About 200 girls across the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region could not return to school when schools reopened after the COVID-19 outbreak.
This was revealed by the District girl child officer during a meeting with the MP for Sawla after he presented Maths sets for BECE candidate at the directorate.
According to the officer initial investigations indicates that these girls have resorted to trading instead of education.
She appeal the MP for Sawla-Tuna-Kalba Constituency Hon Dari Chiwiitey Andrew to help them initiate a recovery program for these girls.
The drop out she said is a worry to the unit as it has the tendency to reduce female gender from the schools.
The District Examination co-ordinator, Mr D.J Sambah Francis said the current bill against LGBTQI+ is a serious issue and he urged him to take the best decision.
He said the culture and value of our people was inculcated in our education which was actually increasing our performance but today this western laws are the reason for poor performance in our schools.
He said currently the mock that was organize by the MP indicated that the candidates will perform considering the current aggregate from the examination and the District may obtain a single digit.
Speaking on behalf of the District Director of a Education, Mr David Dibarnye said the sector is always grateful to the MP for his kind gestures and said some of the interventions by the MP has yielded positive results.
But appeal to the MP to assist some schools with computer lab and also consider forwarding issues of the Sawla Vocational School to the national level for GES to absorb it.
The Mp said politics is also causing most these things but assured going forward he will get some of this issues resolved.
He said the most worrying part of the drop out unfortunately might not complete the apprenticeship training as some might get pregnant and assured them of better policies to curb this situation.
The MP said very soon he will open a some computer labs for the schools saying delay is as a result of infrastructure but since it is now ready he will install them very soon.
He called on those in the education sector to let their voices be heard as funds for education development has declined.
He said the issue of the vocational is dear to his heart because he is fighting for it to be converted into a polytechnic because it is the only vocational school that is public in the Savannah Region.
Source: yagbonradioonline
