In September 2019, the Ghana Education Service (GES) launched a new kindergarten curriculum. Sabre was privileged to be invited by the Ministry of Education to contribute to the development of this new curriculum, and as a result, play-based teaching...
During the first five years of a child’s life, quality education, play and stimulation are crucial for development, this is when 90% of brain development takes place. (Theirworld, 2021). Whilst 85% of teachers in Ghana have now received...
This is Bernice Okoto, one of the amazing Head Teachers who has been involved in Sabre’s transformational teacher training programme. Bernice’s school, Sakyi Agyarkwa Basic ‘B’, is in the Eastern Region of Ghana, in a town called Nsawam, about...
Last year, Hedia Dickson, a student from Tema International School very kindly donated some education resources to Sabre for use in kindergarten classrooms. Hedia has kept in touch with Sabre and was keen to continue to support our work....
We are excited to introduce to you three new members of Sabre’s Senior Leadership Team. Together, Michael, Kwasi, and Hannah bring years of valuable experience in the charity sector to Sabre’s Senior Leadership Team, and we are thrilled to...
When COVID-19 reached global pandemic levels and kindergarten schools in Ghana closed, we worked closely with the Ghana Education Service to develop district level COVID-19 response plans to ensure that young children still had access to kindergarten education during...
As schools prepared to re-open in Ghana on the 18th January 2021, the Ghana Education Service launched the Back to School Campaign. The campaign aimed to support parents/carers to send their children back to school and to ensure that...
“The UN Women’s theme for International Women’s Day, 2021 is, “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world.” The theme celebrates the tremendous efforts by women and girls around the world in shaping a more equal...
We were thrilled to part of the Saving Brains Transition to Scale Workshop this week (8th to 12th February). The workshop was coordinated by the Saving Brains Learning Platform, which is funded through Grand Challenges Canada’s Saving Brains portfolio. With as many as 200 million children failing to...
As children and teachers return to kindergartens across Ghana, we have developed some advice to support teachers during these challenging times. The advice includes methods to manage children’s anxiety and teacher’s anxiety, as well as school expectations and routines....