PGROGRAM REPORT

1ST AND 2ND QUARTER PROGRAMME (‘YEAR OF READING CHALLENGE’ 2019).

OBUASI MUNICIPAL
LIBRARY

SUMMARY

The Year of Reading Challenge 2019 was a competition organized by the Obuasi Municipal Library(OML)
at Children’s Library of the OML on African Union Day, 28th May, 2019 in line with the “Year of Reading’’
theme declared by the Ghana Library Authority. All students from private and public schools were
eligible to participate.

Eighteen (18) out of twenty-three (23) registered students showed up for the competition. Seven (7) of
these students contested for the Junior High School (JHS) category and eleven (11) students contested
for the Upper Primary category. These students (aged 7-15 years) were from six (6) schools in the Obuasi
Municipality. The total attendance was fifty (50) including three (3) guardians and the rest were friends,
family members and observers.

Six (6) prizes were awarded for each of the first three emerging winners from the Junior High School
(JHS) and Upper Primary Categories. All participants, received a book and a certificate of participation
each while teachers and schools were awarded certificates of participation.

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS AND WINNERS:

SCHOOL NUMBER OF NUMBER OF NUMBER NUMBER

PARTICIPANTS WINNERS OF JHS OF
WINNERS PRIMARY
WINNERS

1 Good seed 7 4 3 1
International School

2 AngloGold Ashanti 5 2 0 2
(AGA) School

3 Holy Trinity 2 0 0 0

4 Abundant Grace 1 0 0 0

5 Obuasi Complex JHS 1 0 0 0

6 St. Augustine’s 2 0 0 0
Preparatory School

Total 18 6 3 3
 ACTION PLAN FOR THE 1ST AND 2ND QUARTER PROGRAMME

(‘YEAR OF READING CHALLENGE’ 2019)

OBJECTIVE ACTIVITY TIME INDICATORS OF CHALLENGES AND
ACHIEVEMENTS OUR RESPONSE

1. Main 1A.Visiting schools JANUARY-MAY, 1A. 90% of CHALLENGE:

Objective: To to educate 2019 registered After several
motivate students on the Participants and calls and
children’s need to read wide their non- follow up,
interest in and write participating 11 out 17
reading wide constantly by friends visited the headteachers
and creative visiting the library library to access of schools we
writing. to access its story and text visited did not
resources such as books and the collaborate
story and text World reader because of
books and e- tablet. interest in
reader tablets. other activities
-About 10 out of
and other
50 people who
prizes such as
attended the
laptops.
competition were
.
non- participating
RESPONSE:
students
Follow up calls
1B. Preparing and 1B. All participants and visits were
awarding prizes and winners made to
and certificates to received story educate
all participants books and interested and
and winners; certificates; non-interested
certificates to teachers and schools about
teachers and schools were read wide and
schools. awarded such prizes for
certificates. our future
programs.

2. Other Objective: 2. Visiting schools JANUARY-MAY, 2. Sixteen (16) Misunderstanding

to educate 2019 out of twenty about renewal and
To increase the
students on the three (23) new annual
number of annual
benefits of registered subscriptions were
subscriptions at
registering for a students paid addressed by
the Library.
Library Card. their annual explanations
subscriptions during education
for Library at schools.
Cards.
3. Other Objective: 3.Introducing the JANUARY-MAY, 3.Visiting parents CHALLENGE: Late
competition, 2019 registered five (5) attendance of
To involve parents
Library and wards as some participants
in motivating their
resources to participating made some
wards in read wide
parents who visit students of the parents and
and creative
the Library with or competition and friends leave
writing.
without their three (3) parents before the start
wards and parents attended the and finish of the
who attend the competition. competition.
competition.
RESPONSE:
Participants were
advised on the
importance of
punctuality.

4. Other Objective: 4. Teachers JANUARY-MAY, 4. Delegated Interests of

educate students 2019 teachers disinterested
To involve
on importance of registered collect teachers in the
teachers in
reading wide and; annual challenge were
motivating
collect annual subscriptions motivated by
students in read
subscriptions fees assurance and
wide and creative
and give cards to award of
writing.
students. certificates.

5. Other Objective: 5. Orientation 5. Registered Orientation Tour

Tour and Provision Participants had was used as a
To educate JANUARY-MAY,
of Information on an average score practical approach
students on the 2019
the principles and of 85% on the for participants to
principles and
practices at the principles and understand the
practices at the
library, general practices at the brochure
library, general
knowledge library; and hardcopy
knowledge
(English, Science General information
(English, Science
and History) in the knowledge provided on the
and History).
challenge manual. (English, Science principles and
and History). practices at the
library.
 APPENDIX A-PICTURES

EDUCATING STUDENTS

ACTIVITY 4: TEACHER EDUCATES STUDENTS ACTIVITY 1A, 2 AND 3: ASARE EDUCATES

STUDENTS

SELECTED BOOK PRIZES FOR WINNERS

ACTIVITY 1B: LOVIA & LOVIA PREPARE

PRIZES FOR WINNERS
 ACTIVITY 5: ORIENTATION TOUR FOR STUDENTS
BEGINS AT RECEPTION

ACTIVITY 5: ORIENTATION TOUR

ACTIVITY 1B: PARENTS, FRIENDS & FAMILY ENDS AT CHILDREN’S LIBRARY
SEATED BEHIND

CHALLENGE IN PROGRESS ACTIVITY 1B: PATRICIA (LEFT) PREPARES CERTIFICATES

DAUDA (RIGHT) MARKS CHALLENGE
ACTIVITY 1B: BERNARD AWARDS CERTIFICATES ACTIVITY 1B: FREDERICK AWARDS CERTIFICATE

PARTICIPANTS AND WINNER