Getting Back to Kindergarten School Safely
- P Project/Program
? Activity Status: Unknown
Key Information
As schools prepared to re-open in Ghana on the 18th January 2021, the Ghana Education Service launched the Back to School Campaign. As part of Sabre’s collaboration and support to the 12 districts that they work with across the Central, Western and Eastern Regions of Ghana, teachers and Ghana Education Service officers volunteered to visit communities to talk to parents/carers and other community members on the importance of children returning to school and COVID-19 safety to ensure children would be safe at school and at home.
They have also been delivering our COVID-19 response work since the summer, via the “Say, Sing, Shine” radio programme we were able to use the established network of radio stations to share key Back to School messages. We worked with the Ghana Education Service’s ‘Back to School’ team from the Girl Child and Guidance & Counselling Department at the district level, to share broadcasts to sensitise parents/carers and the general public on COVID-19 safety at schools and schools reopening guidelines.
In addition to the radio messaging, they have COVID-19 packs for kindergarten classrooms which include veronica buckets, liquid soap and hand sanitizer and they have produced information flyers and stickers for distribution across the 12 districts they work with. These materials share key safety messages and measures to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. They also used video to share safety messages, which they distributed across established WhatsApp groups with kindergarten teachers and Ghana Education Service officers, who are now sharing the video with their colleagues and parents of children in the schools they work in.
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Ghana
Government Affiliation
Government-affiliated programYears
2020 -
Partner(s)
Ghana Education Service
Ministry Affiliation
The Ghana Education Service (a government agency under the Ministry of Education)Funder(s)
UK Aid
COVID-19 Response
New for COVID-19Geographic Scope
NationalMeets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES
UnknownAreas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
- Primary enrollment
- Secondary Enrollment
Cross-cutting areas
- COVID-19 Response
- Emergencies and protracted crises
- WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)
Program participants
Other populations reached
Not applicable or unknown
Participants include
Not applicable or unknown
Program Approaches Back to Top
Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
- General awareness-raising/community engagement
- Technical assistance/capacity building to civil society organizations or governments
Health and childcare services
- Adolescent-friendly health services
Increased availability of learning materials
- Educational Radio or Television Programs
Policy/legal environment
- Raising awareness about existing laws/policies
School-related gender-based violence
- Training of school personnel (including teachers)
Social/gender norms change
- Engaging parents/caregivers of students or school-age children/adolescents
- Media campaigns
Water and sanitation
- Improved water access
Women's empowerment programs
- Advocacy/action
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
- Increased enrolment in primary school
- Increased primary school completion
- Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
- Increased school completion (general)
- Increased school enrolment (general)
Cross-cutting goals
- Improved health - other