The Education Development Fund for Muslim Youth (EDMY), a Wa-based Muslim organisation, has launched a five-year plan to promote the education of Muslim children in the region. The Medium-Term Educational Development Plan will serve as a framework for the operation of the fund in line with government policies on education. Mr Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo, a member of the Management Board of the fund, told the annual delegates conference of the EDFMY at Wa yesterday that 230 million cedis is expected from donations and membership contributions over the period to finance the plan. Under the plan, two English-Arabic schools will be rehabilitated while day care centres and other facilities are to be provided to enhance teaching and learning in the schools. Mr Pelpuo, who is also the Principal of Issa Youth Training Institute, said prizes would be offered to best teachers in English-Arabic schools after a scientific assessment of their output. The fund has already started offering scholarships to needy Muslim students. An appeal for funds fetched over 400,000 cedis while the first copy of brochure outlining the plan was auctioned for 180,000 cedis.
