{"id":103940,"date":"2025-11-19T14:11:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T14:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=103940"},"modified":"2025-11-19T14:11:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T14:11:22","slug":"reading-culture-in-schools-not-the-best-lets-enhance-it-haruna-iddrisu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=103940","title":{"rendered":"Reading culture in schools \u201cnot the best\u201d, let\u2019s enhance it \u2013 Haruna Iddrisu"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has expressed concern over what he describes as a declining appetite for reading among Ghanaian students, noting that the current situation is \u201cnot the best\u201d for the country\u2019s long-term educational ambitions.<\/p>\n

He made the remarks during a press engagement on Wednesday, November 19 in Accra, where he addressed key allocations for the education sector in the 2026 national budget.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur reading culture is not the best,\u201d he said at the engagement. <\/p>\n

Mr Iddrisu stressed that a strong reading culture remains fundamental to academic excellence and national development, urging parents, teachers, and communities to play an active role in nurturing consistent reading habits among children.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of us have to encourage and get the culture of reading enhanced, and we can do so, those of you who are parents, to guide the little ones to love to read, love to learn, and that is the best way they can enrich their knowledge, and they become strong persons,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Minister reaffirmed Government\u2019s commitment to improving literacy outcomes through sustained investment in teaching and learning materials, school libraries, and targeted literacy programmes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe intend to improve the digital library architecture of the country and extend learning resources to every part of the country,\u201d the minister assured.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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