The Greater Accra Regional Cultural Education Coordinator, Desmond Ali-Alhassan Gasanga, has encouraged girls to be observant and take interest in their environment to be creative in solving problems. 

He said when girls observed anything around them anywhere, they would be able to identify problems and solve them. 

Mr Gasanga said this at the celebration of the 2023 International Day of the Girl Child organised by the Korle Klottey Municipal Education Directorate, Gender Education Unit in Accra on the theme: ‘‘Creativity, a tool for a brighter future.’’ 

The International Day of the Girl Child is observed annually on October 11 to recognise the rights of girls, focusing attention on addressing the challenges girls face and to promote girls’ empowerment and fulfilment of their human rights. 

The Regional Cultural Education Coordinator said creativity would come to play as girls observed imagined, prayed, meditated and were inspired to bring to life which was non-existent to solve a problem in society. 

“The talent in you must come out, creativity will bring out  whatever God has put in you,” he stated. 

Mr Gasanga said it was important that creativity was taken as a “do it” affair, that is, to bring to fruition an idea or intention. 

Municipal Director of Education of Korle Klottey Joyce Osae-Apenteng said creativity involved the use of all parts of the body to work, however, any invention begun from the mind. 

She said the girl child was a gem, an intelligent resource and a goal-getter who was intentional in all her endeavours, hence, must be given the opportunity and support at all times to progress. 

Mrs Osae-Appenteng acknowledged that many women had advanced to the top and more would follow when girls were given the required resources and support. 

Madam Linda Agyei, Director, Vocational Training for Females, a Non-Governmental Organisation, urged girls to empower themselves now and become powerful women in the future to change the society by taking inspiration from good people and women who had become successful in their endevours.  

She advised them to be confident in themselves and strive to be responsible adults in society and called on boys to be ambassadors of the girl child in the promotion of their interests.  

The participants included girls and boys drawn from the Adabraka, Agyabeng and Osu Circuit of the Korley Klottey Education Directorate.  

The pupils displayed their creativity in singing, reading competition, a fashion show, a drawing competition and a rap battle.  Competitors in the various competitions were presented with certificates.