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School For Life Director of Programs Madam Wedad Sayibu has advocated for involving parents in daily learning activities in their neighborhoods to enhance positive learning outcomes.
She said her team has implemented a program to develop the capacities of parents and teachers by creating a common platform for effective parental guidance for the cause of children’s learning.
Madam Sayibu impressed parents to do their best for their studies at a two-day project design guidance workshop to launch the Parent Learning for Continuous Schooling (PLUS) Project in Tamale.
The event was to solicit input and generate ideas from key stakeholders on what innovative strategies should be used for effective implementation through parent involvement in the PLUS project.
The PLUS project, he said, would be carried out in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service and some non-governmental organizations, and said it was funded by Commonwealth Learning and implemented by School for Life in two districts; Kumbunug and Nanton in the northern region.
Madam Sayibu said about 3,600 parents, 7,315 students included; 4,459 boys and 2,856 girls from the levels of Higher Primary and Secondary Education in 40 communities would benefit from the three-year PLUS project that began this year.
He said the project would increase the ability of parents from underserved communities to support and participate in children’s learning, as well as increase community awareness of supporting parental involvement to enhance communicative collaboration between parents and children. teachers in school activities.
Commonwealth Learning (COL) consultant, Hanan Lassen Zakaria, urged parents and families to participate in their children’s education to strengthen their school performance, noting that parents act as the first and main drivers of the development of children. children.
Mr. Zakaria said that active parental involvement would help address the dropout phenomenon and encourage them to have higher aspirations and instill more positive attitudes towards school and homework.
She added that parental involvement in children’s education would improve grades and improve the child’s academic performance and urged parents to volunteer to participate in some of the school activities to build classrooms or participate in decision-making bodies. of school decisions.
“It is the duty of parents to know how the school system works, what programs and activities are available, how these decisions affect their children’s chances of future success, what courses are needed to prepare for future jobs and careers, what teachers expect in their courses so that students do well, and in what way parents can participate in the decisions that affect the operation of schools ”.
