Professor Kwame Sakyi, Executive Director of the Centre for Learning and Childhood Disabilities (CLCD) on Thursday said the effective implementation of the Inclusive Education Policy could be an avenue to reduce unpaid care work

He said the enrolment of children with disabilities into school translated into fewer hours spent by the primary care giver attending to them.

Professor Sakyi said this when he shared findings of research done on unpaid care in the Greater Accra region and the Northern region at an unpaid care work conference organsed by CDS Africa, Songtaba and CLCD all civil society organsations.

The conference brought together stakeholders from the Ghana Education Service, Civil society actors, parents of children with various disabilities and the various Ministries, Departments and Agencies.

Prof. Sakyi who is an associate professor at the Oakland University in the United States, said the research sampled 595 caregivers from the Northern region and only a small percentage are able to send their children to school

Many parents especially Mothers of children with Cerebral palsy are rejected from accessing education which means they use more hours at home providing care for their children

Mr John Nkow, Director of ActionAid Ghana said there was the need for government to have a budget to support unpaid care work and inclusive education.

Ghana now needs a policy that guides and support unpaid care work