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Ghana has a high rise of persistent flooding and plastic pollution has made matters worse as it ends up choking waterways and blocking the way of running water when it rains causing flooding that result in loss of lives and properties. Most of the plastic products that causes these issues are from used shopping packaging plastics and this is where Sankofa Recycled bag comes in to deal with the issues. Sankofa Recycled bag deals with young ladies hand weaving used plastic shopping bags with a crochet pin to form bags and baskets which will be used for groceries shopping and any form of shopping that brings plastic carriers home since my main idea is to eradicate the number of plastic carriers that are used for packing items from shopping. For easy carrying and handling Sankofa is there to help users get value for money whiles educating individual on the impact of plastic in our world. Sakofa basket is an affordable way of saving money at the shop since individuals use money to purchase this polythene bags every time they shop and they will be able to save an amount due to the strength and durability of these baskets and bags. Whiles creating employment to help increase the betterment of the youth in the society, it is also aimed at reducing persistent flooding in Ghana, the environment and aquatic lives as a whole. With the use of Sankofa bags and baskets these issues will be correct hence reducing climate change effects.

Education is the constitutional right of every child in most countries. As children access education, classrooms are overcrowded with students. Large class size is one of the problems in the educational sector that developing nations have been grappling with. Ghana as a developing nation is no exception and has its own fair share of this problem at the pre-tertiary and tertiary levels of education. In Ghana, with the introduction of free senior high school policy student’s enrollment has increased drastically. The average number of student number of students in a classroom is 80 who are taught by a single teacher. Teachers find it difficult to fully engaged and monitor students during school hours. The situation becomes worse during assessment especially multiple-choice test items where students are expected to answer fifty multiple choice questions.
Teachers spend more days to score the test which delays test feedback and in some cases teachers refused to score the test due to the tedious nature of the work. In this 21st century children are inclined towards technology and the old and primitive ways of assessing students should be abolished. Students may copy assignments and exercises wrongly while others may free reluctant to submit their assignment/exercises for grading. The issue of large class size and assessment has negative effect on teachers and sometimes students. Having deliberated so this issue for a long time, technology can play positive role on reducing the stress and anxiety of teaching in assessing large class sizes. The workshop will be organized for 100 junior high school teachers made up of 67 males and 33 females in the Nkoranza south municipality of Brong Ahafo region in Ghana. Participants will be taught two awesome applications called Quizizz and Zipgrade that will be of significant help in assessing their large class sizes.