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22nd September – AllAfrica.com - Ghana
Ghana: GNECC Reminds G7 Countries to Fulfill Promises to Country
In a release, GNECC made apparent reference to the promise by G7 countries to the effect that, "No country seriously committed to education for all will be ...

27th August 2008 – Terraviva - Ghana
Funding Gap Fuels Literacy Gap
“Discussions on aid effectiveness need … to break once and for all with the notion that aid is some kind of charity," writes Adelaide Sosseh, Co-Chair of GCAP.

28th June - Modern Ghana - Ghana
Falling education standard in rural areas due to lack of ...
Mrs Bortey made the proposal at the launch of this year's annual Global Action Week on Education Celebration at Obawale in the Yilo Krobo District. ...

19th May - Ghana Broadcasting Coorporation - Ghana
The Central Regional Minister commends NGOs and civil society ...
He was speaking at the celebration of Global Action Week at Abrem Berasi in the Central Region. It was organized by the Ghana National Education Campaign ...

10th May - Public Agenda - Ghana
Ghana: Deputy Minister Gets Set to Repatriate Migrant Children
Hon Baiden-Amissah said this during a national durbar held in Accra to lower the curtain on the just-ended 2008 Global Action Week (GAW), ...

5th May - Public Agenda - Ghana
Ghana: Education Minister Declines to Take Resolution
Locally, the week was observed under the theme: "Quality Education to end Exclusion." During the weeklong programme, GNECC made public the findings of a ...

30th April - Public Agenda - Ghana
Ghana: Mrs. Baiden-Amissah Got It Wrong
Activities marking the 2008 edition of the Global Action Week (GAW), a world wide campaign platform for promoting the Education for All (EFA) goals, ...

29th April - Public Agenda - Ghana
Ghana: We Can't Give Free Uniforms to 'Daft' Students
At a time the Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) is emphasizing quality education for all children to end exclusion, the Ministry of ...

28th April - Joy Online - Ghana
Teachers to blame for poor quality of education
... Ms Hellen McDonald, said it was a delight to have made sustained and fruitful partners in Ghana towards the achievement of education for all, adding, ...

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Member Organisations
Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition, GNAT VSO, Action Aid, Christian Council of Ghana, Oxfam GB, National Union of Ghana Students, ISODEC, UNESCO, Ghana National Association of Teachers, Commonwealth Education Fund, Trade Union Congress, MURAG, Ministry of Education, Science and Sports, World Vision International, Ghana Education Service, Care International, IBIS, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, Plan International, World Service of Canada, TEWU, Ghana Federation of the Disabled, GAPVOD, Coalition on Child Rights, CHRAJ, National Commission for Civic Education, NNED, Send Foundation

What happened in Action Week 2008?
In Ghana, about 800,000 children are excluded from basic education. The focus of the Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition’s (GNECC) advocacy campaign for the Global Action Week was rural-urban divide and its effects on quality education and exclusion in Ghana.

The first major activity was a national press launch which saw members of over 30 different press houses in attendance to send the Global Campaign for Education’s advocacy message of “Quality Education to End Exclusion” to the Ghanaian public.

But the highlight of the week was the national community meeting where the Vice President, Mr Alhji Aliu Mahama, traditional leaders and politicians were taken through an elaborate photo exhibition of the differences in infrastructure between rural and urban schools. This was aimed at demonstrating the exclusion in quality education for the rural poor.

What happened in Action Week 2007?

Students and teachers alike got stuck into the Action Week activities taking part in painting competitions, poetry and drama sessions and doing a big walk through the streets of Accra, where they sang songs for education.

The week’s activities were well covered in the media, and were attended by government officials, who reaffirmed Ghana’s commitment towards education for all by 2015.