Ghanaian Mum Fumes Over Career Day And Other Extracurricular Activities: "The Cost Is Too Much"

• A video of a Ghanaian mum lamenting over the introduction of numerous extracurricular activities for basic schools has gone viral
• The mother appealed to school heads and teachers to cut down on the activities because parents are being affected financially
• Netizens who thronged the comment section of the video also agreed with the young mother on her concerns

A young Ghanaian mother has appealed to teachers and heads of basic schools to re-evaluate certain extracurricular activities.

Taken to TikTok to voice her concerns, the young lady @amagh10 explained that activities such as career day, Africanwear day, fashion day, and clean up exercise day, among others, are affecting parents negatively.

She opined that in the midst of Ghana's current economic situation, activities such as these for students only worsen the financial burden on parents as it cost a lot of money.

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"Please do something about these activities for us because, the kids will cry if you decide not to get them what they want on that day"

At the time of writing the report, the video had gathered over 9000 likes and 700 comments.

Watch the video below

Some of the activities hold no importance

Speaking to YEN.com.gh, the young mother @amagh explained that some of the activities play no significant role in shaping the lives of children.

"Some curriculum activities have no important role in our kid's future. The schools observe Fruit Day, Color Day and Egg Day, some schools even have Jersey Day

"On Gift Day for instance, the teacher will tell the kids what exactly they want as a gift

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On Career Day, for instance, she appealed to heads of schools to give prior notice to parents regarding these activities so they could prepare financially.

"They should alert the parents maybe 2 or a month time for parents to prepare towards it because money is scarce nowadays. They pressure the parents to buy the Career Day uniforms, and the kids will just be playing with the uniform during Career Day sessions.

The schools should also get qualified personnel from other professions to talk to the kids or educate them about that profession"

Other parents also share their views

Some Ghanaian parents who thronged the comment section of the video agreed with the lady on the issue.

ameenahmadees revealed:

Fruit day my daughter said fruit dayyyyy the funny thing is they said i should buy strawberry and grapes

NanaBa Sark indicated:

Is the new curriculum for only private schools cos Syto don’t do that

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Josephine Ampah815 replied:

sister that's how the new curriculum works wai, the stuff can't do anything about it,I think u should visit the GES to express ur thought wai.

Ama Serwah Akoto Gya revealed:

February no, my daughter's (she was 1 year 7 months then) school said Val's day na every child should bring a chocolate. I didn't buy anything

abenaqueenskid1 idictaed:

sekof dis new curriculum thing so l told my mom l want to register for bece dis year n she went to register me am now a graduate.no more glitters

Fafa_Chisckah revealed:

At this point I have a lot of things to say because eiii is serious

Kid attends Our Day with Fufu and soup

Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that a teacher was left dumbfounded after one of her students brought fufu and soup to Our Day.

As the class teacher moved around inspecting what each student brought for the special occasion, she took particular notice of a boy who brought fufu with soup.

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Stunned by what she was seeing, the teacher hilariously asked whether the boy could consume the two big balls of fufu.

Source: YEN.com.gh