Afigya-Kwabre supplies schools with teaching aids

The Afigya-Kwabre District Assembly has stepped in to provide basic schools in the area with urgently needed teaching materials.

These include registers and white chalk, which had for some time now been in short supply and had become a major worry to school heads and teachers.

Mr Kwaku Oppong-Kyekyeku Kaakyire, the District Chief Executive, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the unpleasant situation was now effectively over and that there would be smooth academic work.

Reporters of the nation’s wire service had visited the area under STAR-Ghana’s sponsored media auditing and tracking of development projects, an initiative launched to put a spotlight on how government’s resources were helping to improve the quality of life of the people, particularly the rural population.

The goal is to aid transparency, promote accountability and good local governance.

Mr Oppong-Kyekyeku said education development was a priority of the assembly and as such, it would continue to ensure that it received sufficient budgetary support.

It would work hard to create academic-friendly environment for the teachers and school children - construct classroom blocks, teachers’ accommodation and supply furniture and learning aids.

He said the expectation was that the teachers and pupils would accept to do their part to lift the standard of education.

The DCE later went round to distribute exercise books, biscuits and toffees to kids who were entering the mainstream school system for the first time.

He appealed to the teachers to show passion for the job they were doing to assure the nation’s youth of a better future. They should stick to professional ethics, avoid absenteeism and to properly utilize the contact hours to raise performance.

Mr Oppong-Kyekyeku advised the children to focus on their studies and to stay clear of bad habits, likely to ruin their academic careers, adding that, they should be disciplined, respectful, submissive and obedient.