BASIC SCH. PUPILS IN TAMALE GET THEIR SHARE OF GOV’T FREE EXERCISE BOOKS

BASIC SCH. PUPILS IN TAMALE GET THEIR SHARE OF GOV’T FREE EXERCISE BOOKS

Government has released 511,463 exercise books to the Tamale Metropolitan Directorate of the Ghana Education Service in the Northern Region of Ghana, to be distributed to pupils in 257 Primary and 91 Junior High Schools.

The donation was in fulfillment of President John Evans Atta Mills’ pledge to donate free exercise books and uniforms to basic school pupils nationwide to enhance teaching and learning and also ensure that it achieve the goal set by the UN Millennium Development Goal by 2015.

Alhaji Abdulai Harunah Friday, the Mayor of Tamale announced this at Dahinsheli Primary School in Tamale where the school’s share of the package was released to the management of the school.

He urged the school authorities to put the books to good use and warned that his office will not hesitate to deal with persons who might attempt to sell the books in the open or black market.

He also advised traders to desist from engaging in such trade with school authorities.

The Tamale Mayor commended the Dahinsheli School authorities for its sterling performance at the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and encouraged the pupils to embrace discipline as their trademark.

Miss Aisha Wunizooya on behalf of her colleagues commended government for the kind gesture and affirmed their commitment to be of good behavior both in school and at home.

Madam Beatrice Iddi, Headmistress of the School expressed her profound gratitude to the Mayor of Tamale for choosing Dahinsheli Primary School to be among the first batch of beneficiary schools in the Metropolis.