NGO trains School Management Committees in Wa

Wa, Jan. 5, GNA - Twenty-six School Management Committees (SMCs) from the Wa West District of the Upper West Region have received capacity building training to enable them to scale up their performances to enhance the quality of education in the District.

The training was facilitated by the Centre for the Alleviation of Poverty, Environment and Child Support (CAPECS), a local non- governmental organisation (NGO), as part of the implementation of a "Girl Power Project" in the District.

The participants were taken through topics such as the "SMC concept and management structures", "building mutual trust between SMCs and community members", "participatory planning approaches", "mobilisation of district and community level resources", "supporting quality education delivery" as well "as monitoring pupils' performan'