NORTHERN REGION TO GET MORE SCHOOLS

NORTHERN REGION TO GET MORE SCHOOLS

The situation whereby pupils sit under trees and huts to learn in some parts of the Northern Region of Ghana would soon be a thing of the past because of the passion the Ministry of Education has attached to the expansion of school infrastructure in deprived communities of the area.

The Ministry of Education as part of its plans to solve the problems has awarded on contract 2 unit six classroom blocks, KVIP and urinal facilities each to be built in eight Districts of the Northern Region for the first phase of a project.

The beneficiary districts include Chereponi, Saboba, Gushegu, Central Gonja and Damongo Districts where contractors have already moved to the site to start work.

The rest are East Gonja, Bole and Sawla-Tuna-Kalba Districts all being areas where the falling standard of education is on the increase due to inadequate school infrastructure and teachers.

Fuseini Alhassan, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Gushegu, one of the beneficiary districts commended the Minister for Education, Alex Tetteh-Enyo for exemplifying President Mills’ pledge to be a father for all with regards to the equal distribution of the national cake.

He noted that the speed at which educational infrastructure was springing up in the region would achieve government’s commitment to develop talents of the youth to make them productive citizens.

Mr. Alhassan also disclosed the Minister of Education’s pledge to provide enough dual desks for the beneficiary schools when completed.

The Gushegu DCE urged sector Ministers to emulate the shining example of Mr. Tetteh- Enyo by attaching importance to the developmental needs of deprived communities in the Northern Region

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