About this episode
The episode discusses how mothers in Ghana are transforming early years education to improve children's educational outcomes.
How mums are helping transform early years education in Ghana. Pre-school, or early years education, is seen by experts as providing an important foundation for children’s schooling and development. Ghana has long been a leader in this field, and has boasted a mandatory pre-school programme for almost twenty years. Yet the impact on children’s educational outcomes has been disappointing. Now the Ghanaian government is trying something new; a makeover of their Kindergarten provision to make it more fun and accessible to children. With the help of international NGO Lively Minds, they aim to wake the “sleeping giants” of education - the country’s mothers and fathers. And we hear the poem 'Things I Love About People' - written by Hot Poet Liv Torc with your suggestions - following our recent episode 'The power of poetry'. People Fixing The World from the BBC is about brilliant solutions to the world's problems. We release a new edition every Tuesday. We'd love you to let us know what you think and to hear about your own solutions. You can contact us on WhatsApp by messaging +44 8000 321721 or email peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk. And please leave us a review on your chosen podcast…
People in this episode
Host: Myra Anubi
Guest: Justice Baidoo
Topics covered
- early years education
- Ghana
- parental involvement
- educational reform
- NGOs
- children's development
Keywords
- Ghana
- early years education
- Lively Minds
- parental involvement
- educational reform
- children's development
- pre-school
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Lively Minds
Books & works: Things I Love About People
Places: Ghana
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