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18  PDA Annual Newsletter                                                        2023 IN REVIEW


            Before the competition, three books were           were commended by the audience and
            distributed to the competing schools for           dignitaries present. Each school received
            contestants to study. The books were ‘Abu          a citation to acknowledge their dedication

            Goes to School’, ‘The Sick Village’, and           and contribution towards improving
            ‘Ananse and the Magic Drum’. These texts           reading literacy in the district. Each
            were selected because of their challenging         contestant also received a certificate of

            language, substantial length, and positive         participation and gift package for their
            moral messages. While each story                   efforts and commitment to improving their
            addressed a very different theme subject,          reading abilities. The district directors of
            all three were didactic, and all written by        education were pleased with the progress
            Ghanaian authors.                                  and impact the project has made within

                                                               the short period of its implementation.
            At the end of the contest, Mankranso               They reiterated their support for the
            D/A Primary ‘B’ emerged the Reading                project and pledged to contribute to the

            Champion for 2023 with a score of 96 out           continuous success and sustainability of
            of 100. They were seconded by Barniekrom           the project.
            with a score of 86 out of 100. Contestants
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