The Jirapa/Lambussie District Assembly has spent a total of 108 million cedis of its share of the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) fund to provide 600 dual desks for six schools in the district.
In addition, two blocks of six-classrooms have been constructed at Nandonwala and Hamile to increase enrolment in those towns.
Mr Chrys Pul, Jirapa/Lambussie District Co-ordinating Director, announced this at Jirapa on Thursday when he inaugurated a pilot ‘Education For All’ (EFA) teams for the Nadowli, Sissala and Jirapa/Lambussie Districts.
The teams are expected to map out strategies that would improve and sustain good educational programmes in their various districts, advise interventional organisations and other individuals forging ahead for the development of education.
The teams are made up educationists, religious partners, traditional leaders, non-governmental organisations students and others.
Mr Pul said the assembly had embarked on a vigorous programme to eliminate impediments such as inadequate staffing, poor infrastructure and poor motivations, against smooth educational programmes.
“We have taken pragmatic planning and monitoring schedules to avoid the annual recurrence of schools scoring zero per cent in the Basic Education Certificate Examinations in the district,” he emphasised.
He advised the EFA teams to lobby decision-makers and donor organisations to improve on the existing infrastructure to increase enrolment and improve on staffing.
Mr Eric Dourinaah, Ghana National Education Coalition Officer, said the formation of EFA teams in the districts was to make early childhood education accessible to every child in the country.
He said the Commonwealth Education Fund would soon be releasing funds to deprived schools in the region to improve on their performance and urged beneficiaries to make judicious use of the funds.
Mr C.S. Paaga, Jirapa/Lambussie District Director of Education, called on the teams to educate the youth on truth, respect and law abiding so that they would grow up to be responsible and useful citizens.
They should also step up educational programmes on HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Source: GhanaWeb
