Contribute towards the development of Leklebi-Chief urges

Leklebi Duga (V/R), Oct 30, GNA- The Paramount Chief of the Leklebi Traditional area in the Hohoe district of the Volta Region has called on his people to contribute towards the development of the Leklebi Senior High School (LSHS) to supplement government efforts. Togbega Agboka VI made the call at a fund raising ceremony organized towards the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the school at Leklebi Duga on Sunday.

He said the government was doing all it could to support development programmes of secondary schools in the district and that a little help from the people in the area would speed up the development exercise.

Togbega Agboka urged his people to be conversant with the rules governing the new education reform and put their shoulders to the wheel for accelerated development of the school. " Let us join hands to develop the school, which is the foundation of our socio-economic development, since our children in school today would become the future leaders of the country, we need to give them better education", he stated.

Mr. Thomas Nelson Odikro, headmaster of the school thanked the founding fathers of the school and the government for their efforts towards the development of the school. He said the school with a population of 405 students has an excellent examination results, but lacked staff accommodation, a kitchen, dining hall and classrooms. Mr. Odikro however commended the Administrator of the GETFund for helping to put up a girls dormitory for the school and appealed to government to raise the school to a Model status. The headmaster however attributed the slow pace of development in schools in the district to the number of second cycle schools in the district.

"A careful analysis shows that there are 18 higher institutions including ten Senior High Schools, two training colleges, three vocational schools, a commercial and technical institutes and one school for the deaf in the Hohoe district alone". He the schools mentioned, in addition to several Junior high and primary schools makes the government funding in the district woefully inadequate compared to other districts with few schools, he stated. He suggested the creation of another district within the current Hohoe district to enable the government to provide facilities and infrastructure for the schools with separate budget allocation. Mr Odikro called on parents to take the education of their children serious.

Earlier in a sermon Rev. Fredrick Achem, District Pastor of the E.P. church at Leklebi, called on parents to stop the expensive funerals and other unnecessary social activities and rather support the education for their children.