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New bus to SHS crashes at
presentation ceremony
Koforidua, Aug.2, Ghanadot/GNA- One of
the 26 buses presented to public senior high schools in the
Eastern Region on Friday crashed when it was being tested at
the forecourt of the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC)on
Friday at Koforidua.
The bus, with registration number GV996 had just been handed
over to a representative of the New Juaben Municipal Chief
Executive, Nana Adjei Boateng to be given to the Pope John
Senior High School later.
The windscreen and one of the headlights got damaged in the
process whiles the ceiling of the RCC garage where the bus
crashed into was also broken.
In all 26 Public Senior High Schools in the region were
provided with a bus each in line with the President’s vision
to equip all senior high schools with buses to facilitate
their movements as well as to improve the standard of
learning.
The Acting Regional Director of Education, Mrs Akosua
Takyiwa Adu recalled that not too long ago, a similar
ceremony took place where Technical and Vocational
institutions and all the six teacher training colleges in
the region were presented with buses.
Mrs. Adu, who was full of praise to the government said
there was no doubt that the gesture would improve education
and an indication of the government’s resolve to equip
educational facilities with the needed logistics.
The Deputy Regional Minster, Mr Ofosu Asamoah who handed
over the buses explained that, in recognition of the role of
the municipal and district assemblies in education, the
buses had been programmed to be presented to the school
within their assemblies for proper supervision.
He therefore urged the chief executives to exercise strict
responsibility over the buses so that it could serve the
purposes for which they were provided.
Mr Asamoah indicated that, although every school in a
district benefited from the gesture, there were still some
left out which constituted the most deprived schools and
gave the assurance that soon, they would receive one of the
buses.
Mr. Frank Bosumtwi, the Birim Central Municipal Chief
Executive on behalf of the all the assemblies thanked the
government for the gesture and the confidence reposed in
them.
He said they would see to it that the buses were used
strictly for academic work and maintained to stand the test
of time.
GNA
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