Government to complete school infrastructure

Gomoa-Panfokrom (C/R), Dec. 20, GNA - Government has affirmed its decision to complete all stalled classrooms, dormitories and other infrastructure facilities designed to improve the conditions at Gomoa-Panfokrom Women's Training Institute in the Central Region, before the end of June next year.

The assurance was given by Mr Issa Ketekewu, a Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development at the 43rd annual speech and prize-giving day celebration of the Panfokrom Women Training Institute. Mr Ketekewu said: "a journey of a thousand miles usually begins with one step," that is why government had expedite action to fulfil its first promise to the institute by connecting it to the national electricity grid, a few months ago, adding that it would leave no stone unturned to implement the classroom and dormitory projects within the time frame it has given.

According to the Deputy Minister, the road linking the institute from Gomoa-Awombrew on the western side and Gomoa-Potsin on the eastern side had already been awarded on contract and that work on the project would soon commence.

He expressed satisfaction at the good works put up by the authorities of the institute and advised the students to take advantage of the hard work of management and teachers of the institute to study hard for better returns in future.

Mr Ketekewu said government's plan to promote girl-child education at all levels of the educational sector still remain unchanged, and urged parents not to relent in their efforts at supporting the government to realise this noble objective.

Madam Rebecca Ampah-Korsah, Headmistress of the institute on behalf of the Board of Governors, Parent-Teacher Association and the entire students body of the institute, expressed her profound gratitude to the government for fulfiling its promise to connect the institute to the national electricity grid.

This, she said, has helped to promote computer training activities at the institute as well as solving once-and-for-all, the huge expenditure the institute incur annually on fuel to operate the generating plant of the school.

Madam Ampah-Korsah requested for a new school bus, saying that the current one has outlived its usefulness. Prizes were distributed to deserving students.