GACC & NCCE Adentan Municipal Office Commemorate African Anti-Corruption Day 2026

The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC), in collaboration with the Adentan Municipal Office of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has engaged pupils of Amrahia Community JHS and Christ Faith Mission JHS ‘A’, Frafraha, as part of activities marking African Anti-Corruption Day 2026.

The sensitization forums were held at the respective school premises under the continental theme, “Scaling Up the Promotion of Integrity and Anti-Corruption Actions Across Africa.”

The activity formed part of GACC’s 25th anniversary celebrations and its nationwide outreach programme across 85 districts. African Anti-Corruption Day is observed annually to renew commitments to transparency, accountability and the fight against corruption across the continent.

The forums sought to raise pupils’ awareness of corruption, promote integrity and accountability, provide a platform for students to share their experiences and assess changes in attitudes and behavior through story harvesting, particularly because both schools had participated in similar engagements in 2025.

The sessions were facilitated by Ms. Margaret Yawa Dedzo and Mr. Mark Baah Kumi, who led presentations and interactive discussions with the pupils.

During the open forum, pupils were guided to discuss questions such as “What is corruption?”, “Have you experienced corruption?”, “How has it affected your school?” and “What can young people do to fight corruption?”

In response, the pupils identified corruption as practices including cheating, bribery, favoritism and examination malpractice. They also linked corruption to poor academic results, loss of trust and delays or setbacks in community development projects.

The pupils proposed various measures to combat corruption, including being honest, reporting wrongdoing, leading by example and establishing anti-corruption clubs in schools.

The story-harvesting sessions also revealed encouraging signs of knowledge retention and behavioral change among pupils who had participated in the 2025 engagements. Some pupils recalled lessons on honesty and bribery and reported that they had stopped copying during examinations while encouraging their peers to do the same.

Other pupils shared instances where they had found items belonging to others and returned them to teachers instead of keeping them. These testimonies demonstrated the potential impact of sustained civic and anti-corruption education on young people’s attitudes and behavior.

The facilitators reinforced the message that corruption affects everyone and that integrity is a shared responsibility. They encouraged the pupils to recognize themselves as agents of change and to understand that integrity begins with everyday choices and actions.

The pupils were also urged to “RESIST, REJECT and REPORT" corrupt practices whenever they encounter them.

The Headteachers of both schools commended GACC and the NCCE for the initiative and called for similar engagements to be sustained to help build discipline, integrity and positive character among young people.

The forums demonstrated that when young people are equipped with the right knowledge and values, they can become active champions of integrity and play an important role in the fight against corruption in their schools, communities and Ghana as a whole.