Ghanaian Students Abandoning School To Venture Into Illegal Gold Mining

Ivon Kuule

Source: Africa Publicity

Students in the Upper Region of Ghana are abandoning school to enter into Illegal gold mining popularly known as galamsey in the local parlance, education authorities in the region have reported. 

According to the Upper West Regional wing of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the development was having an adverse effect on education in the region.

The Association called for a holistic approach to deal with illegal mining in order to minimize its effect on Ghana’s educational system.

GNAT says illegal mining is luring students, particularly those in junior high, to abandon school and travel to the southern part of Ghana to engage in it.

The Upper West Regional Chairman of GNAT, Ivon Kuule, who disclosed this during the quadrennial delegates conference of the Association in Wa, the regional capital, says the challenge needed urgent attention to “Ensure that we provide the best quality of education to all children of school age in the region.”