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Kwahu West wins Eastern Regional reading and spelling competition

The Kwahu West District, represented by Ms Martha Lola Frimpong and Lydia Akoto Bamfo of St Anthony and Nkawkaw Presbyterian JHS respectively, has won this year's edition of the Eastern Regional Reading and Spelling Competition, organized by the Ghana Library Authority (GHLA).

Date Created : 11/1/2018 12:00:00 AM : Story Author : Bertha Badu-Agyei/Ben Akoto/Naa Shormei/Ghanadistricts.com

In a keenly contested competition, Kwahu West beat eight other districts with 60 points to become the winners followed by Akuapem North District represented by Jessica Kumi Larbi and Nhyira Asiama Kumi, both of the Presbyterian College of Education (PCE) Demonstration JHS with 55 points and the Okere District represented by Ruth Odei and Jessica Awuah Mantey both of the Abiriw Presbyterian JHS with 50 points.

The first and secondwinners therefore, would represent the Eastern Region at the national levelnext year. With the exception of two of the contesting districts that presented boys, all the others were represented by girls.

The Executive Director of the GHLA, Mr Hayford Siaw, said the reading and spelling competition was part of a strategy to improve the reading habit among schoolchildren as well as reduce the high level of illiteracy in the country.

He said there was a correlation between higher education and higher economic development and that libraries contributed heavily in developing the habit of reading and that plans were advanced to increase the number of libraries in Ghana significantly by the year 2020.