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Ministry presents vehicles to schools
Accra, July 20, Ghanadot/GNA – Mr. Kwame Ampofo Twumasi,
Deputy Minister for Education, Science and Sport in charge
of technical education, on Wednesday presented five pickups
at a cost of 22,000 Ghana cedis each to some selected second
cycle institutions.
The five vehicles purchased with assistance from the GETFUND
are to ease the burden of transportation as well as help in
the day-to-day administration.
Three of the schools are in Accra while the remaining two
are for schools in the Central Region.
The schools, which benefited from the first tranche, were
Accra Girls Secondary, West Africa Secondary and St. Mary's
Secondary schools.
Mr Ampofo Twumasi said government had started negotiations
with the public procurement board for the release of 200
buses to be presented to schools nationwide.
He said the presentation of vehicles to second cycle schools
was an initiative the Ministry had embarked on to help solve
the problem of mobility, especially in deprived schools.
Mr Twumasi said the Ministry acknowledged the important role
quality and effective education was playing in the
development of the nation and government would continue to
do its best to help the sector.
He said the Ministry would soon present pickups to District
Directors of Education to enable them to have a constant
link with the Ministry.
The heads of the various schools who received the vehicles
assured the Minister of good maintenance culture.
GNA
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