Two schools to benefit from sister city relationship

Pupils of Twedaase Primary School and the Manhean TMA Primary School are to benefit from the Tema-Greenwich Sister City relationship.

Already, thirty laptops, 25 system units of desktop computers and 60 boxes of books have been presented to the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) to be distributed to the two schools to enhance teaching and learning.

The presentation was part of the United Kingdom’s royal borough’s town twinning initiatives which is aimed at developing community projects and activities to help develop and strengthen relationships and the understanding of history, culture and lifestyle between sister cities.

Mr Frank Asante, Public Relations Officer of the TMA, told the Ghana News Agency that the computers and books would be used to establish a computer laboratory and stock the libraries of the the two beneficiary schools.

Mr Asante said the Assembly would assist the Twedaase Primary School to complete its computer laboratory which is under construction while it would also build one for the Manhean TMA Primary after which installation of the computers would be done.

He said monitors and other accessories would also be provided for the 25 system units to ensure its successful use.

Mr Asante said the setting up of the computer laboratories for the schools would enhance the ICT knowledge base of the pupils and also facilitate easy interaction between them and the pupils of Charlton Manor under the relationship.

Pupils from the two schools in some days past had to be transported to the British Council in Accra to chat with their counterparts from Charlton Manor through the online video chat app skype.

Mr Asante said under the relationship, pupils and teachers from the beneficiary schools would have exchange programmes with their counterparts.

That, he said, would enable them share good teaching and learning methods practices to enhance their performance.