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Government would provide logistics to
enhance teaching and learning - Owusu Ankomah
Nkwatia-Kwahu(E/R), March 19, GNA - Papa Owusu Ankomah,
Minister of Education, Science and Sports(MOESS), last
weekend said the Government was determined to provide
adequate infrastructure and logistics to facilitate
effective teaching and learning in educational institutions.
He, therefore, urged parents, guardians and other
stakeholders in education to ensure that all children of
school going age were enrolled in schools.
Papa Owusu Ankomah made the observation when addressing the
40th Anniversary and 10th Speech and Prize Giving day of
Nkwatia Presbyterian Secondary Commercial School (NKWASCO)
at Nkwatia-Kwahu in the Kwahu South District.
It was under the theme: "Quality Education, a Shared
Responsibility".
He said the community participation concept had complemented
Government's efforts in the provision of educational
facilities and their management.
Papa Owusu Ankomah said the school up-grading programme was
on course and work on the second batch of 25 schools being
provided with adequate infrastructure in the District with
funding from African Development Bank (AfDB) had begun.
He said in line with innovation in technology, the Ministry
had formulated a policy guideline for Information and
Communication Technology (ICT), while Science and Technology
Education was being tackled with the expansion of technical
education.
Papa Owusu Ankomah urged teachers to manage the time
allotted for teaching and practical training to ensure that
students derived maximum benefit from their contact hours.
He gave the assurance that the Ministry would undertake the
construction of a dinning and an assembly hall complex
initiated by the Parents Teacher Association (PTA) of the
school for the past 20 years and had not been completed.
Nana Kofi Onwona Asante, Kwahu South District Chief
Executive, urged teachers to be more committed and dedicated
to duty.
He advised parents to develop interest in the education of
their children.
Mrs Lydia Adjepong-Afrifa, Headmistress of the School, said
its academic performance had improved from 42.5 per cent
achieved in the Senior Secondary School Certificate
Examination (SSSCE) in 2000 to 93.6 per cent in 2006 with
one of their science students obtaining aggregate nine.
She said the school authorities were working hard to improve
on discipline and appealed for assistance to construct a
wall around the school land to prevent encroachment.
Mrs Adjepong-Afrifa said the School was in dire need of
suitable and comfortable accommodation for the female
students and staff.
She said about 100 female students had been accommodated in
a classroom due to lack of accommodation.
The Headmistress said the School with 800 students in
boarding had no decent dinning and an assembly hall making
it difficult to organize functions for staff and students.
She appealed to the Administrator of Ghana Education Trust
Fund (GETFund), Ghana Education Service (GES) and the PTA to
complete the dinning and assembly hall projects and in
addition to provide more classrooms for the school.
Prizes were presented to deserving students.
GNA
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