A Ghanaian teenage girl is spearheading an educational initiative to help bridge the “ability to read” gap between children in rural and urban schools. Samantha Boateng’s Read to Lead Foundation has launched a reading project designed to provide libraries in several rural areas in the country. TV3’s Benjamin Aidoo reports for instance that children of … Read more
The State of Ghanaian Libraries: How can we improve on it? Many schools in Ghana do not have libraries and those which have are virtually collapsed As a developing country like Ghana, there is the need to pay critical attention to the rate at which citizens are committed to accumulating and using information from various … Read more
Mr Samuel Bentil Aggrey, the President of the Ghana Library Association, has called on the Government to create a national library to help keep relevant national information. He said a national library was important because it would help to collect and preserve all publications of the country and perform other critical roles. Mr Aggrey made … Read more
The Bolgatanga Regional Library is in a deplorable state with many of the books and amenities in tatters and patrons resorting to sitting under trees to read. Lack of reading books and reference materials, broken shelves, chairs and tables, faded paintings and wiring with exposed cables, poor lighting system, with very old books, are what … Read more
The academic performance of schoolchildren in Shiashie, a community in the Greater Accra Region, is picking up following the establishment of a community library in the area. Previously school children there used to engage in selling of sachet water on the busy road after they closed from primary and junior high schools. But since the … Read more
Ashanti Regional Librarian has said for the past two years that she has been in charge of the facility, they have not been given any money to run the libraries in the Ashanti region. Elizabeth Arthur said lack of power is the regional libraries major setback and called on government to sorted it out. The … Read more
A total of 60 electronic libraries are to be established across the country as part of Ghana’s 60 years anniversary celebration. The establishment of the e-library would help deprived areas in the country to develop skills in computer education, as well as replace the old educational system with a contemporary one where ICT will be … Read more
Government has cut the tape for the construction of 60 e-libraries throughout the country. Dubbed: “Ghana, 60 years on,” the project forms part of the second phase of activities of the Ghana @ 60 celebrations. The Ghana @ 60 Committee, in collaboration with West Blue Consulting, an ICT solutions company working as the technical partners … Read more
The Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, yesterday cut the tape for the construction of 60 e-libraries throughout the country. Dubbed: “Ghana, 60 years on,” the project forms part of the second phase of activities of the Ghana @ 60 celebrations. The Ghana @ 60 Committee, in collaboration with West Blue Consulting, an ICT … Read more