CAMFED Ghana and the National Service Scheme have held a two-day engagement workshop in furtherance of their mutually beneficial working partnership. The workshop, held in Kumasi on July 1-2, brought together directors and managers of the National Service Scheme from CAMFED’s regions and districts of operation, as well as CAMFED Ghana staff to deliberate on matters of mutual interest.
The engagement workshop comes on the back of a partnership memorandum of understanding that CAMFED Ghana signed with the National Service Scheme in March this year. The establishment of a working partnership with the National Service Scheme is within the framework of the new strategic plan that CAMFED is implementing from 2024 to 2029.
The new strategy represents a progression from CAMFED’s existing work, and the organization plans to triple its impact over 30 years during the six-year period of the new strategy. The strategy is organized into three levels of work and will see CAMFED implement a comprehensive support system targeted at the most marginalized girls, enable young women to transition to secure livelihoods and join a powerful peer network of leaders, and drive adoption of best practices in national education systems at scale.
Under the partnership, CAMFED Ghana and the National Service Scheme will work to promote the study of STEM by females, strategize and work to address emerging needs in the education sector including the scale-up of CAMFED’s innovative Learner Guide program. The two organisations will also work to post female university graduates with science backgrounds to schools in CAMFED partner districts to serve as Learner Guides and deliver the ‘My Better World’ curriculum. CAMFED and the National Service Scheme will also collaborate to train National Service Personnel on the ‘My Better World’ curriculum ahead of their delivery in schools in CAMFED partner districts and schools.
The agenda for the very engaging workshop included presentations on CAMFED’s strategic plan and operations, the Learner Guide program, as well as the child protection and safeguarding policy. The National Service Scheme team also took participants through presentations on the operations on the Scheme as well as the role of the National Service Scheme in the implementation of the Learner Guide program.
The expectation is that the working partnership between CAMFED Ghana and the National Service Scheme will contribute to addressing emerging needs in the education sector while contributing to the scale-up of CAMFED’s Learner Guide program in Ghana. The partnership will also contribute to fulfilling national and international education goals, particularly Goal 4 of the Sustainable Development Goals which seeks to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.