93 Municipal and District directors receive vehicles

Sunyani (B/A), June 10, GNA - Ninety-Three Municipal and District Directors of Education on Tuesday received 4X4 Scorpio pick-up vehicles valued at 2,519,580 US dollars from Government. Government provided the vehicles with funds from the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to assist them to intensify their supervisory roles in deprived communities to raise the fallen standard of education.

Making the presentation at a short ceremony in Sunyani, Ms Elizabeth Ohene, Minister of State at the Ministry, expressed concern about the lack of supervision and monitoring in the public education system. She said 53 of the vehicles were provided to deprived districts to help directors to work harder to promote the growth and development of education.

Ms Ohene charged the District Directors to create a better image for public schools and admonished them to use the vehicles to manage schools properly to enhance the academic performance of students. Mr. Samuel Bannerman-Mensah, Director General of the Ghana Education Service, said the government was determined to promote the growth of education through the provision of adequate teaching and learning materials as well as infrastructure.

He urged teachers to redouble their efforts and work hard to complement the government's efforts in raising the fallen standard of education in public schools. Mr Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister, noted that ensuring good and effective supervision of schools was a shared responsibility that required all stakeholders to collaborate effectively from the household, through the community and Assembly levels. He reminded the beneficiaries to take good care of the vehicles and use them for the intended purposes. He urged the Municipal and District Assemblies to put in place effective collaborative mechanisms with the education directorates to ensure that the vehicles were well maintained at all times.