Lessons in girl power in Ghana's schools
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8 July 2014
Lessons in girl power in Ghana's schools
By Sean Coughlan
BBC News education correspondent
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How do they stay in education and avoid pressures such as early marriage and leaving school without any of the basic skills needed for work?
An innovative interactive education project is trying to improve girls' opportunities in school...
...The project, implemented by GEMS Education Solutions, is funded by the UK government's Department for International Development, as part of a project to help educate a million of the world's poorest girls, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa...
...It uses a form of online television, providing live lessons from a studio in Accra. The schools, without internet access and without a reliable power supply, are equipped to receive the lessons with a satellite dish and solar panels....
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