15 million books and chalk distributed to schools

Madam Beatrice Zalia Ali, Director for Logistics and Supplies at Ghana Education Service (GES), says enough exercise books and chalk have been supplied to the schools to support teaching and learning.

Speaking to the Ghana News Agency in an interview, Madam Ali disclosed that a total of 15,000,000 exercise books, including 2,000,000 graph and technical drawing books, have been distributed to schools as at the beginning of the 2015/2016 academic year.

She said 1,286,260 boxes of chalk with a buffer stock of 50,000 boxes have been dispatched to the schools.

“We have told all directors of education and heads of schools to inform the headquarters of any deficits for additional supplies to be made.”

“The provision of teaching and learning materials is central to GES Management in its quest to live up to its mandate of giving quality education to our pupils.

“In as much as we appreciate stakeholder support in providing educational logistics, we have also been appealing to our directors and heads of schools to use appropriate channels of communication for soliciting assistance for their schools and institutions,” she said.