New Covenant Life Chapel hands over classroom block

Kumasi, April 13, GNA - The New Covenant Life Chapel International on Wednesday handed over a two-classroom block, two stores and a staff common room built at the cost of 350 million cedis to the Amankwatia Junior Secondary School at Amakom in Kumasi.

The Reverend Emmanuel Yaw Buachie, General Overseer of the Church said the project was their contribution to ease congestion in the school.

In a speech read on his behalf at the function, Mr Sampson Kwaku Boafo, Ashanti Regional Minister, said the ceremony was an exhibition of a harmonious collaboration between the church and the state. He said what the Chapel has done deserved commendation and that their contribution was not only appreciable but also worthy of emulation by other churches, especially the new denominations which are winning souls for Christ.

Mr Boafo said there was the need for parents to complement the efforts of the state by instilling moral discipline in the children, adding that the high incidence of crime in all its forms has a beginning from the home.

"Even though teachers play an important role in the training of our children, the seed of indiscipline and moral turpitude emanates from the home. As parents we should not shirk our responsibilities, we owe it as a duty to this generation and posterity to contribute our quota towards the training of our future leaders", he said.

Mr Newmann Twumasi Ampofo, The Metropolitan Director of Education, noted that the introduction of the capitation grant has brought about increase in basic school's enrolment and what the church has done would go a long way to reduce the problem.

Mr Mensah Bonsu, headteacher of Amankwatia JSS Two, called on the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) to fence the school to ward off people who have been using the compound for rendezvous, wee smoking and dumping of refuse.

He said he was very happy with the provision of the additional classrooms which he said would promote effective teaching and learning. Nana Kwaku Atakora, Krontihene of Amakom in Kumasi, was also happy that such project has been erected in the area to facilitate quality education in the area.

He, however, called on the school authorities and the church to adhere to whatever agreement they have reached concerning the use of the block in order not to create any problem.