The
National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has rolled out regional level
championships of an electronic constitution game.
The aim of the game is to inculcate within the citizenry the
principles and objectives of the constitution, using a play-and-learn approach.
It will also encourage the reading of the Constitution of Ghana by the youth in
schools.
The competition began on February 6, 2016 in Koforidua in the
Eastern Region and will end on February 26, 2016 in the Greater Accra Region.
Ambassadors of peace
According to the Director, Communications and Corporate Affairs
of the NCCE, Mrs Joyce Afutu, the commission expected that the knowledge gained
by the participants would enable them to become ambassadors of peace in 2016
and beyond.
She said the roll-out of the championships followed a successful
nationwide training of key field staff of the commission.
The electronic constitution game adopts a play-and-learn format
to stimulate healthy competitions which are being sponsored by the European
Union.
Background
In pursuance of the mandate of the NCCE, it instituted a manual
constitution game and started the competition in 2002 in schools at the
district, regional and national levels.
The manual version, which was similar to monopoly, ran for 10
years, after which the commission reviewed it and migrated the manual version
onto a digital system.
The shift, according to Mrs Afutu, was intended to engender
greater visibility and effectiveness as many more people followed and played
along, since it appealed to both television and radio audiences.
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