Youth in SDGs; Meet the 17 Young Educators and Mentors Renovating and Building School Libraries Across Ghana
“Youth are the torchbearers of the 2030 SDGs Agenda – young people all over the world are contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.” – United Nations Here is how Spring-UP Global Network is contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4: Since 2019, the Spring-UP Global Network (SUGN) has provided teaching and learning […]
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 […]
GETTING A WASSCE CERTIFICATE IN A GLOBAL PANDEMIC
Just as we grow from infancy to early childhood, childhood to adolescence, adolescence to adulthood, then adulthood to late adulthood so is the formal educational life. We graduate from one level to the other. From the crèche to kindergarten, kindergarten to the primary school, primary school to Junior High School and in their final year […]
