The Ministry of Education has launched a nationwide Behavioural Change Communication (BCC) Campaign to combat drug abuse in schools, introducing a daily anti-drug awareness message that will be recited by students during morning assemblies in all pre-tertiary schools across Ghana.
The initiative, launched in collaboration with the Ministry of the Interior and the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), forms part of government’s efforts to curb the growing menace of substance abuse among school-aged children and promote safe, healthy and disciplined learning environments.
According to a press release issued by the Ministry and signed by the Press Secretary to the Minister for Education, Hashmin Mohammed, the campaign is a proactive national response aimed at protecting learners from the harmful effects of drug abuse through sustained education and behavioural change.
As part of the directive, Minister for Education Haruna Iddrisu has instructed the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to ensure that all public and private pre-tertiary schools begin reciting an approved anti-drug campaign message during morning assemblies with immediate effect.
The message will be delivered immediately after the National Anthem and before the National Pledge.
Under the call-and-response format, the assembly leader will say:
“Don’t start it as a greeting.”
Students will respond:
“To live in regret.”
According to the Ministry, the daily recitation forms a key component of a broader Behavioural Change Communication Strategy designed to discourage drug use, strengthen preventive education and promote responsible decision-making among learners.
The campaign will also include sustained public education, school-based sensitisation programmes, stakeholder engagement activities and stronger collaboration among educational institutions, parents, community leaders and other key partners.
The Ministry reaffirmed its commitment to safeguarding the wellbeing and future of Ghanaian learners and called on all stakeholders to support the national effort to eliminate drug abuse from schools and educational institutions.
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