On 20th September 2022, Team Eduwatch called on the Minister designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP), Hon. Lariba Abudu to discuss collaboration on phase three of our Securing Educational Rights of Vulnerable students in COVID-19 Era (SERVE III) project. Eduwatch is implementing SERVE III in partnership with STAR Ghana Foundation, and with support from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

Earlier in the day, we held an inception meeting with stakeholders on the project to discuss collaboration. Stakeholders including representatives from the Ministry of Education (MoE), Ghana Education Service (GES), Ghana Health Service, Department of Social Welfare, and the Complementary Education Agency (CEA), committed to support Eduwatch and partners to achieve the project's objectives.

SERVE III will support the MoGCSP, MoE and GES to strengthen girls re-entry and child marriage response systems, while advocating the financing and implementation of government’s Complementary Basic Education Policy by the CEA, to reduce out of school children.


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On Saturday 24th October at the 2022 Global Citizen Festival, President Akufo-Addo made a commitment to mobilize support towards ending child marriage in Ghana and Africa. According to UNICEF, 1 in 5 girls marry before age 18 in Ghana, a situation which affects the ability of girls to complete basic and secondary education.

Eduwatch welcomes His Excellency’s Commitment to ending Child Marriage and reiterate our support towards the realization of that vision.

Eduwatch in partnership with STAR Ghana Foundation, with support from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is implementing the SERVE 3 Project, to among others, strengthen the child marriage response system at all levels.

Eduwatch will continue to collaborate with the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection by working together to strengthen the existing child marriage reporting, response and support systems, and improve collaboration among social protection and justice sector institutions.

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Over the course of last week, Eduwatch was part of a CSO Team that met with the visiting IMF delegation to discuss strategies for restoring macroeconomic stability, while prioritizing social protection, education, efficient and equitable spending, institutional accountability, domestic resource mobilization. The CSO Team will continue engaging the Fund to ensure public interest and accountability issues are reinforced in the envisioned Ghana programme.

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