 The Ghana Book Development Council (GBDC) in 2015 organised a children’s Drawing Competition on the theme “THE ENVIRONMENT OUR FUTURE, DON’T... |
 In furtherance of promoting reading and creative writing, GBDC partnered with the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Ghana... |
The Ghana Book Development Council (GBDC) was established on 20 August, 1975, as an operating agency under the Ministry of Education. The official notice about the setting up of the Council by Executive Instrument was published in Gazette No. 65 of 5th December, 1975. The Council was inaugurated on 2 April 1976 and began full operation in January, 1977.
As part of measures to set basic standards for the Ghanaian Book Industry, the Ghana Book Development Council in collaboration with GIBF organised a workshop on Standards for the Book Industry on Thursday 18th August 2016.
A stakeholder’s workshop was held on May 4 2016 in Accra on Literacy, Reading and Numeracy on the theme: “The UN agenda for sustainable development-the role of literacy and reading in national development.” It was noted that "The youth of today are visualists, they like what they see than reading and this is drawing the country back,".
At the Basic level, GBDC promotes reading through the formation of reading clubs, story-telling sessions and quizzes on books, drama and spelling drills. The objective of the...
read moreIn furtherance of promoting reading and creative writing, GBDC partnered with the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Ghana Association of Writers (GAW) to establish the Ghana...
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