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Government is on course to provide favourable environment
for education - President
Kumasi, Feb 29, Ghanadot/GNA- President
John Agyekum Kufuor, has said government was committed to
providing favourable environment for the development of
education in the country.
He said the introduction of policies such as the Capitation
Grant and School Feeding Programme and the provision of
classrooms, library, computers and accessories were
testimonies of government’s efforts to enhance teaching and
learning.
Mr Sampson Kwaku Boafo, Minister of Chieftaincy Affairs and
Culture and Member of Parliament (MP) for Subin, said this
when he read a speech on behalf of the President at the
inauguration of Godbless Central Senior High School, a
private school in Kumasi on Friday.
He announced that plans were far advanced by government to
establish an Open University in September this year to
enable more Ghanaians pursue education including distance
learning education.
President Kufour said discipline was the hallmark of every
student and urged heads of schools to instill discipline in
their students to enable them achieve higher academic
laurels.
He called on parents and guardians to provide basic
educational needs of their children to supplement efforts of
government to improve education.
Nana Godbless Amankwaah Semanhyia I, Nkosuohene of
Akyeremade in the Ashanti Region, and proprietor of the
school, said the school established in 2005 with 185
students and 22 tutors, now had 570 students and 33 tutors.
He commended government for introducing policies such as the
Capitation Grant and School Feeding Programme and for
providing textbooks for public schools and in schools and
the President’s Special Initiative.
Nana Semanhyia appealed to government to extend the policies
to include private schools.
He announced that Godbless school has acquired a 50 hectare
land at Aburaso in Kumasi for the establishment of a private
university.
Mr Michael Asubonteng, headmaster of Godbless school, said
the school offered courses in Business, General Arts, Visual
Arts, General Science and Agriculture.
He appealed to President Kufour, philanthropists and
organisations to assist the school acquire science
laboratory, classrooms, computers and a bus.
Mr Boadi Suadwa, Deputy Ashanti Regional Director of
Education, who chaired the function, advised management of
the school to provide incentive packages to the tutors to
motivate them to work harder to improve on the performance
of the school.
GNA
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