Tema-Ghana, May 30, CDA consult – The Ghana Judiciary Services’ Tema Bench, Bar, and Prosecution Court Unit (TBBPCU) has launched a public-school outreach campaign to educate kids about the importance of education.
Aggrey Road Number 1 and 2 Junior High School in Tema Community 2, Manhean TMA Junior High School 1 and 2, and Community 8 Number 3 Junior High School in Tema Metropolitan Area were among the schools that benefited.
Mr. Richard Clarke, a Tema-based lawyer and member of the Tema Bench, Bar, and Prosecution Court Unit (TBBPCU), told the media after the programme that the public-school outreach programme was designed to pique students’ interest in aspire to climb higher academic ladders through intensive learning.
Mr. Clarke suggested that the students consider basic questions they may have and help correct some misconceptions about judges, lawyers, and the police unit in the course of their duties.
According to him, about 1,634 pupils have been designated to receive teaching and learning tools to aid in their education, including arithmetic sets, exercise books, sanitary towels, pencils, and pens.
Mr. Clarke went on to say that the outreach campaign would be implemented in other districts soon in order to urge as many pupils as possible to instill the habit of studying and to avoid engaging in social vices, illegal drugs, and other socially unacceptable actions.
The TBBPCU outreach initiative in Tema schools included a team of lawyers, circuit court judges, doctors, police prosecutors, and other relevant professionals.
Students were given the opportunity to ask questions about their intended future vocations and were taught how to turn their goals into reality for a brighter future.
Mr. Winston Hayford, a lawyer and the Registrar of the Tema Circuit Court, described the TBBPCU Public Schools Outreach programme as an initiative aimed at assisting students in public schools in setting higher goals for themselves, knowing that they are attainable.
He stated that the unit thought such an endeavour was highly important, especially in this day and age when youngsters are exposed to a variety of unpleasant things that distract them from focusing on their studies and, eventually, accomplishing their ambitions.
“Our main targets are pupils from public schools who are not as fortunate as their counterparts in other private schools, and the mission schools are designed to bring these children up close and personal with members of distinguished professions so that the children can take inspiration from them,” he stated.
He stated that the project began in March, and that since then, they have visited a number of public schools, where some of the judges, lawyers, and police prosecutors have met with the youngsters.
He stated that they received favourable response from both the children and the school administration, who voiced their conviction that the foundations of the children’s dreams had been strengthened in order for them to assume their positions and other influential ones around the country in the near future.
As a result, he urged well-meaning Ghanaians, all other players in the education system, as well as corporations, organisations, and other bodies with a similar vision, to help the scheme in any manner they could, whether in cash or in kind.
