BAWKU NCCE EMBARKS ON OUTREACH PROGRAMME (PAGE 38, NOV 2)

THE National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in the Bawku Municipality has embarked on a series of programmes, particularly targeted at the youth, with a view of imbibing in them the sense of nationalism.
Briefing the Daily Graphic at Bawku, the Bawku Municipal Director of the NCCE, Mr P.P. Apaabey Baba, said his outfit had been collaborating with the Municipal Assembly, the Young Christian Workers Organisation, the Ghana Education Service and some civil society organisations such as the Belim-Wusa Development Association (BEWDA) to educate the youth on various national issues.
He said topics treated since the programme started three months ago included Fundamental Human Rights and Responsibilities as contained in the 1992 Constitution, the challenges of building a culture of effective citizens participation in democracy, conflict prevention in schools, using the channels of communication and the Children’s Act.
The Municipal NCCE Director said his outfit impressed upon Islamic schoolchildren and their instructors that besides the study of Quran, they should take the teaching and learning of secular education seriously for them to acquire higher academic qualifications in order to secure good jobs.
He said as part of the programme the youth were advised against drug abuse and spending too much time on festivals, funerals and also urged to desist from immoral activities.