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Keta Senior
High School wins Humans Rights competition
Accra, Dec. 08, Ghanadot/GNA – Keta Senior High School from
the Volta region on Saturday amassed 65-points to emerge the
grand winner of 2007 Human Rights Nationwide Quiz
competition for second cycle institutions organised by the
Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ)
in collaboration with Ghana Education Services (GES).
Ghana Secondary School from Tamale in the Northern Region
followed second with 60 points; closely followed by Winneba
Senior High School from the Central Region with 59.5 points
for the third place and Notre Dame Senior High School from
Brong Ahafo Region came forth with 44 points.
All the participating schools were given a certificate,
CHRAJ 2005 Annual Report, a copy of the Conflict of Interest
Guidelines, parcel and undisclosed sum of money.
The Competition forms part of activities for this year’s
celebration Human Rights week on the general theme: “Human
Rights and Social Justice in Ghana @ 50: Have we come of
Age?
The quiz competition was launched in 2005 as base to engage
the youth in human rights activities and create a platform
for the involvement of secondary schools and students in
constitutionalism.
Presenting the prizes to the schools, Mr. Richard Quayson a
Deputy Commissioner of CHRAJ outlined the mandate of the
commission and encouraged the students to engage in human
rights activities.
He said the Commission exists to enhance the scale of good
governance, democracy, integrity, peace and social
development by promoting, protecting and enforcing
fundamental human rights and freedoms and administrative
justice for all persons in Ghana.
Mr Quayson said CHRAJ mandate also involved ensuring a
culture of respect for the rights and obligations of all
people in Ghana dispense and promote justice in a free,
informal and relatively expeditious manner.
Ensure fairness, efficiency, transparency and application of
best practices using a well-trained and motivated workforce
and the most modern technology.
Ms. Lilian Ayete-Nyampong, Deputy Director Public Education
Department of CHRAJ explained that the competition covered
areas such as human rights and international human rights,
general knowledge on CHRAJ activities, Chapter five of the
1992 Constitution, Child labour and its worst forms –
conventions, corruption and general current affirs.
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