Ashanti gets exercise books, school uniforms

Adidwan (Ash), Feb. 25, GNA - The Ministry of Education has released 7.1 million exercise books and 10,300 school uniforms for distribution to school children in the Ashanti Region.

Already the region has taken delivery of 1.2 million exercise books and 8,700 school uniforms.

Mr. Joseph Kwabena Onyinah, Ashanti Regional Director of Education, said that arrangements had been made to cart the remaining package from Accra to Kumasi.

He had paid a visit to Adidwan Presbyterian Junior High School in Mampong Municipal, where more than 340 pupils attend classes under trees. Mr. John Assifuah, headteacher, said the school would need eight additional classrooms and explained that the School Feeding Programme and other government interventions had resulted in an increase in enrolment and retention of school children. He said the United Nations Education Fund project had pledged to build more classrooms for the school. 25 Feb. 10