Volta Regional Peace Council Strengthens Peace Education at Battor Senior High School

The Volta Regional Peace Council has continued its peace education campaign in Senior High Schools with an engagement at Battor Senior High School on 17th July 2026, aimed at equipping students with the knowledge and skills needed to prevent conflict and promote peaceful coexistence.

The programme focused on helping students understand conflict as a normal part of human interaction while promoting dialogue, tolerance, active listening, negotiation, and peer mediation as effective tools for resolving disagreements peacefully. Students were encouraged to embrace diversity, reject violence, and become ambassadors of peace within their school and communities.

Addressing the students, the Chairman of the Volta Regional Peace Council, Rev. Seth K. Mawutor, reminded them that schools bring together young people from different homes, cultures, and backgrounds, and that these differences should be celebrated as a source of strength rather than division. He explained that peaceful coexistence begins when individuals learn to appreciate and respect one another despite their differences.

Rev. Mawutor emphasized that peace cannot be taken for granted but must be nurtured through continuous education, dialogue, and mutual respect. He encouraged students to exercise patience, avoid actions that create division, and always seek peaceful means of resolving disagreements. He further challenged them to become role models who promote unity and harmony both within the school and in their respective communities.

The Regional Executive Secretary of the Volta Regional Peace Council, Dr. David Esinu Yao Normanyo, highlighted the importance of effective communication in preventing conflict. He explained that many misunderstandings persist because people often fail to listen carefully or communicate openly with one another.

Dr. Normanyo encouraged students to speak honestly and respectfully whenever disagreements arise, stressing the importance of apologising when they are wrong and forgiving others who acknowledge their mistakes. According to him, genuine dialogue, understanding, and mutual respect strengthen relationships and create a positive learning environment where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

The engagement forms part of the National Peace Council’s ongoing commitment to promoting peace education in schools by empowering young people with practical conflict resolution skills and values that contribute to peaceful schools and resilient communities.

The programme was attended by the management, teaching staff, and students of Battor Senior High School, together with members of the Volta Regional Peace Council.