NDC/Mahama to Establish Dedicated Early Childhood Development Department



As part of its 2024 manifesto pledge, former President John Dramani Mahama has committed to establishing a dedicated Department for Early Childhood Development within the Ministry of Education. This new department will be tasked with a special mandate to enhance and promote early childhood education across Ghana. This initiative reflects the NDC's commitment to laying a strong educational foundation for the nation's future generations, ensuring every child has access to quality early learning opportunities if the party is voted into power.


Below is the highlights:


The next NDC/Mahama government will:


1. introduce the ‘Bright Beginnings Initiative’ to revive and repurpose early childhood education for the well-being of Ghanaian children and facilitate seamless integration into continuous schooling and lifelong learning;


2. initiate a policy to integrate early childhood education into basic education supported by appropriate infrastructure;


3. establish a Department for Early Childhood Development under the Ministry of Education with a special mandate to promote early childhood education;


4. launch a ‘Furniture for All Initiative’ to address the acute deficit at the basic level in partnership with the local carpentry and furniture industry;


5. significantly improve the pupil-to-textbook ratio through the provision of curriculum-based text books;


6. embark on an aggressive infrastructure drive to address the increasing phenomenon of schools under trees and rehabilitate dilapidated school buildings;


7. initiate a ‘SmartStart Curriculum" for greater integration of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), coding and Digital Literacy and TVET into the basic education curricula;


8. increase and ensure regular payment of capitation and feeding grants;


9. promote digital literacy at the basic level by providing computer facilities installed with digitized learning materials and upgrade ICT laboratories;


10. promote solar energy as the primary energy source for school facilities; 


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