New bus being presented to SHS crashed at ceremony

Koforidua, Aug.2, GNA- One of the 26 buses presented to public senior high schools in the Eastern Region on Friday crashed when it was being tested at the forecourt of the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC)on Friday at Koforidua.

The bus, with registration number GV996 had just been handed over to a representative of the New Juaben Municipal Chief Executive, Nana Adjei Boateng to be given to the Pope John Senior High School later. The windscreen and one of the headlights got damaged in the process whiles the ceiling of the RCC garage where the bus crashed into was also broken.

In all 26 Public Senior High Schools in the region were provided with a bus each in line with the President's vision to equip all senior high schools with buses to facilitate their movements as well as to improve the standard of learning.

The Acting Regional Director of Education, Mrs Akosua Takyiwa Adu recalled that not too long ago, a similar ceremony took place where Technical and Vocational institutions and all the six teacher training colleges in the region were presented with buses. Mrs. Adu, who was full of praise to the government said there was no doubt that the gesture would improve education and an indication of the government's resolve to equip educational facilities with the needed logistics. The Deputy Regional Minster, Mr Ofosu Asamoah who handed over the buses explained that, in recognition of the role of the municipal and district assemblies in education, the buses had been programmed to be presented to the school within their assemblies for proper supervision. He therefore urged the chief executives to exercise strict responsibility over the buses so that it could serve the purposes for which they were provided.

Mr Asamoah indicated that, although every school in a district benefited from the gesture, there were still some left out which constituted the most deprived schools and gave the assurance that soon, they would receive one of the buses.

Mr. Frank Bosumtwi, the Birim Central Municipal Chief Executive on behalf of the all the assemblies thanked the government for the gesture and the confidence reposed in them.

He said they would see to it that the buses were used strictly for academic work and maintained to stand the test of time.