schooling the cultural practices

palm fronds for barricades around the school farm

 An average school child in a farming community in Ghana knows all rudiments of farming. They know all the important herbs. they could set traps to capture wild animals for prey.


Children from settler communities travel as long as two kilometers to school

school boy harvesting acasia branch 

going to school without it attracts punishment

Education in Ghana also involves the study of the cultural practices that keep us going. children in the forest areas establish school farms where they cultivate food crops. Awards are given by the president of Ghana every year to the best first and second cycle schools in Agric. The basic school in my village, Assorku Essaman JHS won the National best first cycle school in Agric. They received a corn mill machine.