MP for Wa East makes Big Intervention for BECE Candidates with Menstrual Pads, Maths Sets

Following high cost of menstrual pads for young girls, especially the vulnerable in rural communities, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Wa East constituency in the Upper West Region, Dr Godfred Seidu Jasaw, has has made big Intervention and donated packs of menstrual pads to District Directorate of Education to be distributed to young girls partaking in the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

The MP also presented mathematical sets for onward distribution to all final-year Junior High School students in the District.

A total of 1074 pieces of Menstrual Pads known as sanitary pads were presented to be distributed to young girls, while over 1,230 mathematical sets to be distributed to all candidates writing the BECE.

The presentation was made Tuesday, August 1, 2023, at a short but impressive ceremony at the premises of the Manwe Islamic Junior High school.

Dr Jasaw said the donation form part of his social intervention policies and a coordinated campaign to ensure an improved quality education within his Constituency.

According to him, “in the last four years, I have been supporting candidates in the Wa East District with mathematical sets. This is because of the rural nature of the district and also the fact that most of the candidates come from poor households that are unable to afford these sets.

“So it is my complementary support to make sure that our candidates write in peace and to ensure they write the exams with the requisite tools,” he said.

The MP who spoke with passion to the needs of his constituents noted that since assumption of office as MP,, he has supported the District to conduct mock examinations in all basic schools in the district.

Beside that, Dr Jasaw said he also distribute mathematical sets annually as part of efforts to sustain and improve the performance of students in the BECE.

He reaffirmed his commitment to ensuring high-quality education standards in the Wa East District, especially girl-child education, for which reason he is providing them sanitary pads free to all 537 girls who have registered to write the 2023 BECE.

” I am giving them Sanitary pads that can take them for the next three months. The idea is that they should be psychologically stable with no embarrassment from their monthly flows during the exams,” Dr Jasaw stressed.

The Wa East District Director of Education, Ayisha Jinsung,who received the items for onward distribution thanked the MP for the support to the candidates.

She commended the MP for always around to provide the schools with the basic needs for their health and examination that would help boost the outcome of examination results in the district.

She added, despite the deprived nature of the District, it has over the last few years performed creditably and topped the BECE among the eleven Municipal/Districts in the Upper West Region.

The District Education Director however attributed the good of performance track record to the immense support from the MP.

The girls’ prefect of the Manwe JHS, Abdulai Faiza, was full of praise for Dr Jasaw for the gesture.

She said that many of her peers struggle to get sanitary pads during their periods and that the donation will help maintain hygiene among those who will be menstruating during the BECE.

The Wa East recorded first in the region in 2021 and 2022 and is expected to maintain the lead in 2023.