Fifty (50) brilliant but vulnerable students from 15 communities have received full educational sponsorship from ABAK Foundation in partnership with KGL Foundation.
The beneficiaries were selected from Sokoban, Ampayoo, Krofrom, Kwanwoma, and 11 other communities in the Ashanti Region. They were at risk of dropping out due to financial hardship.
The sponsorship package covers tuition fees, learning materials, school uniforms, and other academic needs to help the students stay in school and focus on their studies.
Speaking at the presentation ceremony, Mr. Phillip Duah, Executive Director of ABAK Foundation, said the initiative reflects the foundation’s commitment to ensuring that poverty does not deny any child the right to education.
Mr. Phillip Duah, Executive Director of ABAK Foundation with the kids
“These 50 students are bright and determined. They only needed support. Through our partnership with KGL Foundation, we are investing in their future and in the future of these 15 communities,” he said.
Mr Phillip Duah also reaffirmed the foundation’s commitment to supporting underprivileged communities and empowering the youth through education.
“We are proud to partner with KGL Foundation on this project. Education remains a key pillar in breaking the cycle of poverty, and this is aligned with KGL Foundation’s mandate,”he stated.
The beneficiary students and their parents expressed gratitude to both foundations, describing the support as timely and life-changing.
They pledged to work hard and justify the investment made in them.
ABAK Foundation and KGL Foundation have called on other corporate bodies and well-meaning Ghanaians to support efforts aimed at promoting access to quality education for all.
Mr Phillip Duah, in an interview with Silver Fm’s Akwadaa Nyame, has also made a passionate appeal to the government to extend support to private schools by posting trained teachers to them.
According to him, private schools play a crucial role in complementing the government’s effort to provide quality education for all children, but they are faced with many challenges, particularly the lack of trained teachers.
He said most private schools, especially those in deprived communities, struggle to afford and retain professional teachers, which affects the quality of teaching and learning.
Speaking in an interview, he noted that government support in the form of trained teachers, as well as teaching and learning materials, would go a long way to improve academic performance in private schools.
“The government should not see private schools as competitors but as partners in development.
” We are helping to educate the Ghanaian child. If the government can post trained teachers to support us, it will improve education in the country,” he said.
He added that such support would also help bridge the gap between private and public schools and ensure that children in private schools receive the same quality of education.
He called on the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service to consider a policy that would allow for collaboration between public and private schools in the deployment of teachers.
