Literacy and Development through Partnership (LDP) is a Non Governmental Organization working among the Dagomba people in the northern part of Ghana. LDP exists so that children and adults in Northern Ghana can learn to read and apply their literacy skills to better their lives.
LDP seeks to improve upon the educational development in the area of Dagbon through addressing the illiteracy rate and the poor quality of basic education with a special focus on literacy. The objectives of LDP are:
To substantially increase the educational attainment levels in literacy (Dagbani and English) among primary school children in especially the rural areas
To provide teaching and learning materials in Dagbani
To increase the capacity, participation and motivation of GES teachers in implementing mother tongue literacy in their schools
To raise awareness among parents and community leaders about the importance of mother tongue literacy in particular and education in general, and the roles they can play in the education of their wards
LDP is part of the Ghana Complementary Basic Education (CBE) Alliance through which LDP advocates for the use of mother tongue and the improvement of the quality of basic education in Ghana.
LDP is also a member of the Alliance of Strengthening Education in Ghana (ASEG) for which LDP provided PTA and SMC training, mother tongue literacy for about 300 pupils in three primary schools (STAR schools), as well as teacher training in the recent past. Between 2013 and 2015 LDP has been a consortium partner in the USAID/Ghana’s Partnership for Education providing literacy classes for almost 2,000 out-of-school- children in the Karaga District.
LDP partners with Wycliffe Bible Translation Netherlands and SIL LEAD in seeking for funding and receiving professional support. Just recently LDP started a partnership with Wycliffe Denmark and CISU. In Ghana LDP works in close collaboration with the GES District offices in the areas in which LDP operates.
P.O BOX TL 2575 Tamale Ghana, West Africa | Phone: +233245590216 / +233207344096 | Email: inforequestldp@dagbaniliteracy.com
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