Early childhood literacy as a foundation for child protection and empowerment
EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY AS A FOUNDATION FOR CHILD PROTECTION AND EMPOWERMENT Despite increasing school enrollment rates, Ghana continues to face significant challenges in foundational literacy and numeracy, particularly at the primary level. Inadequate resources, untrained staff, foreign-dominated book collections, and limited infrastructure contribute to alarming statistics from the Ghana Education Service: between 54.5% and 92.5%…