The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced that it will launch the FIFA Football for Schools Project on August 12.
The project is a collaboration between the Ghana FA and the world football governing body, FIFA.
The project will be launched at the Nii Adjei Kraku II Astroturf in Tema New Town.
In a communique from the FA on Tuesday, August 8, it said it is working with the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Education on the programme to benefit students between the ages of 4 - 14 years.
Below are details of the project as announced by the Ghana FA:
As part of the project, there will be training of selected PE Teachers from all the regions in Ghana by FIFA Specialists as Trainee Trainers on 10 & 11 August at the GFA Technical Centre in Prampram.
The trained teachers will then train other PE Teachers in their respective regions.
The FIFA Director for Football for Schools project, GFA President Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku and the two sector ministers for Sports and Education will launch the project at the Nii Adjei Kraku II Astro pitch on Saturday, August 12, 2023 from 9:30am - 1pm.
This project forms part of the GFA's quest to develop all aspects of the game and to ensure that members are duly supported by FIFA to boost capacity.
This follows the approval of the Ghana Football Association’s application for the FIFA Football for Schools Programme for implementation in accordance with the necessary FIFA guidelines.
“After a thorough review of the documentation provided, the FIFA Football for Schools administration has decided to approve your application to start implementing the programme in Ghana” said Fatimata Sidibe, Director, FIFA Football for Schools.
The FIFA Football for Schools administration will work with the Ghana Football Association to coordinate the release of the Football for Schools mobile app in Ghana, as well as to provide appropriate training and capacity-building support for users (selected public schools in Ghana).