31 MAY 2010

Michael Essien Foundation, in association with the Ghana Ministry of Education, Pearson Education and Chelsea Football Club has launched a project dubbed, "Reading Goals" to inculcate reading habit in basic pupils.

To this end, three books with interesting contents on the Ghanaian international football hero, Michael Essien, the 2010 World Cup and the events and history surrounding the previous World Cups, have been launched to ensure the success of the project.

The books were developed by the Pearson Education, a global education services provider, in partnership with SEDCO Longman, its local partner.

The Pearson-SEDCO Longman group, has made available 90,000 copies of the books to Ghana's Central Regional Education Directorate, to be freely distributed to upper primary pupils to ensure that the project, which also aims at increasing literacy levels through a professional approach, succeeds.

In subsequent months it is hoped we will extend the books to other basic schools across the country.