USAID funds construction of AMA basic schools

Two communities in the Accra metropolis will each benefit from a three-storey, 18-unit classroom block complex to help increase access to education and eliminate the ‘shift system’ in accordance with the vision of the Assembly and Metropolitan Education Unit.

The new schools will come with libraries and science and computer laboratories and accommodate approximately 1500 school children.

The beneficiary schools are Korle–Gonno Cluster of Schools in Korle-Gonno, Accra and Gbegbeyiesie Cluster of Schools in Dansoman, Accra

USAID is providing a grant of $1.5 million to the Government of Ghana for the construction of these school complexes.

The Government of Ghana, through AMA, is co-funding the project with $500,000, a 29 per cent matching fund.

Previously, the US Government through USAID provided a grant of $2.3m to AMA to build four schools between March 2011 and December 2013 at the following locations:

Salvation Army Cluster of Schools, Mamprobi

Abavanna Cluster of Schools, Kotobabi

Zamrama Line Cluster of Schools, Lartebiokorshie

Okpoti 1 & 2 Cluster of Schools, Dansoman