Spring-UP Global Network donates school supplies to Great James Academy
On Friday 28th January 2022, Spring-UP Global Network donated school supplies to over 200 students at the Great James Academy in Chorkor to aid teaching and learning in the school that caters for orphans and street-connected children. At the beginning of each academic year, some basic school students do not have adequate school supplies to […]
Spring-UP Global Network joins other NGOs in stakeholder engagement with the Ministry of Education
On Friday, 21st January, 2022, the Minister of Education, Hon. Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum had a stakeholder meeting with Non-Governmental Organization (NGOs) working in the Education Sector. Spring-UP Global Network (SUGN), a youth-led not-for-profit organization working to promote basic quality education in hard-to-reach schools and orphanages in Ghana joined today’s stakeholder engagement. Our PR and […]
Spring-UP Global Network partners The Shrewd Foundation to feed children in Chorkor
Spring-UP Global Network, a not-for-profit organization promoting basic quality education in orphanages and hard-to-reach schools has partnered with The Shrewd Foundation for their annual Christmas party for children. The party, which was held on Monday 27th December for children at the Great James Academy in Chorkor was an exciting opportunity for volunteers of both NGOs […]
Spring-UP Global Network has been nominated in the second edition of Humanitarian Awards Global.
Spring-UP Global Network (SUGN) has been named as a nominee in the Child Education category of the 2021 edition of the Humanitarian Awards Global. The organizers of the Awards made this announcement to the public in a virtual event on Thursday, 29th April. Established in 2019, and currently with 18 Youth Mentors and more than […]
4 Ways Libraries are Supporting Remote Learning
Remote Learning which is synonymous to distance learning is the system where the students and teachers are not physically present in a classroom. The barriers of education have broken due to technology, teaching and learning is no longer limited to the four walls of a classroom. Classes are held through technological means such as zoom, […]
Spring-UP Global Network provides career guidance to JHS students in Accra and Kumasi
On Friday 21st May, 2021, Spring-UP Global Network mentored over 230 Junior High School students through their mentorship session dubbed; Mentor Me. The career guidance sessions were held in two schools, one each in two regions in Ghana. The first session was held at Liberty Avenue 2 JHS, Adabraka, Accra and the second at Dichemso […]
BACK TO SCHOOL FROM 10 MONTHS SCHOOL CLOSURE: IMPACT ON TEACHING AND LEARNING
On January 30th, 2020, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of coronavirus disease also known as COVID-19. This on many fronts led to a lot of unrest and destabilized the economies of many countries. Absolutely nobody saw it coming and so we were not prepared. The effects were devastating […]
THE TEACHER: THE STUDENTS’ FIRST MENTOR AND LEADER
“Dad, my report card is on your table”, I remember saying at the end of every term and expectedly, “Okay” has always been the response. No conversation or whatsoever followed. No consequences. No commendations. Absolute silence and I used to wonder if he even cared about my education at all. Except once a while I […]
MANAGING BREAST DEVELOPMENT IN GIRLS
Breast development is one of the most dramatic physical changes a girl experiences during puberty. Its development starts when the oestrogen hormones signal the body to store fat tissues in the chest area. The process usually starts from age 9, sometimes as early as age 8. It is important to know that every girl’s body […]
INTELLIGENCE BEYOND EXAM SCORES
I went through an education system where intelligence meant someone who excelled in arithmetic, memorizing, writing and articulating the ‘dogma’ subjects laid down by academic scholars. Policies and Programs stipulated in the various structures of the educational model, recognized students who scored high in examinations as future leaders and those with bad grades as non-starters. […]
