Over 200 secondary students in Ashanti Region borrow uniforms for school

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More than 200 students of Asare Bediako Senior High School in the Ashanti Region borrow uniforms from senior colleagues for school because authorities have failed to supply uniforms they have paid for.

For two years, second year female students of the school located at Akrokerri in the Adansi South District, have been stuck with wearing a worn-out check-frock, while the boys wear different unapproved attires for classes.

Students explain although they have paid the required fee for the approved uniforms school authorities have failed to provide them with the official school uniforms..

A student told Luv FM’s Prince Appiah students who completed the school more than two years ago also attended classes without uniforms.

According to the student, the cost of the official uniform is part of a fee of GH¢157.00 students are made to pay for various items in the first year.

But after paying this fee, they do not recieve the uniforms.

A furious parent told Prince the situation is unfortunate and has called on the Ghana Education Service to take action.

Asare Bediako Senior High School hardly organises Paretnt-Teacher Assocation (PTA) meetings, making it difficult to raise the issue for approapriate action to be taken.

Headmaster of the School, Wilberforce Kwaku Nuako, declined comment to the issue.

But when he was pushed, he explained some students owe school fees while others have failed to pay the right fee for the uniforms, making it difficult to get suppliers to deliver them.

He added that delays with government subvention to the school is another reason the school is unable to provide students with the uniforms.

Meanwhile parents are unhappy their children are borrowing old uniforms for classes.

Source: Ghana | Myjoyonline.com

Shatta Wale was fighting the right cause the wrong way (SAYS SAMINI)

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Ghanaian dancehall artist Samini has described as laudable the initiative by the artist of the year at the 2014 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards to get things right in the Ghana Music Industry but believes the approach was entirely wrong.

The artist in an interview with Giovani Caleb on the Late Night Celebrity Show on ETV disclosed some of the grievances addressed by the artist in the uploaded videos were right but lost its balance due to the abusive and insulting turn it took. He described the choice of words as uncalled for hence the need to do an honourable thing by apologizing to CEO of Yola Ayewode and Charter House to avert the recent court action initiated by the organization.

Reacting to earlier reports that the two used to be “close friends”, Samini stated categorically that he found it interesting such comments could be made as he has never been friends with him.

Asked if he was broke and trying to ride on the fame and popularity of the “dancehall King”, Samini laughed it off and said he has never been broke and would wish the “dancehall commando” artist will fly his mother around the world just as he had done.

Samini was on the show to mark ten years of success in the music industry and promote his new single “Zongozer” which features Kwabena Kwabena.

FINDINGS ON THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR

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10456265_643360445779708_4750952942442283399_nThe Department of Labor’s annual Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor focuses on the efforts of certain U.S. trade beneficiary countries and territories to eliminate the worst forms of child labor through legislation, enforcement mechanisms, policies and social programs.

The Report presents:

  • Findings on the prevalence and sectoral distribution of the worst forms of child labor in each country.
  • Country-specific suggestions for government action (since 2009).
  • Individual country assessments that identify where Significant, Moderate, Minimal, or No Advancement has been made (since 2011).

The Report serves as a resource to foreign governments, NGOs, academics and policymakers working on labor and human rights issues. It helps inform Congress and Executive Branch agencies that formulate labor and trade policy and is an important resource for the Department in assessing future technical assistance and research priorities as it seeks to combat child labor around the world.

The Department’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) has published the Findings each year since 2002, as mandated by the Trade and Development Act of 2000 (TDA). The TDA requires that countries fulfill commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor to be eligible for certain U.S. trade preference programs. It also requires the U.S. Secretary of Labor to issue annual findings on beneficiary country initiatives to implement these commitments.

By: MyJoyonline Ghana