The Ultimate Primary School is a project we have recently started with the help of our volunteers. At the moment we have two classes made up of UVO children in primary 3 and 4, of about 5 children each. We hope to expand to older grades, and to open the school to other children in the community, in the future.

The main motivations for beginning the school were to offer a high standard of education to underprivileged children who could not afford it otherwise, and to cope with the rising cost of school fees UVO has had to meet as the number of children it looks after increases. Unfortunately the state of the current public school system in Kwahu Tafo is such that children seldom receive one-on-one assistance, teaching methods that target different learning types are not used, children with learning disabilities are not identified, and much of the time of the school day is not used effectively. This inspired us to begin a school where an international volunteer can introduce the standards and techniques of their home education systems, to our classrooms.

The school day begins at 8:00am and finishes at 2:30pm, with a lunch break at 12:00 midday where we provide all the children with a free meal. During the school day you can teach the children, play with them during break times, or assist with the school's administration. The school has two permanent teachers in the form of Christian Ansah and Eric Djane, who take the classes teaching the local dialect, Twi. UVO children who have graduated from Senior High School take the remaining classes. A volunteer can teach any subject or subjects they wish, from mathematics, science, and english to social studies, art or physical education. Upon arriving we will provide you with a syllabus, and with relevant textbooks and all the teaching resources that we have, to help you plan for your lessons with the children.

In addition to the Ultimate Primary School, we hold evening classes for all our children from Primary to Senior High School, where you can tutor them in any of their subjects, and where we again encourage you to introduce new teaching methods. We have also recently started a small computer lab running the educational operating system Edubuntu. We hope to improve the children's computer literacy, a valuable employable skill in Ghana, and to make available to them electronic educational resources donated to us by volunteers. Since many children in Kawhu Tafo have never used a computer, you can help just by showing them how a mouse works!