Photograph by Worldreader. A World Bank report in 2008 revealed that, “Only 1 out of 19 countries studied (Botswana) had adequate textbook provision at close to a 1:1 ratio for all subjects and all grades” in the whole of Sub-Saharan Africa which means there are inadequate textbooks on the continent for school children to read….
In today’s world where there has been so much progress in technology and business it is disappointing that children are not equally accessing quality educational provision. As reported in the Gleaner earlier this year: “Some 50 per cent of the children entering grade one at the primary school level in Central Kingston cannot pass a…
Many children are leaving primary school every year in the UK with inadequate reading skills. The ability to read well is a fundamental life skill. To read well means not only to be able to recognise words on a page but also to be able to read independently and effectively for meaning. One of the…
It was recently reported in The Telegraph that schools are being issued with checklists designed to root out the worst behaviour offenders and ensure staff reward well-behaved children. Inconsistency is certainly the main cause of behaviour difficulties in children. This is the case with parenting and is no different in schools. Children know exactly what…
You don’t have to be a sports enthusiast to have heard or be interested in the recent debates about racism in football or the lack of black coaches and managers causing concern. Of course being married to a football coach who has worked with children for many years I have heard it loud and clear!…