Veep says there is need for national education programme

Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur on Wednesday underscored the need for an effective national program for qualitative education for world class marketable skills, competencies and professionalism.

He said it was necessary that all levels of the education were well catered for to ensure maximum development of the human resources.

Consequently, the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) would see to a gradual and steady approach to the education sector, by ensuring universal access.

Speaking at a durbar of chiefs and people of Abora and Abora Dunkwa, Vice President Amissah-Arthur said the government would build more schools and that the NDC had demonstrated its commitment to qualitative education by constructing more structures to replace schools under trees, giving free uniforms to Basic Schools pupils, expanding the School Feeding Programme and providing of free exercise books.

The Vice President said the NDC was development oriented and urged the people to retain it in the next polls for a continuation and completion of the progress it had started in the last three and half years.

He inaugurated an 18-unit classroom block built with financial support from the Ghana Education Trust Fund at the Aburaman Senior High School at Abura Dunkwa.