Ministry of Education takes full control of printing of textbooks

Kumasi, July 1, GNA - The Ministry of Education has taken full control over the printing and distribution of textbooks and other supplies, Mr Sampson Kwaku Boafo, Ashanti Regional Minister, has said. He said these supplies were being sent directly to the schools through the Regional Education Offices and that no school would be left out in the distribution of the books.

Mr Boafo was speaking at the 40th anniversary, speech and prize-giving day and the inauguration of the Cadet Corps of Technology Secondary School in Kumasi at the weekend.

The Regional Minister stressed that, "it is the policy of the government to ensure that all Senior Secondary Schools in the country are provided with adequate and equal facilities, teaching and learning materials so that all students can pursue holistic education fully."

He announced that the government had released 1.6 billion cedis for construction to begin at a new site for the school to replace the old dilapidated asbestos classrooms.

He congratulated the school for its moral and academic excellence exhibited throughout the years and stressed the need for it to keep up this identity and good image in the years ahead.

Mr James Akurang Boamah, Headmaster of the school, announced that the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has released 23.6 hectares of its land on along the Kumasi-Boadi road to the school to develop into an ultra-modern secondary school.

Mr Boamah said the total enrolment of 1,633 was made up of 928 boys and 705 girls and that out of the 378 candidates that sat for the 2002 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSSCE), only four failed in all subjects.

Professor Armstrong Donkoh, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the School, said the training of children was a co-operative venture between government, parents, teachers and the community, adding that it was the collaborative efforts of these parties that would ensure a meaningful education for the child.

Professor Kwesi Andam, Vice Chancellor of KNUST, who presided, expressed the hope that the relocation of the school would usher in a new era for the school and stressed that the KNUST, which set up the school, would continue to contribute generously towards enhancing the facilities of the school.