Latest News *** February 2024

The last year was a great challenge for Let's Read.  School dates and terms were changed twice following the Covid epidemic and funds were delayed.  

​However, thanks to our team in Ghana schools have managed to keep going despite all the problems.   Four of us travelled to Ghana last October for our first visit for four years.  It was great to be back!

See our Blog page for a report on our visit.

John introducing the Circuit Supervisors to the Let's Read Booster programme

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​About Let's Read
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Children and their teacher in a small community school

 

The main aim of Let's Read is to improve the quality of teaching and learning in literacy in the schools

We do this by encouraging a more active teaching style which leads to more effective learning for children
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Some schools have desks

We run workshops for teachers and work with them in schools to model good teaching. We assess children's progress during and at the end of the school year.  We are gradually training the teachers to take over the responsibility for assessing progress themselves and to see assessment as a tool to improve their teaching. 

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Teachers in a training workshop

Evaluating the impact of Let's Read Ghana
We work in partnership with AfriKids http://www.afrikids.org.


​​Our Patrons 

​Naba Atogumdeya Akwara III
Baron Boeteng
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​Naba Atogumdeya Akwara III is the Paramount Chief of Sirigu.  He has made it his mission to improve the education of children in his region.
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​​He is an active supporter of the Let's Read programme which he used most successfully as head teacher of Tinginum primary school before becoming Chief.  He ran the Sirigu Soap Fund which awards small amounts to volunteers to encourage them to remain in their posts as class teachers.  This means fewer children without a teacher in the class and made a significant contribution to the Sirigu schools.


 
​Lord Boateng is a British Labour Party politician who was member of Parliament for Brent South from 1987 to 2005.  He became a Cabinet Minister in May 2002, when he was appointed as Chief Secretary to the Treasury.   Following his departure from the House of Commons, he served as the British High Commissioner to South Africa from 2005 to 2009. He was introduced as a member of the House of Lords in July 2010. 

He received the Dr Martin Luther King Award for his contribution to civil rights in 1988 and has played a leading role in improving the lives of disadvantage children.  ​​