The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the Government of Ghana and MasterCard Foundation has launched the COVID-19 Education Recovery and Resilience Programme. The virtual launch was addressed by Madam Anne-Claire Dufay, UNICEF Representative in Ghana; Madam Nathalie Akon Gabala, Mastercard Foundation’s Regional Head for Western, Central and Northern Africa, and Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, Director-General of Ghana Education Service.

This initiative is supporting efforts of the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service to ensure that children had access to quality continuous education opportunities through the radio, while they were at home due to school closures. The programme will also support back to school efforts to ensure that all children, and especially girls, returned to a safe environment to learn and remedial/differentiated teaching and learning to enable learners to catch up once they returned to school.

As part of the initiative, the two-year programme, which commenced in June 2020 and runs until May 2022, supported the implementation of virtual and distance learning through radio, SMS, and online learning platforms which will be made available to children across the country.

Learners are being provided with access to online platforms to engage with GES-approved coursework and materials and screen time with tutors. To ensure equitable access to all, children in remote locations or without access to smart devices will benefit from lessons via community radio stations and SMS.

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