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Parents have been urged to review their children’s studies.
Madam Wedad Sayibu, Program Director for School For Life, has advocated for involving parents in daily learning activities in their neighborhoods to enhance positive learning outcomes.
He said his team had signed up a program to develop parent and teacher capacities by creating a common platform for effective parenting 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 orientation workshop to launch parent learning for the Continuous Education Project (PLUS) 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 PLUS.
The PLUS project, he said, would be carried out in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service and 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 at the upper primary and lower secondary levels in 40 communities would benefit from the three-year PLUS project that had already started this year.
He said the project would increase the ability of parents in underserved communities to support and engage in children’s learning, as well as increase community awareness of supporting parental involvement to enhance communication collaboration between parents and teachers. in school activities.
Mr. Hanan Lassen Zakaria, consultant for Commonwealth Learning (COL), urged parents and families to participate in their children’s education to strengthen their school performance, noting that parents are the first and main drivers of the development of the 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 organs. decision-making of the school.
“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 its courses for students to perform well and how parents can participate in decisions that affect the operation of schools. “
